Quote from: armaghniac on March 17, 2021, 03:56:18 PMQuote from: Itchy on March 17, 2021, 03:46:44 PMQuote from: armaghniac on March 17, 2021, 03:30:49 PM
I accidentally posted this in the wrong thread
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I think SF lost their way a bit on abortion in the 26 counties when they threw Peader Toibin out and others also.
SF could have put forward the view that they are primarily interested in uniting Ireland and that there might be some variation in opinion among their members on things like abortion. Tóibín was a good performer and sound on the national issue. Had they allows a conscience vote in the 26 counties then they would probably still have Tóibín and they could then have allowed a conscience vote in the 6 counties which might have made them look less like eejits.
Uniting ireland alone will not put bread on the table in the south. No way they could take that approach
Abortion has nothing to do with putting bread on the table.
A UI will come about if the south has a successful economy, so conflict there.
I'd suggest the South has a pretty decent economy in the round, unlike us in this basket case where some unionists believe the subvention from whitehall is something to be proud of.