Comments on The Pensive Quill: Stakes are High but Labour can Play an Ace

Fionnuala, Thank you. I used to look forward to Qu...

2011-11-20T19:45:01.118Z

Fionnuala,
Thank you. I used to look forward to Question Time because you always had someone in the audience who told a politician to Naff Off or something similar. As opposed to the “Spotlight” or “UTV Live” “specials” that we are stuck with every month! Here in the north, we have to put up with the same boring gubs, the same boring questions and the same boring answers. The last few times I’ve watched Question Time it was rubbish as the Tory and Labour reps on the panel were more or less reading from the one hymn sheet. Unless you have someone “controversial” on the panel (ie George Galloway) , then it’s good. A tip for anyone on here that has Virgin Media, the next time shite like Spotlight or UTV Live is on, turn to 861 which gives you the Brit QT which is far more entertaining. (By the way, it was Mrs. Git that put me on to this, God bless her!).

belfastgit, absolutely true! In relation to the B...

2011-11-20T16:39:12.762Z

belfastgit,
absolutely true!
In relation to the British Labour Party. I attended a Trade Union Conference last year and there was a lot of these sentiments about. There were a lot of the speakers forwarding the idea, that the North of Ireland is now ripe for another type of politics.
Which was fine until they start that old, you lot are divided along sectarian lines spin.
While there is no doubt we are divided, none of these speakers uttered a word about why or how the hell we got divided.
It is like, Oh dear, we Brits are being called upon to come in and organise you on the workers front.
But they will never mention anything in relation to injustice past or present, it is all cosmetic, superficial and in keeping with the normalisation process.

Fionnuala I think you mean SF is a safe constituti...

2011-11-20T12:15:52.128Z

Fionnuala
I think you mean SF is a safe constitutional unionist party.

John, the raving loony party would probably have ...

2011-11-19T15:38:26.835Z

John,
the raving loony party would probably have a better appeal.
Having said that nothing could be worse than the useless parcel of shite we currently have.
A lot of former SDLP voters now believe it is hip to vote Sinn Fein.
They see Sinn Fein as an essentially a safe nationalist party who might publicly ruffle the odd feather whilst privately adhering exclusively to the status quo.