welshbairn Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Didn't know whether to post in this thread or the one on BBC Bias. Just watched the film Ronin on Netflix. The end voice-over purporting to be from BBC World Service, referred to the peace agreement between the Protestant majority of the British-ruled enclave and the Irish Resistance. That may be the view of many Irish-Americans, but its surely not endorsed by any branch of the BBC. Anyway the film was rank (no pun intended).If it wasn't for the ridiculous final half hour it would be one of my favourite thrillers. Each to their own. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 13 hours ago, ancientnoise said: Notable for it's car chase apparently. And for anyone who hasn't seen better examples, such as "The Driver". Hey how does this work? The boot of the car gets blown off but in the end scene it is back on the car again. Who do I speak to about this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 The IRA's Engineering Department. Mary Lou McDonald won't be able to put you in touch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Fullerene said: Hey how does this work? The boot of the car gets blown off but in the end scene it is back on the car again. Who do I speak to about this? There'll be a helpline. It'll be a trunk call 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 12 hours ago, Fullerene said: Hey how does this work? The boot of the car gets blown off but in the end scene it is back on the car again. Who do I speak to about this? Continuity IRA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 On 21/02/2020 at 12:39, Bohemian said: On a football note, this is a football forum after all The reason zee Germans wear a Green 2nd kit is because the Irish were the first to play them after the war. Seems to have been debunked. https://afootballreport.com/post/17361170683/why-does-germany-wear-green-the-ireland-myth-and http://www.soccer365.com/why-is-the-german-national-team-away-soccer-jersey-green/ And Ireland weren't even the first team to play (West) Germany after the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany_national_football_team_results 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 On 22/02/2020 at 23:32, Thane of Cawdor said: Didn't know whether to post in this thread or the one on BBC Bias. Just watched the film Ronin on Netflix. The end voice-over purporting to be from BBC World Service, referred to the peace agreement between the Protestant majority of the British-ruled enclave and the Irish Resistance. That may be the view of many Irish-Americans, but its surely not endorsed by any branch of the BBC. Anyway the film was rank (no pun intended). Fucking outrageous. It's an exclave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jacksgranda Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Coalition on the cards? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51625824 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: Coalition on the cards? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51625824 Can’t help but think that any short term ‘benefits’ to FF and FG of this will be wiped out in the mid to long term. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Can’t help but think that any short term ‘benefits’ to FF and FG of this will be wiped out in the mid to long term. No I can't see it working either. The best option is biting the bullet (no pun intended) and one of them going into coalition with SF and let SF show themselves for what they are. Anyway, if SF are good enough for NI, surely they're good enough for RoI. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: No I can't see it working either. The best option is biting the bullet (no pun intended) and one of them going into coalition with SF and let SF show themselves for what they are. Anyway, if SF are good enough for NI, surely they're good enough for RoI. The policies that SF campaigned on are ones that seem to have a lot of support. In particular addressing the issue of affordable housing. Would either of the other parties be able to agree a common policy agenda with them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 45 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: The policies that SF campaigned on are ones that seem to have a lot of support. In particular addressing the issue of affordable housing. Would either of the other parties be able to agree a common policy agenda with them? Considering that Sinn Fein, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael all ended up with roughly the same % of first preference votes and roughly the same amount of seats you could say "the policies that Fianna Fail/Fine Gael campaigned on are ones that seem to have a lot of support". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: Considering that Sinn Fein, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael all ended up with roughly the same % of first preference votes and roughly the same amount of seats you could say "the policies that Fianna Fail/Fine Gael campaigned on are ones that seem to have a lot of support". An interesting way of looking at it. If you apply that ‘logic’ maybe FF and FG should go the whole hog and amalgamate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: An interesting way of looking at it. If you apply that ‘logic’ maybe FF and FG should go the whole hog and amalgamate. Are you saying that only Sinn Fein had policies that people voted for? (My reply was just as valid as your interpretation, I don't see why it's so "interesting" or why you used "logic" in your reply.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Granny Danger said: An interesting way of looking at it. If you apply that ‘logic’ maybe FF and FG should go the whole hog and amalgamate. 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: Are you saying that only Sinn Fein had policies that people voted for? (My reply was just as valid as your interpretation, I don't see why it's so "interesting" or why you used "logic" in your reply.) Jesus, Granny. Maybe lighten up a bit.You could start a fight in an empty hoose. Not-so-passive aggression seems to be your default position. You should reserve your simmering anger and patronising quotation marks for posters and subject matter that deserve such responses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 FG-FG go into coalition Civil Disobedience FF-FG can say I told you so about SF 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: Are you saying that only Sinn Fein had policies that people voted for? (My reply was just as valid as your interpretation, I don't see why it's so "interesting" or why you used "logic" in your reply.) I’m not saying that, I’m saying that to me the significant increase in vote for SF indicated that people are unhappy with the two party system and are looking for change. The reaction has been similar to the reaction in some parts of Scotland when the SNP started to emerge as a political force and Labour and the Tories tried to work together to keep them out office. Didn’t work out too well for the ‘establishment’ parties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Sinn Fein lining themselves up to not be in government, but it's not going to be their fault. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51653824 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Having SF in a position of power in Dublin when the Brexit deal gets negotiated would not be good, so hopefully FF-FG-Inds is what happens and it lasts at least a year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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