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[no way the Conservatives]

NI only backstop is fantasy land there's no way the Conservatives/DUP or the SNP are voting for it so it's never going to have a majority in the house!

Many on the ERG and the far right of the Tory party would vote for it in a heartbeat if it meant getting through the hardest possible Brexit and avoiding SM and CU.

Curtains for the DUP but was always likely to end like this.

Was there a falling out with Mickey Harte and Peter Donnelly?

Seems like a bizarre choice to leave Tyrone and go to Monaghan.

Looking forward to the replay now, should be another classic. The difference between the Mayo-Dublin and Kerry-Dublin games is that you never really believed Mayo had the forwards to get over the line, while Kerry most certainly do.

Clifford mixed the good with the bad. Something that isn't really been talked about is how well he did to get Cooper sent off. Cooper's second yellow came from Clifford very cleverly getting Cooper on the wrong side. That said, he missed a few simple enough chances that he'll need to pop over the next day.

Will be interesting to see if Dublin leave Cooper on Clifford for the replay. Cooper was in all sorts of trouble from early on and he will have been the most relieved man in Croke Park after Dublin lived to fight another day. I'd imagine his place will be in jeopardy for the next match but I don't see an obvious replacement for Cooper unless they play Cian O'Sullivan as a sweeper in front of Clifford and Geaney to give added protection.   

Kerry might have benefited slightly overall from the major decisions in the match yesterday but anyone thinking that Gough set out to favour one team over another in the showpiece occasion of the GAA calendar needs their head examined. he would have set out yesterday to refereee the game to the best of his ability not to try and show one particular side favouritism. Overall I though he had a decent game and I'm glad the 2 sides have another 70 minutes to prove who is the better side.

That said I think the Kerry media assault on Gough's impartiality was very poor stuff before he had even been appointed to referee the match.   

Jim Gavin will be a relieved man this morning. Outwitted by Keabe yesterday and he made a lot of uncharacteristic errors on the line both with substitutions and lack of changes. It was obvious from early on that Cooper was struggling with Clifford and as soon as he was on a yellow card he still left him on Cliffford playing inside which was a recipe for disaster given Coopers tendency to play on the edge.

I seen enough yesterday to think that Kerry have a good chance in the replay as well, they have a lot of young players who stood up to the mark yesterday and there is no reason to believe that they won't do likewise again in 2 weeks time. Defensively they were much better than I expected whilst O'Shea was excellent from both free kicks and in open play. Dublin are still worthy favourites but even if kerry don't win the title this year they could go on to dominate for the next few years given the age profile of a lot of their players.   

[If the current government]

It looks like Cummings with Johnson there as a front, is trying to push a no deal through by the back door. The chances of another Scottish referendum just increased infinitely today with the blatant disregard for parliamentary democracy and the economic future of the UK. Scottish Tories gone into hiding and they will be wiped out now if there is an election which looks increasingly likely. Another Scottish drive for independence will inevitably lead to louder calls for a border poll here. BBC Parliament ratings for next week will be unprecedented.

Technically, Scotland cannot hold (another) independence referendum without Westminster approval. If the current government there refused to allow one, then what next? Hold a "defiance" poll similar to the one Catalonia did, or even go full UDI?

The UK is going to sh*t right now.

I don't expect that the current government will last long and it is anybody's guess as to the make up of the next parliament. If the UK leaves without a deal which appears to be the path on which this current government is set, then a 2nd Scottish independence referendum is inevitable imo. There is no doubt that the UK is in the midst of chaos.

It looks like Cummings with Johnson there as a front, is trying to push a no deal through by the back door. The chances of another Scottish referendum just increased infinitely today with the blatant disregard for parliamentary democracy and the economic future of the UK. Scottish Tories gone into hiding and they will be wiped out now if there is an election which looks increasingly likely. Another Scottish drive for independence will inevitably lead to louder calls for a border poll here. BBC Parliament ratings for next week will be unprecedented.

The markets currently rate the probability of a no deal at 40% which suggests that it is still more than likely there will be an agreement.

It's hard to take Boris Johnson seriously, he is a circus act with no substance behind him. 

[All voted leave. All want to come out either with or without a deal]

Hope everyone was watching BBC News report this morning on Scotland & NI farmers. All voted leave. All want to come out either with or without a deal. So don't tell me they didn't overwhelming vote to leave. Chickens coming home to roost. Be a few farms up for sale....

Could you post up the facts backing this assertion up.

Watch the f**king clip. Those interviewed voted leave.

Didn't see the clip, have you got a link for it? So when you say 'all' what you really mean is just those interviewed then?

What was the sample size?

Ok Pedantic Pat.

Those farmers interviewed voted to leave. And still want to come out with or without a deal.

Well that clarifies it then so I have to presume that there were no more than a handful of a sample size. I wouldn't want all farmers misrepresented by saying that they all wanted out without a deal based on a sample size of a handful. 

[All voted leave. All want to come out either with or without a deal]

Hope everyone was watching BBC News report this morning on Scotland & NI farmers. All voted leave. All want to come out either with or without a deal. So don't tell me they didn't overwhelming vote to leave. Chickens coming home to roost. Be a few farms up for sale....

Could you post up the facts backing this assertion up.

Watch the f**king clip. Those interviewed voted leave.

Didn't see the clip, have you got a link for it? So when you say 'all' what you really mean is just those interviewed then?

What was the sample size?

A lot of the old sectarianism still pervades the BBC. Nolan's indulgence of Jamie Bryson, Jim Allister, Jim Wilson, Nelson McCausland and the likes being a prime example. His show is like a sectarian version of Jerry Springer aimed at setting people off against each other. It relies on sensationalism and whipping poeple into a frenzy for the purposes of ratings. Gutter journalism which appeals to the lowest common denominator. In a divided society that we live in, his only loyalty is to his own pocket.   

[All voted leave. All want to come out either with or without a deal]

Hope everyone was watching BBC News report this morning on Scotland & NI farmers. All voted leave. All want to come out either with or without a deal. So don't tell me they didn't overwhelming vote to leave. Chickens coming home to roost. Be a few farms up for sale....

Could you post up the facts backing this assertion up.

I've always thought this story won't end well, he is keeping legal teams busy in the capital anyway.

It was all designed to put maximum pressure on David Gough since they would have known that he was very likely to get the final.

In professional sport such as PL soccer, I think managers are banned from talking about referees critically before and after matches, otherwise they will sanction. Obviously Kerry were cute enough that it was ex players that voiced their concerns so there are ways around this. It was the same when the Dublin media ganged up on Lee Keegan prior to an AI final a few years back. Now Gough goes into the AI final under incredible scrutiny which is very unfair. Why would a referee deliberately want to favour one side over another in a match that the country will be watching at the expense of his own performance. It's ludicrous to suggest otherwise, bad decisions can and most likely will be made but I don't believe for one second that his integrity can be called into question.