26-05-2018, 12:43 PM
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Re: The Irish
Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
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There hasn't been a referendum on the issue since 1921, a lot has happened since then and the hard-line unionists are not as numerically strong as they once were, so lets go ask the 'people' whether they want re-unification or not - a referendum BOTH sides of the border in accordance with the 'Good Friday' agreement.
And the answer will still be a resounding no as it will take the country right back
The Irish don't want us
The U.K. Don't want us
We can't afford to go it alone so we are tied to the Uk and you have to lump it
It's all well and good you sitting in your armchair in Brighton telling us how it needs to be for us here. I was the same when I lived in England. Give them back to Ireland I used to say. But living here, you learn that it's not that simple
My husband says he's British, his father, grandfather and great grandfather were British
My neighbour says they are Irish, will forever be Irish
Who's right? Who's going to throw their national identity away ?
26-05-2018, 12:44 PM
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Re: The Irish
Originally Posted by Missy
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There will be no border controls. There's no need for border controls between the North and South. They - the Irish and the DUP are just nothing using Brexit to get what they want - both sides wanting different Even before we and Eire joined the Eu, there was no hard border as it came under the special trading agreement between the UK and Eire. There was always free movement of goods and services. The ' hard border' was only in situ during the troubles
Even before EU we travelled back and forth from England and Eire as British citizens with no requirement of passports
Exactly, but if there is no EU agreement then the EU are insisting on border controls, so unless May extracts her digit and gets down to proper negotiations, your days of travelling 'down south' without stopping may soon be over.
26-05-2018, 12:51 PM
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Re: The Irish
Originally Posted by Missy
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And the answer will still be a resounding no as it will take the country right back The Irish don't want us
The U.K. Don't want us
We can't afford to go it alone so we are tied to the Uk and you have to lump it
It's all well and good you sitting in your armchair in Brighton telling us how it needs to be for us here. I was the same when I lived in England. Give them back to Ireland I used to say. But living here, you learn that it's not that simple
My husband says he's British, his father, grandfather and great grandfather were British
My neighbour says they are Irish, will forever be Irish
Who's right? Who's going to throw their national identity away ?
So how about we ask the people, or are you so scared of the answer, that the people just might now decide to reunite as they should have done in 1921.
26-05-2018, 01:40 PM
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Re: The Irish
Sorry but what's the big deal with showing a passport?I go abroad, I go through a customs area, show my passport, so what?!
Heck I wouldn't care if they put a border around London in the UK and I had to show my passport and go through a customs check there either.
26-05-2018, 02:03 PM
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Re: The Irish
Originally Posted by Missy
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How’s that going to happen in the North when it’s DUP in the chair??
But for how much longer??? - the impasse between Sinn Fein and the DUP over Arlene Foster's financial double dealings will eventually be broken when she's prosecuted for corruption.
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