The Long Good Friday Agreement

Again, I'm constantly astounded of the lack of knowledge unionism has in regards to the GFA. The GFA cant change (unless theres referendums north and south). The GFA contains reviews to Strand 1, which accommodates changes as to how NI is governed. Its quite explicit in fact.

@MrUnion1921 @SeanDev50409859 2+2=5.

@SeanDev50409859 It might also suggest that Catholics enjoy living here and don't want a so called UI.

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@LewisJonathanE The UK Still operates a Protestant orthodoxy. Head of state has to be Protestant and the Prime Minister seemingly also. How many Catholic PMs has there been in 300 years?

There may not have been an official policy of driving out Protestants on behalf of the Free State, but there certainly was an ethnonationalist project that meant to ensure that the Irish Catholic majority (which had been oppressed historically) was empowered. This often came at the expense of the Protestant minority, not just in terms of rural (and urban) violence. But things like making Irish the language of government, which limited Protestant participation in the civil service; the The Ne Temere Decree; and the harsh discourse used by Irish republicans against Protestants — something that Irish Protestants were very familiar with and caused them great worry Diarmaid Ferriter and Robin Bury, two scholars I admire, have done some excellent research on the decline of Protestants in Southern Ireland As far as missing the mark, in what way was (Free State) Ireland so different from, for instance, post-Ottoman Albania or post-Austro-Hungarian Hungary? Both emerged as nation states with ethnic majorities and ethnic minorities. The nationalist state-building project in both countries was centered more on majoritarianism than on protecting minority rights. This is not a moral judgment, so much as an observation as how nation-states function

@BaronoftheMaine @BBCNewsNI @williamcrawley What an idiot. The southern state created the Seanad, to give Protestants an inflated say in governance. 2 of its Presidents were Protestant. The opposite of what happened in the north. Read more. Tweet less.

@BBCNewsNI @williamcrawley The ‘soft’ ethnic cleansing of Southern Protestants laid bare. Republican revisionism has been exposed once again.

One of the most significant demographic shifts in the early years of the Irish Free State was the drop in the country's Protestant population, papers from a 100-year-old census have revealed. bbc.in/4sI6KTx

@LewisJonathanE Jono, Saudi Arabia has a Monarchy from a selected religion, passing all laws. It also has a Prime minister selected from the same religion. Sorry did I say Saudi Arabia? I meant the UK, yes the UK is the true ethnonational Protestant project. It runs a Protestant orthodoxy.

The Free State emerged as an ethnonational project, one that didn't have much room for minorities In this sense, the creation of an independent Irish polity is more similar than not to the emergence of nation states in the Balkans and Eastern Europe in the wake of empires

Has anyone looked into why the PUL community declined in the north, yet? Or does it not fit with the narrative that it supposedly only happened in the south?

@gerrylynch That can't be real, can it?

Just a completely crazy new post on Truth Social.

@Pat1975Watty Its Ireland though. Geography 101.

Is it just me, or has the RoI passport have a picture with a bit of the UK included?

@HoratioNelson0 Spoof.

The Protestant people have never forgotten the ethnic cleansing campaign involving the firebombing of homes, the boycotting of businesses, intimidation, and a state in the grips of the Catholic Church.

@adiosamigo_23 @irish_news I reckon they have more important things to do.

@irish_news Hopefully the spooks are keeping a close eye on @long_friday and his fellow travellers.

A ‘United Ireland’ falls off priority list for Republic’s electorate irishnews.com/news/politics/…

@NewtonEmerson @AlexTaylorNews Ahhh here. Explain the "distinction" then......

@AlexTaylorNews Expatriate perfectly captures the distinction expat communities create between an immigrant and someone 'out of the country'.

Here we go again with the "expats" thing Can someone explain why the 5.5 million🇬🇧people living in other people's countries are "expats" whereas those who move to🇬🇧are "immigrants" or (increasingly) "migrants"? It's total "othering". Either we're all (im)migrants or all expats

@DerekM2021 @JBuckleyMLA @duponline The office is a joint office. Theres a FIRST MINISTER and her Deputy, hence the titles. But you know that.

@long_friday @JBuckleyMLA @duponline The Deputy First Minister is not subordinate to the First Minister, it’s a diarchy: they are joint heads of government as Ms “there was no alternative” O’Neill was fond of mentioning between 2020/22 when she was DFM: but you know that.

🗣️ Michelle O’Neill has always been quick to call herself 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥. By refusing to attend UK cabinet briefings on the Iran crisis, she’s shaping up to be the 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲

@UlstersConcern @damian_mcgenity @irish_news @Saraita101 How is it anti-GFA? Show us where in the GFA, the Irish government are barred from advocating Irish unity. #32x32

@damian_mcgenity @irish_news @Saraita101 It’s not up to the RoI government to ‘lobby’ for a UI, that’s anti GFA and bad faith. The UK government will call a BP when it appears likely it’ll win, at the moment all polling has shown support below 40%

"The Irish government has no interest in pushing unity. And I sense that the oomph has gone out of Ireland’s Future events. So, is it time to admit that the ‘England’s misfortune…’ moment has passed by with not much change? "Fair enough, unionism is miffed and still angry with a British government. Yet, let’s be honest, a miffed psyche is part and parcel of being a unionist. "Here’s where we are. Northern Ireland is still in the UK and likely to remain so for quite some time." Read Alex Kane: tinyurl.com/y6c59e3r

@matthew_shanks1 The first 3 words were sufficient.

Unionists are sick, sore, and tired of being told that the Irish language somehow belongs to them! If Unionists want nothing to do with it then that is our RIGHT. Besides, the vicious Irish language lobby has done NOTHING to address its controversial history!

@joeywheelerT4 @Corcaigh35 @irish_news @irishborderpoll Lets wait and see shall we?

@long_friday @Corcaigh35 @irish_news @irishborderpoll The dissidents were always right. The Brits played the shinners like a fiddle. Nationalists just didn't want to see it.

@Javoudria Indeed she is. And very good at it.

Michelle O'Neil is not the First Minister " For All " ... x.com/i/status/20288…

@PoliceFedforNI Come off it! They are supposed to uphold the law. psni.police.uk/foi-disclosure…

Some missing context for the headline - this equates to a total of 9 officers out of 30 serious case investigations in a workforce of 6262.