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12 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Nothing underhand in G... · 1 reply · 0 points

Nonsense, even Gerry doesn't seem to know about his past. How can you believe anyone else does?

12 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Unionists in danger of... · 0 replies · +2 points

The poll wouldn't be of just 1200 people. Going to vote is often referred to as going to the polls. Every major decision should be by referendum AFAIC.

12 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Unionists in danger of... · 1 reply · -1 points

Actually, not Nuff said.

What is shallow, is expecting a UI to come about through a sectarian headcount. Expecting to create a united Irish State with no previous provision made to explain how it will provide employment for it's new citizens. That's shallow and that is the current default position of Nationalist politicians.
Public service jobs come and go. In the civil service, at least, these are rarely redundancies but redeployments.
I respect that you firmly believe in what you write, but you might as well be the man down the pub as far as the reality of the situation goes. Until SF, SDLP and the gamut of parties from south of the border make and present these proposals, then the UI is on a hiding to nothing.
In the modern world, there is little room left for political romanticism, only pragmatism.
Pragmatism is going to keep Northern Ireland in the UK until your politicians wake up to this.

12 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Unionists in danger of... · 1 reply · -2 points

There is nothing 'shallow' about the fear of job losses. Nuff said.

12 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Unionists in danger of... · 5 replies · -1 points

Yes, I've looked at your reply to FFS. The bunker fascination is because of your very obvious defensiveness when discussing this with an Alliance 'unionist(.shudders).
I wonder if you would be quite so hostile if I had presented myself as an Alliance voter with vague nationalist leanings? Everything I have written has been met with bluster about the shallowness of the Unionist position.
I am not taking a Unionist position. I am adopting a pro union position until one of your nationalist politicians convinces me that I am going to be employed and not worse off, financially, in a UI.
Your post to FFS is basically Private Sector 101 stuff that we hear every day in NI. Nothing new there and nothing terribly convincing to me There's a lot of talk from you about motorways, but frankly, I'm more of a White Collar worker myself.
Oh and the three hundred jobs Government workers from Coleraine will be redeployed, not made redundant
Once again, I ask you to state what qualification you possess to allow you to assert that job losses would be minimal in a switch to a UI.
If you are not qualified, then your assertions hold even less water than you claim the Unionist position on job losses do.

12 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Unionists in danger of... · 4 replies · +1 points

That's actually not a bad idea at all.

12 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Unionists in danger of... · 0 replies · -3 points

Please read FFSs reply.

12 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Unionists in danger of... · 7 replies · -1 points

That's exactly it FFS and if SD could get out of bunker mode for a minute, perhaps he might have realised that.

12 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Unionists in danger of... · 1 reply · -1 points

Indeed, I did. Some jobs are being relocated to GB. I'm not happy about it but those people will be redeployed. Not really the same thing SD.

I's just like to ask. What qualifications do you have to say that the prospect of massive public sector job losses are unfounded?

What exactly are these 'wealth creating' jobs and where will they be located? If you can't answer this, you may as well give up now. The provision of employment for your new 2 million or so citizens will always be a major issue in whether you ever achieve unification.

12 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Unionists in danger of... · 0 replies · -2 points

No my dear fellow, I think that your belief that people will not lose their jobs in the transfer between two jurisdictions is airy fairy, pie in the sky nonsense.

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