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Apparently 20/1 against is the best you can get with Paddy on this scenario now.

Now I reckon that if we all placed a pile on this, and each of us could persuade 100 unionists to vote accordingly (with a little financial sweetener of course) on the big day, we could all make a stash (I was going to say killing, but this would be highly inappropriate)

I only realised this morning that this stands for "Almost In Greece" 

Someone should enlighten them that with a history that includes Heysel 1985 and Hillsborough 1989, there are not too many prospective buyers about.

Meanwhile it looks like we will have to suffer the Mancs giving the Scousers an additional beating this year (on top of the customary annual league double and the occasional FA Cup and League Cup as well) in the Champions League Final, though I am still praying that the trophy ends up in the home of the best team left in the competition - Milan

Lads, check out the June edition of Four Four Two Page 126 and the Barmy Flags display. It shows a NI Supporters flag, marked Glengormley with the Glasgow Rangers badge on the top left segment and the IFA in the top right.

Is this the kind of image we want, linking our national team with Rangers

It looks most likely that I will be watching Espanyol and Osasuna in the UEFA Cup Final next month.

What has happened in Bavaria?

I can confirm that early this afternoon I, in my capacity as the commonly acknowledged leader and most respected person on this Board, had a face to face meeting with a Senior OWC Representative. The meeting was cordial and a number of areas of mutual common ground and agreement were discovered and explored. It was agreed that in future the debate would be amicable and based on logical argument and not be allowed to degenerate into hostility and mud slinging. It was also agreed that further meetings would take place and as a result of this development I have decided to call a ceasefire with effect from midnight tonight, and resolve not to send further correspondence to the printed press on the subject.

Signed PO'Neill sorry T.Fearon

Was a guest yesterday of one of the four main banks at a business breakfast which was addressed by their chief economists North and South. The main gist of what they both said (although neither used the actual words) was that there is now no logical economic reason or advantage for the partition of this island. The 26 counties has an economy to envy and a prosperity level we can only dream of and neither saw much hope of any significant financial intervention from London and both expressed concerns about the ability of the new Northern executive (with its two dominant left of centre parties) being able to grasp economic realities much less successfully meet the challenges. I wonder is this the British Government's subtle ploy to rid themselves of the North and allied to this will people up here finally get the message that the union with Britain is an impediment to prosperity and vote accordingly.

One thing which amuses me no end is the call from Business leaders up here for a reduction of the rate of Corporation Tax to a level of parity with the 26 counties. The obvious and easiest way to achieve this is to end partition, are they afraid to say this?

Paddy is to make his serious acting debut in the famous and superb play by Marie Jones "One Night  in November" dramatising the unprecedented levels of sectarianism on display at the Stadium of Hate when  the 6 counties V Ireland World Cup qualifier in 1993, this August at the Grand Opera House in Belfast, in a role made famous by Dan Gordon.

I saw this play in Dublin and thoroughly recommend it as precise illustration of Windsor Park bigotry and the deluded superiority complexes that fuel it. I can only hope that Kielty can do the role justice and not let the comedic aspects of the play override the sombre realities of Windsor Park bigotry which is but a microcosm of unionist bigotry  in general.


It is fitting that this powerful drama is being revived at this time, to counteract the deluded propaganda that sectarianism has been eradicated from Windsor Park