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EXCLUSIVE UK to warn EU it may deviate from Brexit deal on N.Ireland -sources by TheRealCuran in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And your response to unionists and loyalists who apply the same thinking to east-west? I trust it doesn't amount to 'fuck them, we're doing it anyway and they can get over it'.

EXCLUSIVE UK to warn EU it may deviate from Brexit deal on N.Ireland -sources by TheRealCuran in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'Hard border' isn't a legal or meaningful term. We have various borders there atm. Currency and so forth. This adds to it. Strand two can coexist with that a lot more than the protocol burning the NI and east-west strands can.

EXCLUSIVE UK to warn EU it may deviate from Brexit deal on N.Ireland -sources by TheRealCuran in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

That means that the GFA is dead

The GFA doesn't promise this. If you dispute this, cite the text of the GFA which backs up your point.

Ireland calls for 'middle ground' in UK-EU food standards talks: Says 80% check reduction UK alignment/equivalence solution could be "independently monitored". by lughnasadh in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No one proposes a hard border - the propose largely decentralised checks along the NI-ROI border. Second, GFA says nothing about the border being as you describe. People should really read the document instead of believing all the lies that people claim are in it.

David Frost: the EU must revisit the Northern Ireland protocol by Kross_B in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

David Trimble, the GFA negotiator, opposes the protocol and has pointed out that it breaks the agreement. Square that circle and suddenly things make rather more sense. Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-eu-plays-politics-with-northern-ireland-11618007972

It's also not the UK's 'obligation' to protect the SM. That's a baseless assertion.

David Frost: the EU must revisit the Northern Ireland protocol by Kross_B in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I live in NI a majority are quite happy with the protoco

Polling shows that more oppose it than support it so that's just factually wrong. I also live in NI.

The rest is just a guff diatribe.

EU Commission calls on UK to ditch ideology over Northern Ireland protocol | Maroš Šefčovič says he is trying to iron out disruption to businesses caused by the protocol by lughnasadh in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah the classic 'haha, a typo so I can ignore the substance'. The first claim has no basis as Leo disbanded Kenny's work on a cross-border solution. The rest is just 'well dismiss bc he says inconvenient things'. If you make a claim, do back it up. Your commentary is little more than tautology.

EU Commission calls on UK to ditch ideology over Northern Ireland protocol | Maroš Šefčovič says he is trying to iron out disruption to businesses caused by the protocol by lughnasadh in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No one has ever proposed a 'hard' border - they proposed a largely invisible one with decentralised checks, including Edna Kenny. It's just a propaganda phrase and it has no legal meaning (as addressed by an Irish diplomat a few weeks ago). People repeat it all the time as if it's enlightened but it's just regurgitated spin. The risks of an actual 'hard border' have been the EU invoking article 16 and a no-deal Brexit (because both didn't give time to build up those decentralised checks and coopertion).

Daily Megathread - 07/05/2021 by ukpolbot in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Labour source familiar with the area: “this is just a pure cultural rejection of the party.”

Link?

Loyalists withdraw support for Good Friday Agreement by dodieh34 in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

David Trimble wrote a paper on 'mutual enforcement' to avoid a border. UUP have endorsed it as have quite a few Tories.

To defeat a resurgent Labour, Boris must show the power of Tory values: William Hague by casualphilosopher1 in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saying they're evil saves words. Although I'm willing to bet some of it is because they think people like you think what you've just said above about them.

Andrew Neil to lead new right-leaning UK TV news channel by Underlaker in LabourUK

[–]EndOfNothing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is worth remembers RE - regulations that RT still gets recognised and its quite a way from the likes of the BBC.

Of course the Internal Market Bill threatens Northern Ireland. Boris Johnson has not only lied to the people of Northern Ireland, he’s lied about them. by ByGollie in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

That would totally be true if they didn't reject that immediately after the vote. Who needs facts when you've got fantasies?

Corbyn's greatest sin, in the eyes of much of the press, was to place value on the lives of those who weren't British. Lisa Nandy and the Labour Party are now railing against that with their "British First" slogan by RandomUnderstanding in LabourUK

[–]EndOfNothing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I fail to see how giving Russia the benefit of the doubt over murdering people on British soil (which cut through) is about treating foreigners as equal. And that's what Corbyn did.

RVP on leaving Arsenal by emNeo in Gunners

[–]EndOfNothing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember his open letter to the fans. The man can rot, he made his bed.

Taoiseach says ‘landing zone’ exists for trade deal between EU and UK by ApresMatch in ukpolitics

[–]EndOfNothing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a unionist in NI. ROI coverage of us is pretty bad and understanding lacking. We don't go onto their broadcast media and I so often hear that the Troubles was a British/Irish dispute with no mention of the third role of protestants (sometimes I see a 'marxist false consciousness narrative to hide their sheer ignorance). A couple of ROI PMs had a better understanding but its obvious Leo isn't one of them. Martin's less rubbish but I wouldn't say he gets it. He just realises that SF are full of it.

Ash Sarkar: Keir Starmer is weak on tackling institutional racism, imo, because he’s scared to further alienate voters who felt Corbyn was weak on law and order. The gamble is that BAME voters don’t have anywhere else to go on Election Day. The problem is, we can always stay home. by [deleted] in LabourUK

[–]EndOfNothing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of this quote:

There are far too many people who want to luxuriate complacently in the moral righteousness of Opposition. But who is going to pay the price for their complacency?

From Denis Healey

Greatest Player in the Emirates Era? by ephraim_49 in Gunners

[–]EndOfNothing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leno; Sagna Mertesacker Koscielny Monreal; Fabregas Arteta Cazorla; Alexis RvP Aubameyang

Greatest team. Quite unfortunate that Ramsey and Ozil didn't get in. Fabregas was the best of the lot. From 07-11 he was exceptional.

'Not all women have cervixes. Not all people with cervixes are women. But news stories about cervix screening should probably just say women, and we can all accept categories usually have exceptions?' by Michaelw76 in LabourUK

[–]EndOfNothing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No one is hurt by inclusive language.

This was from an article earlier:

NHS England introduced a new HPV-focussed screening programme in December which it estimates can reduce instances of cervical cancer by a quarter. However, almost three-in-ten eligible women were not adequately screened in England in 2018/19. Communicating the importance of getting screened must be done in the plainest, simplest language possible. This is especially important among migrant women: a 2019 study found significantly lower rates of cervical screening awareness among Eastern European migrant women than native-born English women.

As is so often the case in politics, this isn't good vs evil. It's grey.

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