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Neither..since 1922. Actually 1 at Jan 1923. In the period 1801 onwards, the UK had an all Ireland Vice Roy sitting in what is now the president's residence. There was no local government.. but a civil service operated out of Dublin Castle (1204 ad) .

I have been gradually replacing the incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent and then these with a few generations of LED. I would have perhaps 45 in use.. eg my lounge has 14. I have replaced about 6 in nearly 10 years . Including the first one purchased about 3 months ago ,and it was...

My status is my business, the opinions stand on their own merits.

That is exactly what we have at present. With one exception... East Germany was one of the more productive parts of the old USSR.

He may well be referring to a number of posts i made on the matter. At no stage did i express an objection to Cathalans gaining independence from the rest of Spain. But that the process was different and would have required a referendum of the entire Spanish kingdom.

Hang on all the options are within the grasp and total control of the UK parliament. If you don't like their decisions ,you can vote. If the uk were in fact a dictatorship, there wouldn't even be a meaningful vote in January.

I would not make the assumption that there is a majority in NI for political union with their southern fellow countrymen. Indeed there are plenty of my fellows south of the border, who are not interested in subsidising the welfare cheat and public purse scroungers which permeate the 6...

You are being really short sighted ,and i suspect have little understanding of real economics. If you actually have a higher value activity, it can be occasionally acceptable in divesting ones self of a low added value activity. But you must be conscious that the new player will invest in R&D...

Off topic.. but did you pick up that you tube song reference?

Well I obviously did not vote in either the ref. Or the GE ..

Nicely put.. but who does the regulating? And for what purpose? Dogma??? Slavery is the free exchange of services for money. The divine right of kings was a dogma ,the tyranny of the free market another dogma, the Manifest Destiny of the USA another Dogma, The greatest good for the greatest...

..would that be classed as blasfamy?.

I do agree with you Zlatan, and in this we must differfrom Oxygen.. If NI were located in China,and the Central committee wished to turn it into a sheep farm or a hydroelectric project,they would have no difficulty in shifting the 1.5 million, without recourse to legal privilege. It is easier...

Educate ? You ? I relish a challenge,but even that might be beyond me.

Oh come on, don't run yourself down!.

Not so. Single party rule, law organised in such a way that community rights trample over individual rights . And dare I say it a common market covering 1 billion people in a very strict union of countries. The ruling party waxes and wanes it's" capitalism" as it suits their collective good.

The euro is an operational currency in NI particularly in towns like Newry. Less so in Lisburn and Belfast. Likewise the pound sterling is currency in Dundalk. However the exchange rates can be laugh inducing!!. The currency is not the issue,and the person who considered it so is uninformed at...

Rather than viewing the travel as a success story, can you not see that it is a full vindication of what I and others have been saying for months. ? .. The current situation is that UK airlines will be prohibited from taking off from EU airports,post March 2019. It is proposed that there will...

It is a brilliant result for mankind, but would it be incorrect to suggest that China is called Red China for a reason?..( Hint nothing to do with skin colour ).

And what has remoaners to do with wishing to be part of the EU. .. has your spelling checker a problem or are you trying to make as point ..instead of just being trying?.