I hope you enjoy paying higher taxes and suffering greater market, business and property regulation under an FG/Labor government. Poverty is character building after all. And, besides, by virtue of your increased abortion and divorce rights, everyone will be having so much fun they'll hardly notice the unemployment and collapsing property markets.
FF is committed to the peaceful achievement of Irish unity, a goal that is thankfully closer due in no small measure to Bertie's efforts. For this alone he deserves support from people of goodwill. In addition, he has consistently supported the pro-growth economic policies in Ireland directly responsible for the country's current prosperity. I have no idea what a Corporatist is, but if Bertie is one than perhaps I am as well. Finally, Ahern and FF have been a bulwark against the creeping secularization of Irish culture that, in the absenece of resistance, will inevitably lead to liberalized abortion rights, access to ready divorce and the complete secularization of the schools. With an FG/Labor government, each of these developments will come to pass, to the glee of the EU establishment.
It is possible to support Irish unity without being a supporter of Sinn Fein/IRA. It also is possible to oppose the provos while prefering that half wits refrain from defaming people who may be sympathetic to them with playground epithets. This is a conservative board that is, or should be, dedicated to fair play and decency. Perhaps you didn't get the memo.
Sure, keep those pesky Blueshirts out of government.
The truth is, we don't have a proper conservative political bloc in this country.
FF is committed to the peaceful achievement of Irish unity, a goal that is thankfully closer due in no small measure to Bertie's efforts. For this alone he deserves support from people of goodwill. In addition, he has consistently supported the pro-growth economic policies in Ireland directly responsible for the country's current prosperity. I have no idea what a Corporatist is, but if Bertie is one than perhaps I am as well. Finally, Ahern and FF have been a bulwark against the creeping secularization of Irish culture that, in the absenece of resistance, will inevitably lead to liberalized abortion rights, access to ready divorce and the complete secularization of the schools. With an FG/Labor government, each of these developments will come to pass, to the glee of the EU establishment.
Irish unity is not an important isssue, Ahern is helping the secular trend because his own marriage broke down, FF have bowed to every EU demand, and thus will eventually legalise abortion.
A corporatist is someone who supports the economic policies of fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. And you seem to hate those pesky Blueshirts!
It is possible to support Irish unity without being a supporter of Sinn Fein/IRA. It also is possible to oppose the provos while preferring that half wits refrain from defaming people who may be sympathetic to them with playground epithets. This is a conservative board that is, or should be, dedicated to fair play and decency. Perhaps you didn't get the memo.
There is actually a very fine line between supporting Irish unity and supporting the IRA - did you know that very few Irish people could give a s*** for a united Ireland?
And don't lecture me about defamation - you defamed me by calling me a disgrace, just because I have nothing but contempt for IRA apologists.
Anyone who signs up to conservative site sympathizing with a terrorist group that murdered over 1800 people are trolls, and I say trolls because they won't listen to an actual citizen of the Irish Republic.
I am sick to death of being lectured by Plastic Paddies about my own country!!
Are you aware of any example, anywhere, of a peaceful bi-national state that would not be better off as two nations?