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HarriettMB<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@murchadhfinn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>murchadhfinn</span></a></span> I truly hope I live long enough to vote in this referendum and to see a United Ireland by peaceful means under an Irish government and no control by or from Westminster in Ireland. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>think32</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a></p>
HarriettMB<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@murchadhfinn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>murchadhfinn</span></a></span> When you see the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PSNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PSNI</span></a> treating an effigy of brown people in a boat, effigies of a rap band, and calls to murder anyone of a different religion as ‘a hate crime’ just as they treat some blue paint on an Orange Hall, or the disappearance of flags from an Arch exactly in the same way ‘a hate crime’: when the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PSNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PSNI</span></a> give in to banned loyalist paramilitaries threats of mayhem in Belfast rather than protecting people from asbestos: when the Antrim Mayor, Hoey defends bandsmen in Scotland as they assault a pensioner crossing the road: when loyalists sing the Sash outside a politician’s office, and not a single person is held to account for any of this… when ‘leaders’ of unionist political parties call to work together to dismantle the laws set by Westminster for NI and Brexit… and no action is taken against any of this sectarian, racist behaviour, yet someone putting a sticker on a bank wall is arrested and charged: this Labour government has no authority, no control, and shows itself to be part of the problem. Little-Pengelly showed someone from the NIO around for the 12th parades, but conveniently omitted bringing her to an asbestos ridden bonfire site, or one with a boat of brown people on it. These loyalists tried to burn people out of their homes in Ballymena and a leisure centre in Larne recently. The courts and legal system in NI is no better, as they are not defending democracy, politics, or people’s safety by postponing a decision for months. The bigger problem is the reluctance of the Irish government to stand up for better behaviour in NI: and they are obliged to do so under the Good Friday Agreement. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>think32</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a></p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/irlpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irlpol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>think32</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ui</span></a> <br>Thanks Harriet. Credit at the bottom if you don't already follow this sharp eyed analyst. <br>FYI<br><a href="https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/sam-mcbride/dismayed-by-gerry-adams-libel-victory-in-a-dublin-court-bbc-now-considering-geoblocking-republic/a244290363.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/columnists/sam-mcbride/dismayed-by-gerry-adams-libel-victory-in-a-dublin-court-bbc-now-considering-geoblocking-republic/a244290363.html</span></a><br>From ⬇️ <br><a href="https://beige.party/@HarriettMB/114607856939633831" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">beige.party/@HarriettMB/114607</span><span class="invisible">856939633831</span></a></p>
Jacqui ☘️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@HarriettMB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HarriettMB</span></a></span> <br> <br>My overwhelming response to them is 'Who'?</p><p>UKIP has a word in it's name that they should remember is not solely an English desire!</p><p>My dander is up today because I stood and looked at the bullet holes in the columns of the GPO from the Easter Rising yesterday.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>think32</span></a></p>
Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ<p>Leo Varadkar (not my taste in politics) on the next British general election and what it may mean for both jurisdictions in Ireland, and also for Scotland.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Alba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/%C3%89ire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Éire</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IndyRef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndyRef</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a></p>
HarriettMB<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@TrevfromIreland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TrevfromIreland</span></a></span> Let’s see what happens in the High Court at 2pm today, when 🚮 hopefully loses his challenge again. He’s paving the way for defeat as he writes about an ‘uphill task’. Doesn’t seem to understand all these cases do is annoy even more people and bring a UI closer every time. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a></p>
HarriettMB<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@Tarbh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Tarbh</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Fife4Europe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Fife4Europe</span></a></span> Also, Northern Ireland….. please, You all have an election in three weeks time. Please do something to move the reunification of Ireland forward, and get us away from this Protocol and being stuck in the UK. When we are out, we can help Scotland [and Wales] to get there too. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a></p>
Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ<p>Eamonn McCann's tribute to Nell McCafferty</p><p><a href="https://www.derryjournal.com/news/people/mccann-reflects-on-derry-journalist-nell-mccaffertys-life-and-work-as-a-community-champion-4276970" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">derryjournal.com/news/people/m</span><span class="invisible">ccann-reflects-on-derry-journalist-nell-mccaffertys-life-and-work-as-a-community-champion-4276970</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Derry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Derry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Feminism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GayRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GayRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a></p>
Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ<p>“The beauty of the Good Friday Agreement was that you could be Irish, British or both. Borders didn’t matter as much because we were all part of the European Union. Brexit ended all of that and shows in very real terms, that if we want to control our destiny across Ireland, then we need to be reunited.” - Ben Collins </p><p><a href="https://irishborderpoll.com/2024/07/16/ex-unionist-will-vote-with-his-head-and-for-unity-in-a-border-poll/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">irishborderpoll.com/2024/07/16</span><span class="invisible">/ex-unionist-will-vote-with-his-head-and-for-unity-in-a-border-poll/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GFA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a></p>
Nick<p>Speaking as a Northern Irish Protestant, some Unionists have completely colonial attitudes to the place.</p><p>The North of Ireland does not need these sorts of politicians; it does not need the Union at all.</p><p>And Unionism, if you like that sort of thing, would be better and more successful without them.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/torydeathparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torydeathparty</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ge2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ge2024</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UUP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a></p>
