Arlene's bigotry shines through

[Orior]

Wee Jeffrey says Varadkar did not follow British protocol, but Leo says he did. Is wee Jeffrey going to apologise?

[Insane Bolt]

Wee Jeffrey says Varadkar did not follow British protocol, but Leo says he did. Is wee Jeffrey going to apologise?

They never apologise

[trailer]

What did Seamus do?

He called SF out on their hypocrisy.

[Insane Bolt]

What did Seamus do?

He called SF out on their hypocrisy.

He was never afraid to call a spade a spade.

[Snapchap]

What did Seamus do?

He called SF out on their hypocrisy.

He was never afraid to call a spade a spade.

That's the sort of nonsense line you'd have heard from Trump supporters during the presidential election - "he calls a spade a spade". Lots of people call a spade a spade, but what they say can still be nasty and bitter.

Seamus Mallon was as nasty and bitter as they come. It was he (along with Joe Hendron and others in the SDLP) who orchestrated a vindictive, backstabbing campaign against John Hume and generally made life misery for Hume when he began talking to SF. He's a man who described the population of West Belfast as "savages" (something he has never apologised for). It was he who described the killers of 12 year old Majella O'Hare as "the crucifiers of Ireland", only to later discover that it was the British Army who killed her and not the IRA as he had been proclaiming to the world. He is a man who has stated that he regrets not siding with David Trimble in trying to "exclude" SF from government in the lead up to decommissioning. It was interesting to see his attitude in the recent documentary on Gerry Adams by Vincent Browne. Every last participant in the documentary, summing up Adams at the end (including his staunchest critics), gave him credit for his work for peace and/or his leadership skills. Except for one: Seamus Mallon, who used it as an opportunity to expose his sheer bitterness. The man never got over democracy. Sinn Féin steamrolled the SDLP and he has never gotten over it and that is his big problem.

[armaghniac]

You couldn't make it up.

What did Leo do in particular? set up a crease on the hard shoulder of the A1?

Probably promoting that curried yoghurt.

[Applesisapples]

What did Seamus do?

Whinger, still is and fought against Hume at every step. The current state of the SDLP is a result of the personal fiefdoms Mallon, Rodgers and other key figures constructed, ultimately allowing the Shinners to rout them.

[AQMP]

What did Seamus do?

Whinger, still is and fought against Hume at every step. The current state of the SDLP is a result of the personal fiefdoms Mallon, Rodgers and other key figures constructed, ultimately allowing the Shinners to rout them.

I had occasion to engage with Seamus Mallon on various issues in the late 90s and early 2000s.  Quite an abrasive character and very difficult to deal with.

[Insane Bolt]

Some serious love for Seamus here😜 I think that he didn't agree with John Hume's trust in Sinn Fein. He was proven right as they and their 'friends' in DUP totally undermined everything the first Stormount government tried to do. Then we had the 'chuckle brothers' who were happy to carve the cake up among themselves. 20 years on from GFA and what has been achieved? Yes we have no real violence, army off the streets, but take a look at the state of Health, Education, Economy etc.
Two polar opposites in charge, and the SDLP and UUP all but gone.

[Hereiam]

Insane bolt are you serious...take a look at the news, education health and the economy is being run into the ground on a UK Wide basis due to tory cuts. Stormont has achieved what it was suppose to which was bring a bit of normality to this place and now we move on to the next phase which is......?

[Insane Bolt]

Insane bolt are you serious...take a look at the news, education health and the economy is being run into the ground on a UK Wide basis due to tory cuts. Stormont has achieved what it was suppose to which was bring a bit of normality to this place and now we move on to the next phase which is......?

20 years of self governance has proved that the politicians in the North couldn't run a bath😂

[ziggysego]

Insane bolt are you serious...take a look at the news, education health and the economy is being run into the ground on a UK Wide basis due to tory cuts. Stormont has achieved what it was suppose to which was bring a bit of normality to this place and now we move on to the next phase which is......?

20 years of self governance has proved that the politicians in the North couldn't run a bath😂

Like the south and the UK are any different, not to mention the US and plenty of other countries.

[Insane Bolt]

Insane bolt are you serious...take a look at the news, education health and the economy is being run into the ground on a UK Wide basis due to tory cuts. Stormont has achieved what it was suppose to which was bring a bit of normality to this place and now we move on to the next phase which is......?

20 years of self governance has proved that the politicians in the North couldn't run a bath😂

Like the south and the UK are any different, not to mention the US and plenty of other countries.

Agree 100%, most are self serving assholes.

[seafoid]

Insane bolt are you serious...take a look at the news, education health and the economy is being run into the ground on a UK Wide basis due to tory cuts. Stormont has achieved what it was suppose to which was bring a bit of normality to this place and now we move on to the next phase which is......?

20 years of self governance has proved that the politicians in the North couldn't run a bath😂

Like the south and the UK are any different, not to mention the US and plenty of other countries.

Agree 100%, most are self serving assholes.

The South could be run without politicians for a while- as long as the global economy is stable-ish the money comes in. NI is much weaker and weakening all the time.
The 2 bits of Ireland could be compared to say a hurler and someone with dodgy hips. NI needs extensive therapy and a good doctor. And it has the DUP.

[Snapchap]

Some serious love for Seamus here😜 I think that he didn't agree with John Hume's trust in Sinn Fein.

His motivation for undermining Hume on this was not out of any mistrust of SF, but purely out of concern for the SDLP. He feared, like McGrady, that bringing SF in from the cold would harm them electorally. Of course, he was right in his suspicions. Which is why he is still such a nasty, bitter man.

Then we had the 'chuckle brothers' who were happy to carve the cake up among themselves.

Two polar opposites in charge, and the SDLP and UUP all but gone.

The two quotes above typify what I often see as a contradiction in people's attitudes to SF & DUP powersharing. When SF and the DUP provided a FM & DFM that (to people's surprise) got on well, they were mocked as 'chuckle brothers' who were 'carving the cake among themselves'. When they have a FM & DMF that don't get along, they are mocked as being polar opposite who can't even get along.