tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post8824709097205797493..comments2024-03-28T17:49:01.125+00:00Comments on Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness: Votail Fianna Fail to smash Sinn Féin?Owen Polleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-42634900034424156432011-02-28T16:47:59.605+00:002011-02-28T16:47:59.605+00:00Seymour has hit the nail on the head. In the Repub...Seymour has hit the nail on the head. In the Republic voting habits are passed down the generations just like unionism and nationalism in the North. One political old hand I know muttered recently: "I hate them. I hate the way they treat us, the lies they tell about us." People complain about Civil War politics, but today's divisions in the Republic are no more about the Civil War than Northern political parties are all about the Penal Laws. But at least there is hope here for a long-awaited realignment. It still took 90 years for Civil War politics to die, which doesn't fill me with great hope for the future of NI.andrewghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01363738196403434636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-24335723565994861942011-02-28T14:22:32.591+00:002011-02-28T14:22:32.591+00:00I do believe that the results from the general ele...I do believe that the results from the general election in the Irish Republic contain disquieting overtones, and not just for the reasons which Chekov sets out in this article.<br /><br />I'll be writing on this theme later.Phil Larkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-55004232155389494032011-02-26T08:24:42.979+00:002011-02-26T08:24:42.979+00:00Chekov,
The DUP did not invent that tactic. It h...Chekov,<br /><br />The DUP did not invent that tactic. It has been going on in ROI politics since the civil war. It is similar to "vote for me to keep the other side out". It is just that the names of the parties they want to "smash" are changing. <br /><br />This is all part and parcel of tribal politics. Politics might look different in ROI because tribalism there is not related to sectarianism.Seymour Majornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-11813017906566448812011-02-25T14:56:51.178+00:002011-02-25T14:56:51.178+00:00No sooner said ... ;)No sooner said ... ;)Owen Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-23856240816696865042011-02-25T14:54:59.477+00:002011-02-25T14:54:59.477+00:00I want attribution for that!I want attribution for that!rutherfordhttp://aleatory.clientsideweb.net/noreply@blogger.com