The First Minister's behaviour

missmean

He is one of the question dodgers though! Ask him a question and he will never give a straight answer

Cotta

He'll be fine, he is completely charismatic and his refusal to "grass" on his brother will only boost his image within his circles

warmhands.coldheart

Cotta wrote: »

He'll be fine, he is completely charismatic and his refusal to "grass" on his brother will only boost his image within his circles

Maybe in the "North" but certainly not in the "South"....

Cotta

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Maybe in the "North" but certainly not in the "South"....

He'll be fine.

GlynD

Cotta wrote: »

He'll be fine.

Oh he'll weather the storm ok. I think SF have more serious things to worry about. They premised their supporters a United Ireland by 2016 and I think it's very obvious now that isn't going to happen. Things have happened in the world which makes their "struggle" seem insignificant. Most of their own voters it would appear now actually prefer to live within the security of the UK.

Now that suits me. I'm all for more cross border co-operation and agree with the possibility of a federal Ireland but I would prefer to stay British. SF are going to have to change their policy to one of federalism in my opinion. Of course they'll then say that's what they wanted all along.

Will that then slow down their efforts to make the north look more like the south? That's one thing which really pee's me off. I don't want street names in Irish and garlic writing on government paper. I think it's a positive waste of time and effort.

The_Hurricane

Glynn - Might be worthwhile starting a new thread on NI politicians?

lazer

GlynD wrote: »

Oh he'll weather the storm ok. I think SF have more serious things to worry about. They premised their supporters a United Ireland by 2016 and I think it's very obvious now that isn't going to happen. Things have happened in the world which makes their "struggle" seem insignificant. Most of their own voters it would appear now actually prefer to live within the security of the UK.

Now that suits me. I'm all for more cross border co-operation and agree with the possibility of a federal Ireland but I would prefer to stay British. SF are going to have to change their policy to one of federalism in my opinion. Of course they'll then say that's what they wanted all along.

Will that then slow down their efforts to make the north look more like the south? That's one thing which really pee's me off. I don't want street names in Irish and garlic writing on government paper. I think it's a positive waste of time and effort.

Is the garlic accidental or on purpose??

You mean make the north look more like Ireland, about letting a bit of Irish culture finally be allowed like the language?

It annoys me to listen to unionists talk about how nationalists and republicans are trying to prevent them celebrating their culture etc, and how it is not respecting their culture by x, y or z. (Parades, flags or whatever the issue of the day is).
What seems to be forgotten is that the reason the unionist culture is so dominant is that Gaelic games, Gaeilge etc were all at one stage practically banned so so in a fair society that represents both cultures in Northern Ireland both cultures should be part of the our culture and the Irish culture therefore needs to be re-introduced and as society becomes more and more tolerant both cultures should be acceptable side by side.

I do think translating the government papers into Gaeilge is a waste of money but the streetnames and townlands etc on signposts is a nice touch and reminders of the original names of some streets etc and a reflection of our history.

saverbuyer

GlynD wrote: »

Oh he'll weather the storm ok. I think SF have more serious things to worry about. They premised their supporters a United Ireland by 2016 and I think it's very obvious now that isn't going to happen. Things have happened in the world which makes their "struggle" seem insignificant. Most of their own voters it would appear now actually prefer to live within the security of the UK.

Now that suits me. I'm all for more cross border co-operation and agree with the possibility of a federal Ireland but I would prefer to stay British. SF are going to have to change their policy to one of federalism in my opinion. Of course they'll then say that's what they wanted all along.

Will that then slow down their efforts to make the north look more like the south? That's one thing which really pee's me off. I don't want street names in Irish and garlic writing on government paper. I think it's a positive waste of time and effort.

I think you spent a great deal of time away from us Glen.

Did you notice a big change, i.e. the North looking more like the South in that time?

The_Hurricane

lazer wrote: »

Is the garlic accidental or on purpose??

You mean make the north look more like Ireland, about letting a bit of Irish culture finally be allowed like the language?

It annoys me to listen to unionists talk about how nationalists and republicans are trying to prevent them celebrating their culture etc, and how it is not respecting their culture by x, y or z. (Parades, flags or whatever the issue of the day is).
What seems to be forgotten is that the reason the unionist culture is so dominant is that Gaelic games, Gaeilge etc were all at one stage practically banned so so in a fair society that represents both cultures in Northern Ireland both cultures should be part of the our culture and the Irish culture therefore needs to be re-introduced and as society becomes more and more tolerant both cultures should be acceptable side by side.

I do think translating the government papers into Gaeilge is a waste of money but the streetnames and townlands etc on signposts is a nice touch and reminders of the original names of some streets etc and a reflection of our history.

How would you feel about a PSNI Orange Order society that met monthly in stations or something similar in Integrated schools?

saverbuyer

The_Hurricane wrote: »

How would you feel about a PSNI Orange Order society that met monthly in stations or something similar in Integrated schools?

How would you like to play the ball and not the man?