tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post4234263302940098870..comments2023-11-03T08:40:03.424+00:00Comments on Jude Collins: Unifying Ireland: the economic caseJude Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-52442381419282814552011-06-19T17:42:37.138+01:002011-06-19T17:42:37.138+01:00Mmmhmm think you're right...I'll go to bed...Mmmhmm think you're right...I'll go to bed and cover my head with vinegar and brown paper...<br />Here's a good one tho'...I read a description of one of the Parkophiles (u know who) described as sounding like a cross between Brian Blessed and a Bavarian monarch (what did Bavarian monarchs do to deserve that?)...I think probably more like Brian Blessed and a bullock bawling over a hedge...!<br />The race for the park is an apt analogy...shame there is no longer a race course there...the returned Yank seems to be coming up on the inside rail...Anon anon...!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-4937800628438933192011-06-19T17:08:27.576+01:002011-06-19T17:08:27.576+01:00I think maybe so, Anon ( I mean yes, you're ha...I think maybe so, Anon ( I mean yes, you're having a bad day...) At the same time I'm a bit that way too - I tend to glaze over in the face of economics. But it's a different matter when the family budget needs a bit of balancing - full attention then. For an awful lot of people, the state that provides the best economic package is the state that gets the thumbs-up. I'm not saying that's how it should be but that's how it is...Jude Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-74801742975658962382011-06-19T16:56:06.379+01:002011-06-19T16:56:06.379+01:00Is it me or has politics particularly Irish politi...Is it me or has politics particularly Irish politics just got very very boring....? Apart form the race for the Park I really just can't get up for this...everything just feels so 'corporate'...Looking at old footage of the English Civil war i.e. the miners strike the Battle for Orgreave the oratory of 'Holy Trinity Skinner' Scargill and Benn even God forgive me Maggie Thatcher... there don't seem to be any ideologues anymore...maybe I'm just having a bad day...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com