tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post5362498361076388381..comments2023-11-03T08:40:03.424+00:00Comments on Jude Collins: Peter's red herringJude Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-32983040995995927792013-09-26T18:47:58.620+01:002013-09-26T18:47:58.620+01:00"but the DUP people think their discriminator..."but the DUP people think their discriminatory behaviour is normal and acceptable," not just that but admirable and commendable and probably compulsory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-20385419861570313402013-09-26T18:45:25.043+01:002013-09-26T18:45:25.043+01:00I can sort of empathise with your feelings about s...I can sort of empathise with your feelings about stormont but if you pull the plug as you say then what next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-58696499611871197382013-09-26T12:13:39.797+01:002013-09-26T12:13:39.797+01:00Yes fair point, though Clontibert was a long time ...Yes fair point, though Clontibert was a long time ago. These days he makes the standard condemnation when asked.<br />My point is really that he must be rattled to let his guard down and make such a boorish remark. Rattled or badly advised, or both.giordanobrunonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-33597756592965495372013-09-26T02:43:17.736+01:002013-09-26T02:43:17.736+01:00Cromwells maps of expropriated lands in Ireland..h...Cromwells maps of expropriated lands in Ireland..http://www.downsurvey.tcd.ie/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-83294459952718147892013-09-26T02:40:10.315+01:002013-09-26T02:40:10.315+01:00Cromwell kept meticulous records of every parish/t...Cromwell kept meticulous records of every parish/townland in Ireland which can now be seen online.The records show the original landowners before the colonisation/plantation of Ulster.If there was any justice the British should be liable for reparations in the same way the Canadian government paid the First Nations people billions of dollars and returned some of the Crown lands to the various tribes.The Planter farms as we call them were all stolen from native Irish families .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-7209605369541595562013-09-26T02:28:24.255+01:002013-09-26T02:28:24.255+01:00Robinson's comments are unworthy of a First Mi...Robinson's comments are unworthy of a First Minister and just goes to show the difference in mentality between the DUP and Sinn Fein people.If a Sinn Fein rep ever criticised an SDLP rep for doing business with a Protestant there would have been howls of outrage and justifiably so even within his own constituency with calls of off with his head probably ending the political career of the miscreant but the DUP people think their discriminatory behaviour is normal and acceptable,they don't seem to know what all the fuss is about and this is the party trying to attract the Catholic Unionist vote even though apparently they wouldn't want them as neighbours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-62148999359780324722013-09-25T22:37:24.185+01:002013-09-25T22:37:24.185+01:00have a look at "No Pope Here - never,ever,eve...have a look at "No Pope Here - never,ever,ever " on eurofree3.wordpress.com for some background information on how the system worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-59058102734402453682013-09-25T20:36:08.696+01:002013-09-25T20:36:08.696+01:00good job that Robinson has always be unequivocally...good job that Robinson has always be unequivocally opposed to "physical force loyalists" .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-21212881190399382342013-09-25T20:20:23.710+01:002013-09-25T20:20:23.710+01:00My grandfather faced the exact same issue when buy...My grandfather faced the exact same issue when buying the family farm also in the 1930s, different county though. Had to get a Protestant solicitor to put his bid in. The family selling tried to renege on the deal once they realised he was a fen... er, catholic, but couldn't. I know for a fact it has been a sore point for some of our local orange brethren to this day and they would snap the land back up in a heart beat if they could, as it was very much an original "planter" farm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-72379478021786485762013-09-25T19:50:16.955+01:002013-09-25T19:50:16.955+01:00Just disgraceful.Just disgraceful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-9637106880819520732013-09-25T18:28:16.652+01:002013-09-25T18:28:16.652+01:00Imagine Cameron lambasting a UKIP MP for selling l... Imagine Cameron lambasting a UKIP MP for selling land to Muslims from the despatch box in Westminster ! The DUP front row we're loving it, completely oblivious to their bigotry. It was sickening.SF need to pull the plug.<br /><br />I've let my electoral registration lapse as I've no intention whatsoever of helping to keep this joke on the hill on wheels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-82399681672448476322013-09-25T16:06:18.322+01:002013-09-25T16:06:18.322+01:00Desperate stuff from our politicians lately, espec...Desperate stuff from our politicians lately, especially this from Robinson.<br />Perhaps if he had referred to 'physical force republicans' he might have been able to justify his remarks. It would be acceptable to boycott trading with someone who sought to justify what you personally consider to be atrocities, as people boycott goods from Israel say. I wouldn't knowingly buy my groceries from someone who thought the Shankhill Butchers were heroes.giordanobrunonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-46900284771588011652013-09-25T14:30:06.432+01:002013-09-25T14:30:06.432+01:00What's it going to be like when a Republican i...What's it going to be like when a Republican is First Minister of our benighted statelet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-7693138486052483362013-09-25T10:53:11.426+01:002013-09-25T10:53:11.426+01:00The genesis of our name is somewhat ambiguous and ...The genesis of our name is somewhat ambiguous and my father was assumed to be from the 'right side' when he bought his first house in the Waterside area of Derry. It was a done deal before my canny father revealed to a shocked vendor that his loan was being furnished by the Oak Leaf Building Society, whose directors, management and members were almost exclusively from 'the other side'. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-28280415570693414052013-09-25T09:45:02.199+01:002013-09-25T09:45:02.199+01:00We all knew it was an issue- the horror is that it...We all knew it was an issue- the horror is that it still is...speccyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910768878700620483noreply@blogger.com