Tony Blair's Wimbledon to Belfast plan

Is there not a limit to how many posts a single poster can post on a single thread? Seems a bit over the top to post over 2 dozen times on a 6 page thread, especially without mentioning the newspaper article the thread was about......

The idea of a Premiership team in Belfast or Dublin would presumably bring pressure for Rangers and Celtic to join the Premiership too.

And the comments in the article about inevitable relegation and the impact on Northern Irish football seem to forget that a: a rich overseas investor may have bought them, instead of say Leicester, Cardiff or er... Wrexham?  And b: the 'quality' of Northern Irish football!

Would we rather have a uk Premiership than franchise fc in the league?   Suspect the answer is neither!

Quoted from Maringer

Yeah, boo to peace and all that stuff.

A whole generation of folk in Northern Ireland have had a much better life thanks to the GFA, which really was the only possible solution to the problems over there.

The fact that the arseholes on both side of the divide are still bickering shows it wasn't a panacea, but it has done a lot of good. The Brexit clownshoe brigade have done their best to mess it up, but hopefully, the peace will hold despite their shenanigans.

Blair has a lot of things to answer for, but allowing a generation to grow up in more peaceful circumstances isn't one of them.

Not sure you can use the word "peace" in any discussion about Tony Bliar.

The lying, war mongering, murdering girl private.

Quoted from friskneymariner

That's why David Cameron went to apologise to the people of Derry.

Another lying girl private.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Not sure you can use the word "peace" in any discussion about Tony Bliar.

The lying, war mongering, murdering girl private.

Well, the GFA was a peace process, so I think it is relevant.

Just a pity he was so desperate to join in with the Shrub in their little adventure in Iraq - cheered on by most of the political class, including almost all of the Tory Party and pretty much everyone else but the left most part of the Labour Party and the LibDems! A quarter of Labour MPs voted against the invasion. Two (2) Tory MPs voted against it.

As we've already said, plenty of things to criticise Blair for, but trying to get peace in NI isn't one of them.

Quoted from friskneymariner

It certainly did not,secret memo's reveal that M/G Ford stated that he believed the situation would not be revolved until some of the Young Derry Hooligans were shot .7/8 of those in Bloody Sunday were Young Derry lads M/G Ford was quietly removed in 1973 as is the Armies way ,as was Colonel Wilford who never received another promotion.Bloody Sunday made it significantly harder for all of us who followed and the truth was outed,and even more will be outed in the trial of Soldier F.

Are you for real?  All you can come back with is 'secret memos', yeah right, they are bound to be correct!

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

Completely agree - his greatest achievement with help from Clinton. In fact, one of the greatest political achievement in my lifetime. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland is a must watch to fully understand what was achieved. Johnson, the lying cvnt put it all at risk, I think Sinn Fein have got their eye firmly on a united Ireland by political means now though.

I wouldn't trust Sinn Fein in a million years, the biggest lying illegitimates in living history, not to mention that their leaders were both members of the IRA back in the 70's and they always backed IRA operations even when innocent men, women and children were killed, they never showed any remorse for those crimes, ever.  You say Johnson is a lying cvunt, not as big a liar as Blair especially over the Iraq war, which we should never have played any part in.

Quoted from ex-merseymariner

Is there not a limit to how many posts a single poster can post on a single thread? Seems a bit over the top to post over 2 dozen times on a 6 page thread, especially without mentioning the newspaper article the thread was about......

The idea of a Premiership team in Belfast or Dublin would presumably bring pressure for Rangers and Celtic to join the Premiership too.

And the comments in the article about inevitable relegation and the impact on Northern Irish football seem to forget that a: a rich overseas investor may have bought them, instead of say Leicester, Cardiff or er... Wrexham?  And b: the 'quality' of Northern Irish football!

Would we rather have a uk Premiership than franchise fc in the league?   Suspect the answer is neither!

No there isn't a limit to posts made, get over yourself.  What do you want, censorship?  It's a public forum, end of story.

Quoted from 123614

No there isn't a limit to posts made, get over yourself.  What do you want, censorship?  It's a public forum, end of story.

It.is a public forum with forum rules posted on a sticky in the main board. I've simply pointed out that you have been excessive (domineering?!) with your number of replies and haven't actually posted ON topic, just made the whole thread about Blair, Northern Ireland, and the troubles, which has played a part in it getting moved to non football.

Thanks for accusing me of censorship by me making what I thought was a valid point worthy of reflection.

Perhaps if you took the trouble to read the whole of the Saville report you would not make these ill informed comments.Go read it in it's entirety not selectively refer to bits out of context that suits your prejudiced and jaundiced agenda.It's on the government website.

Genuine question B and W. I studied the Troubles at university and often wondered about the psychological impact on all involved. I know some fire and police service workers utilise a dark/macabre humour as a coping mechanism. Was this the same for you and your colleagues during tours of Northern Ireland? On reflection, did any of your colleagues fall below the required standards expected of them?