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Well you actually won it a total of 5 times ,the last in 97,.. perhaps you were reflecting in the glory of Ireland's 7 in the same period. Unless of course, you were including your wifes results in the WE . The best of thise 5 was " Puppet on a string" , wriiten by a Derryman.

Yes I share your frustration , but I can advance three reasons. 1. They did ,but were shouted down. These are not people who engage in public argy bargy. 2. Companies and countries outside the UK did not want to be seen as interfering in the internal politiking . 3. They were muted,because...

Would you not concede that the English,who are by far the largest entity, basically ignore any objections from West of the Severn,or North of the Tweed or maybe the Tyne. Such places are excellent for the holidays, but not for serious consideration? In such a model,these countries are...

Due to an unfortunate string of events,the people of NI have been denied representation for the last two years. They have been under adminstration. Had there been an assembly in operation, perhaps we might know, because then the DUP would have been challenged to defend and argue the stance they...

The conservative government in the UK has negotiated a Deal with the EU. That Deal is still part of Their policy. An unpopular part of that deal is a non time limited nature of a backstop affecting the entire UK. By limiting that Backstop to the island of Ireland, the majority of that...

Why would that concern anyone in Europe?. The only immediate effect would be that the veto of the DUP would be removed. It would also require that the Labour party allowed a free vote. However, I cannot follow the logic,which assumes a majority in the country for some deal, possibly a majority...

It is not 900 jobs, it is probably 5 times that. Each meeting,involves hotels, car rentals,taxis, air fares each proposal involves solicitors , lobbying, graphics designers . Each day of operation needs external IT support , canteen staff, ...the list goes on and on...

On the contrary, the Irish government would have no problems with that. Our preference would of course be for even closer alignment between the EU and the UK.

The solution to the backstop dillema currently faced in the HoC is so simple ,that it is astonishing that it has not been explored. 1. Allow a free vote, without party whips in the HoC 2. Remove or make time limited the Backstop guarantee as it affects Great Britain. 3. Retain the...

Fair enough...

Lets see now get the US government do the EUs accounting? or the Chinese? , Perhaps you would prefer the UN or the World Bank. .. Get real

Fingers yiou are entitled to have an opinion, but then you have a duty to make it accurate. You lose all shreds of credibility otherwise. As a service to society and to your tattered reputation, I am attaching a reference to the last Court of Auditors report. As it is 38 Mb , I am sure the...

Were that hypothesis to be true,then yes the mess would be as bad as present. Worse?. Not sure. The realisation is dawning that it is a shambles,. Would things have been better had the UK been resolute for a crash out two years ago?. Maybe,at least there would have been realistic longer...

Of course everyone in the EU wants free movement of trucks, and no they are not slow learners,.. that was what the EU is about. About the Queen, whatever!. We have a lot of respect for our own little man. Our Micael D ,is capable of stringing a few words together, and does come up with...

Really!. Skills can be taught.

What "everybody knows " may be only a half truth.

Having looked at the NIRSA website, there does appear to be a large discrepancy, so to correct everything the figures appear to be. Total sales activity 76 Sales attributed to GB( UK excluding NI) 14 Sales or exports to RoI 4 Sales or exports to rest of EU 2.6 Sales or exports to rest of...

No typo!!. 2016 statistics were NI to RoI 30% , NI to rest of world (inc. mainland UK) 47%. NI to EU 23% 53 is bigger than 47 . ..Irish times june 21 2018 .... based on NI figures. .There is a nice graphic as well... "2016, 30 per cent of Northern Ireland’s exports – £2 billion (€2.3...

I am not eligible... I know my place.

Woosh, the statement that most of NI trade is with UK,is one of those semi truths.. not a lie,and not the full story either.it is a statistic which conceals as much as it reveals. Since NI is part of the UK internal trade qualifies under that umbrella. What you mean is that Mainland UK is...