Nick<p>Is Sunak actually proposing conscripting Irish Nationalist and Republican teenagers in the North of Ireland to the British Army? If so, lol, good luck with that.</p><p>If not, I’d just point out that the North of Ireland was<br>exempted from conscription in both WW1 and WW2. If it is to be exempted from National Service, maybe a lot of teenagers would find changing their home addresses to Belfast or Derry an attractive option?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalService</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GE2024</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToriesOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToriesOut</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a></p>
Nick<p>People who voted for the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GoodFridayAgreement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodFridayAgreement</span></a> on the island of Ireland, 1998: 2,119,549</p><p>People who voted for the Conservative Party on the island of Ireland, 2019: 5,433</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToriesOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToriesOut</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-69001673" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ire</span><span class="invisible">land-69001673</span></a></p>
kasilas<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a>: rise in asylum seekers in Ireland proves <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a> plan ‘having impact’<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/27/sunak-rise-in-asylum-seekers-in-ireland-proves-rwanda-plan-is-working" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/27/sunak-rise-in-asylum-seekers-in-ireland-proves-rwanda-plan-is-working</span></a><br>&lt;&lt; some NI unionists are jumping on this as an excuse to argue for a hard border in Ireland. </p><p>Exactly like <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> and later the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Protocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protocol</span></a>, they are missing that this issue *encourages* a harder border between <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> and Great Britain, and grows support for unification by implying the current NI model doesn't work.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Unionists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unionists</span></a> are the new <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SinnFein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SinnFein</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/PUL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PUL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/northernireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>northernireland</span></a></p>
Jacqui ☘️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Roadwarrior29" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Roadwarrior29</span></a></span> </p><p>Thanks to the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DUP</span></a> - they are pushing us towards that.</p><p>Even those of us who would have described ourselves as small 'u' unionists &amp; would never have entertained the idea before <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brexit</span></a> </p><p>It is time to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>think32</span></a></p>
Jacqui ☘️<p>legacyvof Empire is yet to be ended in the relation to the UK union.</p><p>I have friends and family in England, I wish you no harm, I hope that you can restore sanity to the politics there, for all our sakes, while we are still part of this union.</p><p>However, I just don't want to be part of the UK union any longer. I would like your influence over the place I call home gone - the British ruling classes have done enough damage. It is time to go, so we can repair it.</p><p>It is time to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a></p>
Jacqui ☘️<p>This is absolutely depressing and funny at the same time!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Westminster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Westminster</span></a> our sovereign government - haven't got a fu**ing clue about us here. </p><p>They use the wrong flag for starters and that is Scottish dancing being represented there not Irish dancing.</p><p>For <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Unionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unionism</span></a> that has to be a boot in the ba**s - the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a> Government couldn't care one iota about us!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Timetogo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Timetogo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a></p><p>BBC News - Downing Street deletes post about Northern Ireland with Irish flag<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67485141" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ire</span><span class="invisible">land-67485141</span></a></p>
Jacqui ☘️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@harriettmb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>harriettmb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.community/@dwasmkuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dwasmkuk</span></a></span></p><p>She shouldn't be there! Her presence there will be an insult to those she claims to be honouring!</p><p>The fact she will be another reminder of how <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/weak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a> really is. </p><p>The longer the witch is beside him, the more damage is done to him &amp; the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a>. </p><p>I hope it will reinforce the fact that we need to get away from them ASAP.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GTTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GTTO</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Sunakisweak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunakisweak</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SackSuella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SackSuella</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a></p>
Jacqui ☘️<p>The school bubbly concrete situation that is starting to dominate the airwaves is absolutely shocking. Considering <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Gove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gove</span></a> &amp; @Sunak appear to be responsible for the unfolding 💩 show. Once again it is the kids that are going to suffer.</p><p>However, you get the feeling that this will probably finish whatever chances the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> had a winning the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/generalelection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalelection</span></a> </p><p>It is further evidence that <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> is falling apart. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>think32</span></a> is looking ever more attractive!</p>
John G Fitzgerald<p>Having attended the funeral of a family friend in Banbridge, NI, we stopped overnight, near the border, at Killeavy Castle on the way south. A pleasant morning walk was enlivened by this character who's clearly reserved his proprietary perch on a balcony overlooking the gardens.<br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/IrelandUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrelandUnited</span></a></p>
Jacqui ☘️<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@JohnLoader6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JohnLoader6</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.iriseden.eu/@oranger2020" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>oranger2020</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@jackLondon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jackLondon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@JorisBohnsonPM" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JorisBohnsonPM</span></a></span></p><p>Dublin conference on calling for the preparation for unity. You will see the desire for constitutional change on this island.</p><p>We can't let the threat of problems stop us from moving towards reunification. The alternative to staying with the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>, if it stays on this path, is not what I would want for anyone. It really is time to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Think32</span></a></p>