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Getting Shirty At The Shopping Centre

Walking around our local shopping centre(mall) on Sunday, I spied a large man wearing a blue Tshirt. Its not unusual to see folks wearing football “tops”. Many shopping centres and restaurants impose a dress code and I have often seen … Continue reading

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Andy Murray…The New (Scottish) Rory McIlroy

Now that Rory McIlroy has gone off the boil a bit, I see Slugger O’Toole has adopted Andy Murray. McIlroy…from Holywood is I suppose a hero for us all. LetsGetAlongerists claim him most I suppose. Unionists and Nationalists are a … Continue reading

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Ooops They Did It Again

Over on his own Blog the peerless Mr BangorDub draws attention to the Orange Orders demand that “Ulster Scots” have a vote in any Referendum on Scottish Independence. http://bangordub.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/lets-all-vote-together/ Aside from the nightmare of actually working out who is real … Continue reading

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The Great Passport Controversy

 One of the most interesting things about living in Norn Iron is that we can “choose” to be Irish citizens, British citizens (previously subjects) or curiously……both. Frankly I did not choose to be Irish….. I am Irish. I did not … Continue reading

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The Scotland Question

There is a surprising number of threads about Scottish independence on Norn Irons third best political website. In part this is tribal……Norn Irons unionists will, by default back a “United Kingdom” and oppose Scottish independence. Irish nationalists of course oppose … Continue reading

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