Lisburn City Council
DUP
I believe in a United Northern Ireland which remains an intregal part of the United Kingdom just like England, Scotland and Wales where all traditions are valued and respected.The constitutional issue has been settled at St. Andrews. Northern Ireland is better off financially as part of the United Kingdom even in these difficult financial times and I don't believe the Irish Republic realistically can afford to take on Northern Ireland. The Republic can ill afford to take on Northern Ireland and Irish citizens can hardly afford to live in the Republic as it is effectively bankrupt financially. Evidence of this is the packed supermarket carparks in Newry, Banbridge and other border towns and cities in Northern Ireland by Irish citizens who travel long distances to take advantage of the lower cost of living here and shop in the province as they cannot afford to shop in their own country due to the high cost of living.
This answers the question are we better off in the United Kingdom or the Irish Republic. But I do believe in building mutual trust, respect and understanding between our divided communities and I believe we have all come a long way in achieving this but there is more work to be done as the recent disturbances in Ardoyne has demonstrated. We all have a part to play.
6 comments:
Quite a reasonable fellow. Perhaps the first DUP member who's honestly not playing to the crowd.
food for thought.
welcome post though clearly i would disagree with you.
I dont think Newry is too packed these days though and when they were they were vewry happy to get the business.
Well He answered the question, so compared to the previous DUP Cllr. Massive improvment. Really enjoying the varying opinions, Fair play to the councillor for taking part.
he'll probably get thrown out of the DUP now for letting his stiff upper lip quiver a little (however small), in his response.
Can someone contact Willie Frazer of FAIR for this project as well? I'd be interested in getting his view on unity.
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