It Must be Marching Season

[gallsman]

Portadown Deputy District Master Alastair Power:

I have a question for leadership of nationalism tonight - are they for the rule of law? Because if they are, why can we not parade down our road?

Our road?! Saying the quiet part loud.

[AustinPowers]

MON should have stayed away and left it to locals to represent themselves. We all know whose side she is on - but she has lost credibility selling herself as a First Minister for all.
As said here earlier the DUP have got their siege mentality vote back from this and it's a perfect distraction from the Robinson disgrace.

Meanwhile the rest of the world (we just probably Ireland and the UK) looks and shrugs its shoulders at the stupidity of the situation.

If MON said she went to  a GAA match , unionists would say  similar . You'll never win against that  bigoted lot

The nationalist leaders HAD  to be there. Yes , it'll probably help them in the polls , but  it wouldn't be as easy  for the RUC to baton the  heads off elected politicians  than it would for nameless Garvaghy residents

Thinking it over now , this was a unionist plan to  win back votes , not only to win Stormont seats , but to fend off  a border poll. They know it's coming even if they keep  saying it's not. FFS sure they  mention it more than SF/SDLP do

[nrico2006]

What Robinson disgrace are posters here referring to?

[thebuzz]

Accidentally used instead of Donaldson I would presume.

[AustinPowers]

Portadown Deputy District Master Alastair Power:

I have a question for leadership of nationalism tonight - are they for the rule of law? Because if they are, why can we not parade down our road?

Our road?! Saying the quiet part loud.

He at least   called  it the GARVAGHY road, not the usual unionist pronunciation GARVACKY road.

On that, surely that has to be a deliberately conscious   thing from unionists?  Or with their planter genes , are they actually incapable of  pronouncing it correctly?

[armaghniac]

Portadown Deputy District Master Alastair Power:

I have a question for leadership of nationalism tonight - are they for the rule of law? Because if they are, why can we not parade down our road?

Our road?! Saying the quiet part loud.

He at least   called  it the GARVAGHY road, not the usual unionist pronunciation GARVACKY road.

On that, surely that has to be a deliberately conscious   thing from unionists?  Or with their planter genes , are they actually incapable of  pronouncing it correctly?

is Garvaghy not a pidgin version of Garbhachadh? I'd say the unionists are right

[Rossfan]

Má labhrann tú Gaeilge na Mùmhan...

[Orior]

Portadown Deputy District Master Alastair Power:

I have a question for leadership of nationalism tonight - are they for the rule of law? Because if they are, why can we not parade down our road?

Our road?! Saying the quiet part loud.

He at least   called  it the GARVAGHY road, not the usual unionist pronunciation GARVACKY road.

On that, surely that has to be a deliberately conscious   thing from unionists?  Or with their planter genes , are they actually incapable of  pronouncing it correctly?

Fun fact: in east Belfast, Monaghan is pronounced Munackin, which I reckon is closer to the Irish name than the English.

[whitey]

As an outsider looking in Sinn Fein come out of this looking like complete idiots

They've gotten completely fixated on things that have are completely irrelevant to the task at hand, seem to expend enormous amounts of energy placating the woke mob on the fringes of their base

Meanwhile Bryson and Co just quietly went about their business with one, and only one, constituency in mind

[Wildweasel74]

Trump comments few weeks bck and his timing very strange, when u look at the police saying there be no issue here. Stormont i say gone, there be no police doing traffic control at GAA games. Things look like they been put bck 15+ yrs. May lads start looking down south again fball wise.

[Substandard]

I could be reading this all wrong, was following bits and pieces today around matches, but what felt like a crushing defeat this morning is now is closer to a draw match- did Bryson (and Carla) over-play their hand?
They would have claim of the moral high ground if they had backed away, and could still argue that they had followed the law, and leverage that argument to their advantage?
And if there was violence to erupt, are they assuming British army backing?  Sky news is all about the military base, and I'd imagine it would have to hurt unionists that their plight wouldn't be front and centre before the PM, Westminster and the King?

[Armagh18]

MON should have stayed away and left it to locals to represent themselves. We all know whose side she is on - but she has lost credibility selling herself as a First Minister for all.
As said here earlier the DUP have got their siege mentality vote back from this and it's a perfect distraction from the Robinson disgrace.

Meanwhile the rest of the world (we just probably Ireland and the UK) looks and shrugs its shoulders at the stupidity of the situation.

I'd never have voted for SF again if they hadn't stood with residents yesterday and I'm sure plenty would be the same

[p3427977]

MON should have stayed away and left it to locals to represent themselves. We all know whose side she is on - but she has lost credibility selling herself as a First Minister for all.
As said here earlier the DUP have got their siege mentality vote back from this and it's a perfect distraction from the Robinson disgrace.

Meanwhile the rest of the world (we just probably Ireland and the UK) looks and shrugs its shoulders at the stupidity of the situation.

I'd never have voted for SF again if they hadn't stood with residents yesterday and I'm sure plenty would be the same

100%

[Armagh18]

MON should have stayed away and left it to locals to represent themselves. We all know whose side she is on - but she has lost credibility selling herself as a First Minister for all.
As said here earlier the DUP have got their siege mentality vote back from this and it's a perfect distraction from the Robinson disgrace.

Meanwhile the rest of the world (we just probably Ireland and the UK) looks and shrugs its shoulders at the stupidity of the situation.

I'd never have voted for SF again if they hadn't stood with residents yesterday and I'm sure plenty would be the same

100%

And doubtful they'd have lost snyone yesterday who would never have voted SF in the first place.

Long (short) term Alliance need to get the splinters out of their arse and pick a side. Only one solution to this place and it ain't Stormont.

[p3427977]

Naomi Long just spoke very well on BBC Radio Ulster. Pointing out the hypocrisy of the DUP. The rule of law only suits them when they want, ministerial code only suits them when they want.