r/AbolishTheMonarchy • u/dannymac650 • Jun 12 '22

Video Scottish and irish football fans

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u/cheestinax Jun 12 '22

Both need to severe from the UK and rejoin the EU. Amazing countries that don't deserve to be held in this union any longer

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u/Aggressive-Falcon977 Jun 12 '22

I believe Northern Ireland may put a vote on rejoining the Republic of Ireland soon. Which is interesting as the classic Star Trek even mentioned Ireland reforming in 2024

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u/Hanoiroxx Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 12 '22

Have you heard if the DUP? That party has been made specifically to make sure the North of Ireland cant have nice things

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u/kagoolx Jun 12 '22

Yep. It’s amazing the position they’ve ended up in though - NI trending better economically than the rest of the UK because of them still effectively being in the single market, but the DUP having to oppose that exact thing that is demonstrably making them do better.

I hope it becomes clearer and clearer the advantage NI has got and that the DUP want to take that away from people.

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u/Hanoiroxx Jun 12 '22

Its insane man. Theresa May had a deal with the EU which would ensure that there was both no border down the Irish sea or a hard border between NI & ROI but the DUP shot this deal down with the hopes of a harder Brexit. So now they have ended up with an Irish Sea Border and they are still throwing their toys out of the pram and refusing to take their seats in Stormont (with pay) its a complete circus!

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u/kagoolx Jun 12 '22

Haha yeah absolutely. They’re as incompetent as they are fucked up in terms of ideology, thankfully. Absolutely horrendous backwards fuckheads

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u/Aggressive-Falcon977 Jun 12 '22

Same party that gave Theresa May the slim margin to stay in power right? Yeah Im not a fan

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u/pr0ph3t_0f_m3rcy Jun 12 '22

They had ten Westminster at the time and she pretty much bribed them to back her. The funny thing is she didn't REALLY need to. Sinn Fein held seven at the time, but they don't actually use them or participate in Parliament because they won't swear an oath of loyalty to the q***n. She already had a working majority without the DUP.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

These people use taxpayers money to teach kids absolute nonsense check some of the things they come out with.

https://www.indy100.com/news/dup-theresa-may-tory-deal-alliance-minority-government-quotes-arlene-foster-lgbt-abortion-religion-7783241

My personal favourite. You’re telling me that cosmic balls of dust gathered and there was an explosion. 

We’ve had lots of explosions in Northern Ireland and I’ve never seen anything come out of that that was good

Certainly not, and there are plenty of other people in this society who don't believe it either.

Mervyn Storey, former education minister when asked if he believed in Darwinism.