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Lessons in Cute Hoorism: “Graft was accepted, for you were taking from the British…”
I’ve been catching up on some reading, recently. Most pleasantly surprised by John Drennan’s latest opus from Gill and Macmillan, Cute Hoors and Pious Protestors… It’s early days yet, but I was struck by this paragraph, part of a dissection of Fianna Fail near the beginning: One of the more fatal consequences of our colonial [...] read our review »
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Legion of the Rearguard – Dissident Irish Republicanism by Martyn Frampton, Book Review
Are you confused about ‘dissident’ Irish Republicanism? Anxious about its existence and its seemingly increasingly deadly capabilities? Martyn Frampton’s new book, Legion of the Rearguard: Dissident Irish Republicanism (Irish Academic Press, 2011) serves both as a primer on active dissident groups and a timely analysis of their historic significance and contemporary capabilities. This book clears [...] read our review »
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Is Fianna Fail the new Woolworths of Irish politics?
It’s not published until 3rd March, but one book I recommend you place an advance order for from Slugger’s Bookstore is James Harkin’s Niche. Belfast émigré Harkin examines a number of stories from business, culture and politics and comes to a single insight: everywhere the broad middle is collapsing. He offers Woolworths as an iconic exemplar [...] read our review »
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Comment on No boys and girls you are not still MPs…
on 20 April 2010 at 1:27 pm
the rules state its also an offence to update any website which contains ‘MP’ in the URL and all other websites must carry a clear disclaimer that the person is not currently an MP,
All websites
2.10 All Members’ websites must bear a clear disclaimer throughout
the dissolution period which makes it clear that the website was
established while you were a Member of Parliament and that
you are, until re-elected, no longer a Member of Parliament. The
disclaimer should read:
“This website was established while I was a Member of Parliament.
As Parliament has been dissolved there are no Members of
Parliament until after the election on XX XXX 2010”.
Domain names and email addresses referring to you as
an MP
2.12 No one can use the title MP during dissolution and you should
not use a website or an email address during dissolution if it
suggests you are currently an MP. Any website that contains a
URL referring to you as an MP (e.g. johnpeekmp.co.uk) should be
frozen. This means the website may remain online, but that no new
content should be added except the disclaimer, contact details and/
or a link to an alternative web site.
a quick google shows many MPs including David Cameron and Peter Robinson are in breach of the rules…….your point was
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Comment on “Until a new Parliament is elected, MPs do not exist.”
on 20 April 2010 at 1:24 pm
poorly researched arguement Pete (once again) as the rules state its also an offence to update any website which contains ‘MP’ in the URL and all other websites must carry a clear disclaimer that the person is not currently an MP, therefore you have just fingered Peter Robinson and David Cameron as having commted an offence,
All websites
2.10 All Members’ websites must bear a clear disclaimer throughout
the dissolution period which makes it clear that the website was
established while you were a Member of Parliament and that
you are, until re-elected, no longer a Member of Parliament. The
disclaimer should read:
“This website was established while I was a Member of Parliament.
As Parliament has been dissolved there are no Members of
Parliament until after the election on XX XXX 2010”.
Domain names and email addresses referring to you as
an MP
2.12 No one can use the title MP during dissolution and you should
not use a website or an email address during dissolution if it
suggests you are currently an MP. Any website that contains a
URL referring to you as an MP (e.g. johnpeekmp.co.uk) should be
frozen. This means the website may remain online, but that no new
content should be added except the disclaimer, contact details and/
or a link to an alternative web site.
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Comment on SDLP: (Still a)live from Newcastle…
on 7 February 2010 at 5:34 am
DerTer,
Geez, they are fairly damning stats, the ‘security’ forces killed more civilians than bad guys EVEN before factoring in the assistance given to unionist terrorists, I wonder if it was mostly nationalist civilians (nay, just kidding I know it was) yet despite this I’m told the primary work of the SDLP was to stop the IRA, and they wonder why nationalists won’t vote for them.
p.s
I see the security forces were exceptionaly bad at killing unionist terrorists, gosh
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Comment on Republican reaction to ‘big deal’
on 7 February 2010 at 5:22 am
‘quite some decades behind’ I’m confused that comment was in relation to your knowledge of the Catholic church,
Got to say I’m futher confused nay concerned re your atitude towards child abuse, personally I would have expected anyone would be concerned with its presense anywhere. Out of interest does that mean you would be more concerned about a Polish child being abused in Dublin rather than an Irish child being abused in London, heartless I’d say and weird.
