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 Drumcree
Topic Originator: to Halland back  
Date:   Tue 29 Sep 12:26

Strange one this why would risk going back 30 years and igniting old troubles on the other hand why can anyone but the orange order have the right to parade?Listening to politicians on both sides you can sense the bitterness and hatred is still underlying and wont sadly change anytime soon.

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 Re: Drumcree
Topic Originator: veteraneastender  
Date:   Wed 30 Sep 20:54

Still the talking heads go on about the prospects for a United Ireland - meanwhile back in the real world.

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 Re: Drumcree
Topic Originator: DBP  
Date:   Wed 30 Sep 21:05

I know Northern Ireland was carved out to ensure a Protestant majority and governorship, but the demographics have changed and that majority is now a minority - so don’t thinks it’s as far fetched as you think and don’t forget a nationalist party win the last election.
Funnily enough, outside the border towns. I’m not sure the rest of Ireland particularly wants them
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 Re: Drumcree
Topic Originator: veteraneastender  
Date:   Wed 30 Sep 22:12

The unionists for UK may be now in the minority but retain a determination not to accept assimilation into the Republic.
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 Re: Drumcree
Topic Originator: DBP  
Date:   Thu 1 Oct 04:52

I know from my own experience after two disappointing referendums, in a democracy, you don’t always get the outcome you want.

…even if they directly impact something that you hold personally dear such as your own identity. For example, I still consider myself as Scottish and then European
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