Coleraine Borough Council
DUP
A United Ireland would be not be in the best interests of the inhabitants of this Island except to integrate with the mainland as part of the British Isles and UK. The romanticism that you embrace is impractical, Ireland needs and has always needed the trade links with the stronger economy of their huge neighbour Great Britain including the tourists who pour in from the mainland.
It is economically fortuitous to have a choice whether to live in an integral British society in Ireland and as you know many opt for that in Northern Ireland. Any conflict that remains is motivated by envy of a better standard of living enjoyed in the UK and Republican citizens are pouring into Northern Ireland to benefit from the cheaper better quality goods available. There is also a much better Health Care system in Northern Ireland. The people of Ireland are made up of many different European races races including Vikings, Celts, French and Anglo-saxon etc and that is the reason that Gaelic culture is so difficult to promote although of some interest to a section of tourists.
The prosperity and well-being of the Irish people should remain the goal for any political movement and this is where your ideology is clearly out of step. I need hardly remind you that there are more people of Irish descent living and working in GB than in their homeland. We will not go into the 'Pope's green Island' territory as this romanticism has also been scarred by recent revelations and unfortunately secularism is now prevalent on our small island.
7 comments:
"Secularism bad. UK good."
hmm maybe a bit more what I might have expected but at least he had the courtesy to respond and argue his point which is more than the UUP.
As always any blog that you never expected to see is a good blog.
interesting points, But I still feel Unionism is looking at the context via 1920s glasses.
Is that a serious comment from Samuel Cole? It sounds more like a child's point of view rather than a serious politician. Seriously. Benat.
Cole seems to think we asked him "what do you think of having a gaelic catholic theocracy which would sever trade links with our neighbours? Please base your response on your understanding of the hoax SF oath circa 1960's"
I went to enniskillen to buy and xbox last year, is he claiming Xboxs are better quality in the north?
"The people of Ireland are made up of many different European races races including Vikings, Celts, French and Anglo-saxon etc and that is the reason that Gaelic culture is so difficult to promote although of some interest to a section of tourists."
Cause clearly the large Viking ghetto, french enclaves and Beaker people outposts are hostile to Irish language. A good point and I can guarantee no one ever thought of it before. No one!
There was a time when Sinn Fein opposed both Capitalism and Socialisim, and supported the idea of being part of a Commonwealth with Britain.
A federal Ireland with an independent Ulster is certainly possible.They have a canton system in Switzerland.Catholics and Protestants can work out their problems at grass-roots level.
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