john mccall
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@RealJamesWoods Pity about the thousands of children in Palestine !
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@JamieBrysonCPNI What part of Wngland Wotland or Wales would he like to fuck off too ?
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This Cllr in making this statement puts the DUP leadership, the East Belfast MP & many MLAs to shame. He has the guts to say what many are thinking.
The DUP leadership & Executive Ministers are deranged.
Jamie Bryson@JamieBrysonLLB
Statement by DUP Cllr Andrew McCormick. He speaks for many in the grassroots unionist & loyalist community, indeed his statement is characteristically reasonable & couched in diplomatic language. Put simply: the DUP leadership have lost the plot (my words).
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💥 💣 Baroness @CatharineHoey sets out the facts
“The only thing has changed is the DUP now accept the Irish Sea border and have returned to implement it.
“If we are addressing our King, let us tell him the truth…”
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🚨 Every unionist should read the full text of Baroness @CatharineHoey speech. It is one of the finest I can remember being delivered in Parliament.
The full text can be read 👇 unionistvoice.com/news/read-the-…
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The DUP leadership struggled to keep up the pretence all was fine. One leader was removed; & another lasted only weeks, his downfall being returning to Stormont by nominating a First Minister- on the day around 3,000 unionists/loyalists gathered in Newtownards to hear us ‘naysayers’ rage against the Protocol.
The DUP sank to 13% in the polls, and Sir Jeffrey Donaldson changed position. His hardline stance was rewarded, & the DUP- based on fundamental promises and commitments- rose up the polls again.
Sir Jeffrey then abandoned those promises, & along with the NIO tried to steamroller all of unionism into believing black is white. He has made a number of claims as false as his initial claim the Protocol “was not a constitutional issue”. So emphatic has Sir Jeffrey & Gavin Robinson been, many unionists are confused & once again asking themselves, surely they aren’t trying to convince people to believe black is white, if that’s not the case?
They have been assisted by a largely compliant media & commentariate, who are almost all pro-Stormont at any price, & in truth mostly are in favour of the Irish Sea border. In consequence the DUP leadership have got away with demonstrable lies, without any real challenge. That has been a major contributing factor in, so far, the DUP leadership getting away with what their own party Chairman has described as “the sleight of hand of the century”.
There is a test for the media now; will they hold the DUP leadership to account; or help them conceal their untruths for the ‘greater good’? If they do, that’s not journalism, it’s politics.
Here’s a challenge: every DUP representative you meet, ask them whether they are publicly willing to repeat the claims made by Sir Jeffrey and Gavin Robinson. Will they say the Irish Sea border has gone?
Will they say the green lane has gone?
Will they say NI is restored to the Union?
Will they say their seven key tests have been met?
Will they say there is “zero checks and zero customs paperwork” on goods destined for NI?
I suspect you will find there are many; even who support the deal, who won’t stake their credibility on falsehoods.
Unionism must heal, but to do that, those who have led unionism back to Stormont must be honest about the price they’ve paid.
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✍️ 🇬🇧𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍 & 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 & 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 & 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒆 👇
There can be honest disagreement about purist principles v pragmatism & how that tactically manifests itself. So too can there be honest & genuine disagreement about the merits or otherwise of devolution.
But there can’t be honest disagreement between the truth and a lie. The truth is what it is.
It’s legitimate to accept the truth, and disagree about the best way by which to navigate it. But it isn’t legitimate to say we must pretend the truth isn’t the truth, because for political gain one side of the debate need the truth to be concealed.
That’s not a solid basis for genuine debate & exchange of different ideas. Such battles of ideas are good, and unionism does need to heal. I agree with @J_Donaldson_MP that debate is healthy.
But I do find that hard to reconcile with the campaign waged by the DUP leadership which has sought to ensure there is no proper debate, and have put their case based on a demonstrably false factual basis.
To move forward together, as unionism must, it’s necessary to do so on a solid foundation, which can only come about by an honest and truthful assessment as to where we are, and the challenges we face. Once there is that honest acceptance of reality, we can all- from all sections of unionism- work together to develop a strategy and a way forward to restore NI’s place in the Union.
There is nothing to be gained from division within unionism, and that is not what I want to see. But, likewise, it cannot be the case that the DUP leadership can say black is white, & everyone must simply go along with that for the sake of ‘unity’. That’s a house of unionism built on quick sand. When the storm of truth comes, and it will, a DUP house built on that foundation will collapse in on itself.
So, for those who support this deal for pragmatic reasons, or because they believe it’s the best thing ever, then absolutely that’s a legitimate view- but be honest with yourself, & others about what you are supporting.
If your view is that for the long term stability of the Union you are willing to accept & implement an Irish Sea border & NI being treated as EU territory with the Acts of Union subjugated & in suspension, that’s fine: but at least be honest about the price you’re paying.
What isn’t legitimate is to pretend NI is restored to the Union, the Irish Sea border doesn’t exist & all we collectively stood against doesn’t remain with its jackboot on our neck. But such a pretence is to deny the truth that everyone who looks can see.
In January 2021, we faced a similar situation. The DUP leadership then, and the present leader who was then just a senior party member, buried their head in the sand. They, like Brandon Lewis the Secretary of State, pretended the Irish Sea border didn’t really exist, that it wasn’t a constitutional issue and absurdly even proclaimed great “opportunities” lay ahead from the Protocol.
When it was said they should collapse Stormont rather than implement the Protocol, they issued a derisory press statement saying such an idea was “foolish”.
The majority of unionists were confused, questioning whether things were really so bad, whether the “naysayers” were just trying to be “wreckers” & all in all were, at least then, willing to trust the DUP leadership. Surely they wouldn’t be so out of touch to think the Protocol “wasn’t a constitutional issue” if, indeed, it was?
But as the weeks and months went on, the truth became ever more apparent.
Continued 👇
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A sign that you and the brits are a bunch of war mongering genocidal cunts, ye mean?
CNN@CNN
US carries out airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a sign of the growing international alarm over the threat to critical waterways cnn.it/3NWskSI
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What, workers that make keys to the vaults containing all the money him and his cunty mates all stole? What a cunt! Fuck off.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been seen at King's Cross railway station purchasing seasonal treats, which were reportedly for key workers. Latest politics news 👉 trib.al/YKanzN3
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