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Sam Semple has commented 21 times (0 in the last month).

1. Comment on “Northern Ireland is a virtually irrelevant question in the Republic these days”
   on 23 February 2011 at 5:03 pm

   Support for terrorism isn’t off the agenda though Pete.

   Fine Gael’s manifesto commits them to honouring former IRA Director of Intelligence (and pioneer of the guerilla tactics still used by the Dissidents) Michael Collins with a new service medal, as if an IRA man is who soldiers should look up to.

   Fine Gael’s manifesto also calls a full military pageant to commemorate the centenerary of opening salvo in Ireland’s ethnic clearance known as the Easter Rising.

   In a truly modern Ireland there really shouldn’t be a place for celebrating terrorists.

   Sadly, with Fine Gael, it seems we’ve still a long way to go.

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2. Comment on Slugger Awards: Creative engagement
   on 12 January 2011 at 10:53 am

   Third the nomination of “Derry City Council for their work on the UK City of Culture Award”.

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3. Comment on Slugger Awards: Constructive Opposition…
   on 12 January 2011 at 10:46 am

   Platform for Change for coordinating opposition to the too too tame CSI strategy
   http://www.platformforchange.net/

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4. Comment on Slugger Awards: Nominations are now open…
   on 7 January 2011 at 4:38 pm

   “Challenge your own Community” – Roy Garland. Some thought provoking pieces in the Irish News.

   “Investigative Journalist” Suzanne Breen for brave exposes of the dark morality free world of Republicanism

   “political journalist” Sam McBride of Newsletter. Up and coming.

   “building trust and credibility in politics” Bill Manwaring, Westminster and now Assembly candidate, working hard to reconnect underpriviledged West Belfast with the real world.

   “constructive opposition” Conall McDevitt MLA – unafraid to have a go at Sinn Fein Ministerial incompetence, unlike most of the rest of his Party.

   “up and coming” Conall McDevitt, the next leader of the SDLP

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5. Comment on Unionist Unity is not a Sectarian proposition…
   on 19 April 2010 at 9:02 pm

   More paranoid clap trap.

   I actually think “unionist voters” (coded language for something else surely?) deserve to have a choice.

   Um, isn’t that what elections are supposed to be about?

   This dead duck is well and truly dead.

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6. Comment on UUP pull their support for Alban Maguinness
   on 13 April 2010 at 5:32 pm

   Forget this nonsense talk of “unionist unity”, Northern Ireland desperately needs “progressive unity”.

   UUP, Cons, Greens, SDLP, Labour, PUP, Alliance should start talks post election about how Northern Ireland can finally move away from sash and bodhran politics, to bread and butter politics. Their collective mandate must be exercised more.

   The challenge must be taken.

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7. Comment on Money isn’t everything…
   on 8 April 2010 at 5:54 pm

   Peter Robinson – Northern Ireland’s very own Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

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8. Comment on Money isn’t everything…
   on 8 April 2010 at 5:53 pm

   Peter Robinson – Northern Ireland’s very own Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

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9. Comment on J&P brought down to earth
   on 1 February 2010 at 10:51 pm

   Howabout Northern Ireland leads the way in a Sarah’s Law?

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10. Comment on Jim Allister the latest prophet
    on 13 January 2010 at 11:13 pm

    Jim Allister is just a naked opportunist intent on fueling his own ego-mania.

    Its time bloggers and journos starting giving him and his party of hunchbacks some serious scrutiny.

    What is Jim’s position on Torrens Knight anyway?

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