Re: The Irish Border Problem

Eh? What was the IRA and "The Troubles' about then if they were all so keen to remain with Britain? The building I worked in was bombed by the IRA in 1971, was that a celebration of solidarity with the English?

There was more terrorism in the 1970s than now.

Re: The Irish Border Problem

think the clue is in I R A,,,,,irish republic army.......
southern Ireland,
northen Ireland is part of uk,,

Re: The Irish Border Problem

You seem to have lost the plot there somewhere Bruce, the "troubles" were about the IRA wanting to unify Ireland by force against the wishes of the Northern Irish population, who wished then, and still do now, want to remain British.

I do agree, however, that should the people of Northern Ireland change their minds it would be a neat solution..... :-

Re: The Irish Border Problem

Really? part of the UK? Thank god for that otherwise what I said about a reunified Ireland wouldn't have made much sense. However I think you will find the country south of the border is called Ireland not Southern Ireland.

Alas the even people from Northern Ireland call themselves Irish so your point about the IRA name is nonsense. Especially as Martin McGuinness a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader, who was the MP for Mid Ulster from 1997 until his resignation in 2013 was born in Derry, UK and Gerry Adams an Irish republican politician who is the president of the Sinn Féin political party was born in Belfast, also in the UK, and was rumoured to be a member/leader of the IRA.

Sure they were supplied from across the border and used the border to move about but then so did the Vietnamese

Sorry, but you are going to have to do better than that.

Re: The Irish Border Problem

Since there hasn't been a referendum on the issue since 1921, isn't it about time we asked the Northern Irish people whether they do want to re-unify???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iickNtK5Ivw

Re: The Irish Border Problem

Hi

My favourite word, Bollocks.

We have elections in Northern Ireland, if they wanted to become part of a Unified Ireland, all they had to do was to vote for Sinn Fein.

We have just had a Referendum on leaving the EU.

They could have voted to stay in the EU and become part of a united Ireland.

They voted to leave and remain part of the UK.

What part of Democracy do you not understand?

Apologies, I forgot, you are a Communist, which means no Democracy, just a one Party State.

Communism, where being unemployed is a criminal offence and no benefits paid.

You either work or are imprisoned.

Not working is called parasitism.

If you still choose not to work when you are imprisoned, you are not fed and you starve to death.

Now, there is a thought UJ, perhaps our scumbag nasty capitalists should adopt this.

After all, it is what you want.

Re: The Irish Border Problem

Northern Ireland’s electorate voted to remain in the EU with a considerable margin in the recent referendum: 55.8% versus 44.2%. But while the headline result was remain, there was considerable variation across the region: seven out of Northern Ireland’s 18 constituencies voted to leave.

Re: The Irish Border Problem

trouble is May,it was a uk vote,not wales Scotland England or northern Irelands vote,,,,you could argue some citys voted remain,some voted leave.
don't matter now,were out.

Re: The Irish Border Problem

Surely, if the quality of life inside the EU will be so much better than that in the UK, as commonly reported, the migrants will want to settle in the EU - not move to the UK.

Re: The Irish Border Problem

Hi

Nope, we have a Benefits system which is unique in the EU.

As long as we have it, people will want to come here.