Regarding your still non answer re parading, the obvious answer is you are generous in victory, not generous when you’re nearly there, that often results in defeat.
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Comment on Republican reaction to ‘big deal’
on 7 February 2010 at 1:39 am
Oh, Pip lets not forget about all the Iraqi babies who have died from sanctions and more recently from 500 lb bombs been dropped on them, then there’s the Afgan kids, then there’s ………..
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Comment on Republican reaction to ‘big deal’
on 7 February 2010 at 1:37 am
“Oddly enough yes. Er tell me does the Protestant Church insist ‘mixed’ marriages christen and raise any offspring as Protestant? Or would that be the Catholic Church, doubtless anxious to maximise the number of children available to abuse.”
er, no, Pippikin, you’re quite some decades behind the times, suggest you do a bit of reseach on the Catholic church, children of mixed marraiges can be raised as any religion.
Ah child abuse, I was bemused at the avalance of posts surrounding SF and the Catholic church and child abuse, yet the mumbled apology and admission of the Oz and British of the use of 500,000 children exported to Oz for slave labour and sexual abuse (which went on until the end of the 60′s) warrented (I believe) one post, can you point me to your comments on that?
Then back to religion does the Pope or Catholic church label the leader of any other religion the ‘anti-christ’
Anyway pip, you still didn’t answer my question around the OO also moving to the middle ground,
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Comment on SDLP: (Still a)live from Newcastle…
on 7 February 2010 at 1:29 am
“Fin, you would have to accept that getting the grouping who killed more Catholics than any other to stop was some achievement.
Provos have been glad of establishment assistance also, even when it came to writing speeches.”
richiep, that stat has always puzzled me I’m guessing it includes catholc british soldiers and catholic british police, so I’m bemused whenever when its brought up, the IRA probably killed more buddists as well!
Shame that the SDLPs primary goal was not to stop the BA,RUC and unionist paramilitaries to stop killing (catholics or others)
can you point me to sources for your claim of the establishment writing speeches for the IRA?
by and large though your response does seem to reinforce why nationalists don’t vote SDLP
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Comment on Republican reaction to ‘big deal’
on 6 February 2010 at 9:57 pm
pippakin, it takes two to Tango, so obviously the I guess you’d expect the OO to also move to the centre ground. Any suggestions. I think mind would be
A transformation to a purely non-political religous organisation.
The removal of all anti-Catholic elements
The exclusion of all ‘kick the Pope’ bands
No political or inflamatory speeches
Commitment to work with the PSNI to remove public drinking, urination, and general drunkiness among supporters.
I think the OO would find people much more willing to accommdate them after doing this, do you agree
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Comment on SDLP: (Still a)live from Newcastle…
on 6 February 2010 at 9:43 pm
“The primary work of the SDLP is done , they’ve gotten the provos off the backs of the people and we should all be grateful to them for that.”
richp
Probably the truest statement I’ve ever read about the SDLP and an easy answer as to why they’ve been rejected by the nationalist community who are more interested in achieving powersharing.
I think any gratitude for the SDLP comes from unionism (who got Joe Hendron elected) and HMG (who I believe use to show their gratitude with sizable donations to fund SDLP election campaigns)
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Comment on Towards a Sinn Fein First Minister – how we got here
on 4 February 2010 at 4:58 pm
Whats the difference in been an Irish Unionist and a Unionist from Northern Ireland who considers him/herself British, or is it the same as the Loyalist V Unionist smoke and mirrors, merely semantics.
Are all Irish Unionists British by default?
What would the position of a Unionist be in a united Ireland, British and wanting union with Britain OR Irish and wanting union with Britain (so that they would then be British)
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