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[The Irish govt is looking into the possibility of admitting NI into the EU post Brexit]

The Irish govt is looking into the possibility of admitting NI into the EU post Brexit as a precondition of reunification. Brexit throws up some very interesting scenarios. It will.weaken the UK and leave the country out of the single market, neither of which suit unionists. The DUP's support for Brexit was of an FF level of economic incoherence.

The Tories just have to say No

Either way, what should happen next is a proper grown-up conversation.

That is the hard bit. Such a conversation does not even seem possible in this forum, never mind generally.

I think any discussion on the topic brings it closer. The most important thing is keeping the discussion alive, the quality of the quality of the debate being secondary.

I'm a Celebrity Get Me Outa Here

2016 Sees huge rise in celebrity deaths.....

[don't take part in any infantry battles.]

Although all the conflicts are linked or based around similar grievances, they are not all fighting a common enemy, a la Axis v Allies. The Syrian Civil War will continue regardless of events in Libya and Yemen for example. It would be considered a world war if there were two clear sides fighting in all the same countries. I suppose you could say that America is one, but they don't have a huge ground presence and officially don't take part in any infantry battles.

Infantry battles were in the 1940s. We've moved on.
There is a common enemy they just don't have a common tag.

The new News format on the Last Word where Mat Cooper interviews the newsreader.
It's a stupid format.

They were following him for a while so presumably they know

Is it any wonder we the people are being led by the hand to a third world war with statements like that. In other news Sky News has just bought 20th Century Fox.

Does a war have to happen in Europe before it is a World War?

There are an almighty amount of Countries across the world involved in war just east of Europe. Do they need to be flying fighter jets over Turkey and Greece before it's a World War?

They were following him for a while so presumably they know

Could  unexplained ISIS afilliated mosques in Germany be a bigger threat than YouTube?

Preaching material I imagine

I'd imagine it's not. I'd imagine someone is making up whatever they want.
If this guy is ISIS then it may be any mosque he visited now has an ISIS link. As does any Starbucks he may have visited.

The main suspect in the German attack has been shot dead.
He visited an ISIS affoliated mosque after the attack. WTF are the Germans doing allowing such an institution to exist?

What is the criteria for affiliation?

Dublin Homeless set for Bumper Christmas

Seems not!!

http://theliberal.ie/heartbreaking-the-bleak-reality-of-christmas-in-ireland-as-almost-3000-people-queue-for-food-packages-today/

The centre handed out nearly 3,000 Christmas food packages today,

This is my point, in the spirit of the thread.

Btw, I love this thread Idea!

Dublin Homeless set for Bumper Christmas

IRA Godfather Receives Christmas Hug

The should start another thread.

Joe Biden would have beaten Trump by about 20 points

Bernie would have beaten him by a similar margin

The Democratic Hierarchy rigged with their own primary and forced Hillary onto the ticket....they and their he main stream media are to blame

It's impossible to tell (not just because there is no basis to judge it on) when Trump won the Electoral College vote while Clinton won the popular vote.
At this stage post Vote the only people to blame, if there is blame are the electorate, taking the system was always the system.

[Only one invader and occupier that lasted centuries]

Who soon integrated fairly well, as Seafoid will soon be along to tell us. Only one invader and occupier that lasted centuries. Last I checked we didn't need to negotiate a treaty with the Danes.

For the vast majority of that Ireland did not see itself as a Country or Nation. It's only now that we see it as one and we apply that retrospectively.

What we are seeing being implemented in Europe is the  "coudenhove kalergi plan".

There's no way I'm googling that. Is there more to the contribution?