tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post5024640199647638481..comments2023-11-03T08:40:03.424+00:00Comments on Jude Collins: Peter Robinson and the GAAJude Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-44430168292290261112013-10-20T12:22:31.844+01:002013-10-20T12:22:31.844+01:00Out of interest, what exactly has the GAA done to ...Out of interest, what exactly has the GAA done to improve community relations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-75373353664126666102013-10-18T19:09:59.629+01:002013-10-18T19:09:59.629+01:00Thanks for thoughts, Anon. Unfortunately this post...Thanks for thoughts, Anon. Unfortunately this posting was written prior to Joe Brolly's remark today (Fri). I may blog on it at the weekend but for now I'll just say I found it refreshingly frank and forthrightJude Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-976053930833398012013-10-17T22:44:53.026+01:002013-10-17T22:44:53.026+01:00Of course one of the strengths of the G A A is tha...Of course one of the strengths of the G A A is that it is a broad church encompassing many divergent views.Peter would do well to remember that Martin is not representing the Association no matter how much he would like to be seen as doing so.Politicians both north and south are often prone to use the G A A when it suits them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-3380964908625702662013-10-17T11:43:05.178+01:002013-10-17T11:43:05.178+01:00Maybe it's like whoever it was that was asked ...Maybe it's like whoever it was that was asked about his opinion on the significance of the French Revolution: "It's too early to tell".Jude Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-58986986688739479842013-10-17T09:40:23.252+01:002013-10-17T09:40:23.252+01:00I traveled back from Scotland at the back end of ...I traveled back from Scotland at the back end of the sixties in the company of a member of Londonderry Young Unionists. He once stood as an unsuccessful candidate somewhere and will now be probably around our age. We knew a little about each other from the Press but there was never a meeting of minds. It has taken 50 years nearly to get to today's position and Calipers would be required to measure any attitudinal change. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com