When were the ‘bad old days’?
UNIONIST politicians often say do we want to go back to the ‘bad old days’.
Do they mean 40, 100, 400 or 800 years ago?
Or is their gripe that their decades of mis-rule were taken from them.
To others, the bad old days would be when this country was invaded by foreign bullies or when their land was stolen and given to strangers.
P McEvoy
Banbridge
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Belfastman
Friday, April 20, 2012 at 03:15 PMI voted for the DUP and I feel they are doing a good job! Some nutters are saying when you vote for the DUP you are voting for Sinn Fein! I admit they do get on well together..too well.
MOD
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 10:23 PMGot a point topper. There was much talk of a plan B if the DUP didn't 'toe the line'. They didn't want this to happen but if they didn't things would be worse and it was with reluctance they did have to sign up to plan A. Now for the life of me I can't recall any of the DUP who are now in power looking like they were under duress at any time. On the contrary they were laughing and having a grand old time. Probably joking about who best took on the people.
Topperharvey
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 09:03 AMArdens: Your comments are the most honest ones on here. The truth shall set you free was the motto of the old rag the Protestant Telegraph {Paisleys newspaper} Ardens you have spoken the truth about the removal of a Irish flag from the Divis street area.This was one of Ians publicity stunts on his ride to power. Strange bedfellows the DUP and Sinn Fein? Both were nobody's but they do really get on well together. Do you think they were always in it together??
MOD
Monday, March 12, 2012 at 12:38 PMAw you are talking rubbish as usual. Seeing as you think you know so much, name one Catholic area which has been taken over by Protestants?
Adamwilliam
Monday, March 12, 2012 at 03:05 AMMOD I can easily see that you never had to suffer discrimination as a good wee bigoted sectarian ar$e. You fit right in with KenNuke etc as one who just loved your wee orange pretend democracy. It must be hard for you now to have to live in a real democracy which people like you fought against ever being put in place.Tough Eh!
MOD
Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 05:15 PMAw you never were a second class citizen. You were always just a bigot who thought like that. Your hate filled mind is what you made it to be...full of hate and bigotry. But rather than admit that to yourself you turn your spleen elsewhere and focus your hate on any excuse you can find for your own shortcomings. You are a sad sick individual.
Adamwilliam
Friday, March 9, 2012 at 04:47 PMP McEvoy when were the bad old days: in my life it was growing up as a Catholic in Northern Ireland and being a second class citizen and being reminded of that very often. Today for the first time in the history of NI it truly is a democracy where all have full rights. The hardline unionists with their dinosaur pals in the OO fought tooth and nail to see that NI never became a real democracy. A recent example that we are are still fragile was the continued fight back on the PSNI becoming a 50 50 police force that was lost because of the above mentioned sectarian bigoted dinosaurs.
JPGJOHNNYG
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 04:42 PMThanks for proving why unionist unity is a non-starter. A super unionist party will tear itself apart almost as soon as it is established!
rthomas
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 11:01 PMHaving lost the argument, Ardens resorts to patroniser . First of all DUP voters are called "fools" but now he plumps for Nazi insults, Oh and not forgetting "laughing stoocks". Of course I should have remembered that " Good people vote Ulster Unionists" The IRA stated that "Only a beaten army gives up its weapons". Well Ardens the DUP made sure that they were well beat! How on Earth you arrive at the conclusion of believing that the UUP made the guns silent is beyond me . Thats a bit like thinking Vichy silenced the guns of the Wehrmacht in Southern France. Moreover what kind of warped logic construes that the DUP made Sinnfein the biggest Party in the Republic? There will be no Justice Minister from Sinnfein, thats just UUP propaganda. The Maze stadium was opposed by both , factions in the DUP and UUP. No decision can be taken at Stormont unless it is endorsed by Unionists, it wasn't like that under the UUP!
ardens
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 09:40 AMForgot to mentionon the Justice issue, DUP surrendered the right to having a unionist justice minister. Another green, white and orange roll over to Sinn FeinIRA.
ardens
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 04:04 AMDr. Goebbels I presume? It was the UUP that silenced the guns in the face of stiff opposition from the DUP which was less concerned about a cease-fire. Did the DUP not have an interest in continuing violence so they could berate the UUP who caused the guns to fall silent? Lets look at these ridiculous claims. Grammar Schools? There is no state system of selection. Sinn Fein ensured that. Binned by DUP. The Grammar schools now have their own selection process outside the Dept of Education. Irish Language? No Act - sure but £20 million handshake and Irish Language programmes on TV and Radio. What a victory!! No international stadium at the Maze but £60,000,000 for the Gaelic ground where the two Army corporals were murdered. will Peter and his mate Martin be at the re-opening? As for the victory on Justice we saw the Queen's Coat of Arms removed from our courts and the oath of loyalty for barristers lifted. But let's see who the the new Justice Minister will be? Is Gerry Kelly - the Maze escapee the hot favourite? And yes it was the UUP who collapsed the Assembly twice because whilst the DUp promised much all it has done is take us further than ever down the road to a united Ireland and made Sinn Fein the second largest party in the Republic's opinion polls. well done Peter. No decision can be taken at Stormont unless it is endorsed by Sinn Fein. It wasn't like that under the UUP.
rthomas
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 10:56 PMThe UUP did not collapse the assembly ,once , on their own insistence. It took DUP pressure to shut down that one way process of Tri-colour gift wrapped presents to Sinnfein. They didn't even concern themselves about the IRA's arsenal, just as long as they kept their soiled hands on the reins of power. You ask about the DUP getting concessions - how about whenever Sinnfein wanted devolution of Police and the Courts? The DUP made sure that Sinnfein were legally bound , first, to support the police and the judiciary. This was in stark contrast to the UUP who were planning to go ahead without any proviso on Sinnfein. While the Decommissioning verification may not have been perfect it is still accepted that a huge amount of PIRA's weaponry was put beyond use. Again I ask how much of the IRA's armaments were put beyond use on the UUP's watch? What about Sinnfein's plans to stop Grammar school education?-scuppered by the DUP. The Irish Language Act was to be Sinnfeins swan song until the UUP were ousted by the DUP and Sinnfein were left frustrated again. Orange halls derated by the DUP and provision made for those damaged by arsonists, need I go on?. Even the SDLP lambasted Sinnfein for being "outmanoeuvred" by the DUP.
MOD
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 10:03 PMOr It might have been the days when the Celts stole the land of the indigenous people already on the island as they had already did in mainland Europe.
Ulsterwoman
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 07:52 PMYou numpties on here do go on and on!! Lets pretend we have a peace process?? Lets say the political parties are enjoying each others company ? Lets us say that the money is good so why upset the apple cart?
ardens
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 06:14 AMDo you think Harold Goode is trustworthy or not? - RThomas. The question is, why did Ian Paisley? After all he spent his life berating Methodists as Apostates and Ecumenists andeven threw a Bible at one of their leaders.Then all of a sudden they are pillars of society. He said he would have to see photographs but then dropped that demand when it suited him. It was the UUP who collapsed the Assembly on three occasions because Sinn Fein would not play ball. Unlike the DUP they would not roll over. Now DUP have trampled every principle they ever espoused and have become a secular, liberal party in bed with Sinn Fein and enjoying life high on the hogg. How long do I have to wait for evidence of one instance where SinnFein has not got its way? where has DUP stood up to Sinn Fein and faced them down? Do tell Mr. Thomas!
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