Shock as only 17 percent in Northern Ireland would vote for a United Ireland
New BBC poll indicates crushing defeat for proposed Sinn Fein vote
Published Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 7:10 AM
Updated Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 9:47 AM
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ancavker | Feb 12, 2013, 10:56 AM EST
STEVENSTAIR: TO finish my deleted reply from a few days back. The Irish in the north know that if there were a UI tomorrow, their dole payments would be cut drastically, sa the south would not be able to pay the generous dole amounts they pay now. And of course those dole pymts would be cut for those in the south as well. So right now it makes sense for them to stay within the U.K.,and have the English govt subsidize their basket economy which is primarily just the public sector. Meanwhile the Germans will continue to run things in the south. But the Germans are some what fond of the Irish. They love the Guinness and the music.
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ancavker | Feb 12, 2013, 10:56 AM EST
STEVENSTAIR: TO finish my deleted reply from a few days back. The Irish in the north know that if there were a UI tomorrow, their dole payments would be cut drastically, sa the south would not be able to pay the generous dole amounts they pay now. And of course those dole pymts would be cut for those in the south as well. So right now it makes sense for them to stay within the U.K.,and have the English govt subsidize their basket economy which is primarily just the public sector. Meanwhile the Germans will continue to run things in the south. But the Germans are some what fond of the Irish. They love the Guinness and the music.
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ancavker | Feb 12, 2013, 10:55 AM EST
STEVENSTAIR: TO finish my deleted reply from a few days back. The Irish in the north know that if there were a UI tomorrow, their dole payments would be cut drastically, sa the south would not be able to pay the generous dole amounts they pay now. And of course those dole pymts would be cut for those in the south as well. So right now it makes sense for them to stay within the U.K.,and have the English govt subsidize their basket economy which is primarily just the public sector. Meanwhile the Germans will continue to run things in the south. But the Germans are some what fond of the Irish. They love the Guinness and the music.
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ancavker | Feb 12, 2013, 10:55 AM EST
STEVENSTAIR: TO finish my deleted reply from a few days back. The Irish in the north know that if there were a UI tomorrow, their dole payments would be cut drastically, sa the south would not be able to pay the generous dole amounts they pay now. And of course those dole pymts would be cut for those in the south as well. So right now it makes sense for them to stay within the U.K.,and have the English govt subsidize their basket economy which is primarily just the public sector. Meanwhile the Germans will continue to run things in the south. But the Germans are some what fond of the Irish. They love the Guinness and the music.
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Brenn69 | Feb 11, 2013, 11:38 PM EST
And what reason on Earth do we have to trust a poll about Irish affairs conducted by the British Broadcasting Company? None. It's too soon to vote on this, given the shattered economies everywhere today. In a while, when still more Irish babies are outnumbering babies who bow to the Empire, the island will be all-green, again. (Or, humanity will get over flags and money and all work together, but that's probably a few centuries away, the way things are going...)
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Brenn69 | Feb 11, 2013, 11:38 PM EST
And what reason on Earth do we have to trust a poll about Irish affairs conducted by the British Broadcasting Company? None. It's too soon to vote on this, given the shattered economies everywhere today. In a while, when still more Irish babies are outnumbering babies who bow to the Empire, the island will be all-green, again. (Or, humanity will get over flags and money and all work together, but that's probably a few centuries away, the way things are going...)
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Brenn69 | Feb 11, 2013, 11:38 PM EST
And what reason on Earth do we have to trust a poll about Irish affairs conducted by the British Broadcasting Company? None. It's too soon to vote on this, given the shattered economies everywhere today. In a while, when still more Irish babies are outnumbering babies who bow to the Empire, the island will be all-green, again. (Or, humanity will get over flags and money and all work together, but that's probably a few centuries away, the way things are going...)
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Brenn69 | Feb 11, 2013, 11:38 PM EST
And what reason on Earth do we have to trust a poll about Irish affairs conducted by the British Broadcasting Company? None. It's too soon to vote on this, given the shattered economies everywhere today. In a while, when still more Irish babies are outnumbering babies who bow to the Empire, the island will be all-green, again. (Or, humanity will get over flags and money and all work together, but that's probably a few centuries away, the way things are going...)
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Brenn69 | Feb 11, 2013, 11:37 PM EST
And what reason on Earth do we have to trust a poll about Irish affairs conducted by the British Broadcasting Company? None. It's too soon to vote on this, given the shattered economies everywhere today. In a while, when still more Irish babies are outnumbering babies who bow to the Empire, the island will be all-green, again. (Or, humanity will get over flags and money and all work together, but that's probably a few centuries away, the way things are going...)
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Brenn69 | Feb 11, 2013, 11:37 PM EST
And what reason on Earth do we have to trust a poll about Irish affairs conducted by the British Broadcasting Company? None. It's too soon to vote on this, given the shattered economies everywhere today. In a while, when still more Irish babies are outnumbering babies who bow to the Empire, the island will be all-green, again. (Or, humanity will get over flags and money and all work together, but that's probably a few centuries away, the way things are going...)
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STEVENSTAR | Feb 11, 2013, 07:47 PM EST
@@@LiamtheDream | Feb 11, 2013, 06:40 PM EST >>>>>>>>>>YOUR AMERICAN .. WE DONT TEND TO USE THE PHRASE ..NO BRAINER OVER HERE AND WE ALSO DONT SAY THINGS LIKE .......SOCIAL PROGRAMMES ........JUST ONE OF MANY THINGS ITS EASY TO TELL WHEN ITS AN AMERICAN POSTING THESE COMMENTS AS OPPOSED TO AN IRISH PERSON :-)
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STEVENSTAR | Feb 11, 2013, 07:46 PM EST
@@@LiamtheDream | Feb 11, 2013, 06:40 PM EST >>>>>>>>>>YOUR AMERICAN .. WE DONT TEND TO USE THE PHRASE ..NO BRAINER OVER HERE AND WE ALSO DONT SAY THINGS LIKE .......SOCIAL PROGRAMMES ........JUST ONE OF MANY THINGS ITS EASY TO TELL WHEN ITS AN AMERICAN POSTING THESE COMMENTS AS OPPOSED TO AN IRISH PERSON .... :-)
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STEVENSTAR | Feb 11, 2013, 07:46 PM EST
@@@LiamtheDream | Feb 11, 2013, 06:40 PM EST >>>>>>>>>>YOUR AMERICAN .. WE DONT TEND TO USE THE PHRASE ..NO BRAINER OVER HERE AND WE ALSO DONT SAY THINGS LIKE .......SOCIAL PROGRAMMES ........JUST ONE OF MANY THINGS ITS EASY TO TELL WHEN ITS AN AMERICAN POSTING THESE COMMENTS AS OPPOSED TO AN IRISH PERSON .... :-)
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STEVENSTAR | Feb 11, 2013, 07:43 PM EST
@@@@@LiamtheDream | Feb 11, 2013, 06:40 PM EST
THATS INCORRECT CAN YOU GIVE ME FIGURE MATES?? .. HERE YOU GO .. IRISH DOLE FOR A SINGLE PER WEEK IS 188EURO DOLE .. 54 RENT ALLOWANCE.. 20 EURO FUEL ALLOWANCE.... MEDICAL CARD AND DENTAL WORK.. ALSO CHILDRENS ALLOWANCE IS 120EURO PER MONTH PER CHILD ... THE UK DOLE IS £65 PER WEEK YOU CAN COME BACK TO ME WITH RENT ALLOWANCE ETC.. THE WELFARE IN SOUTHERN IRELAND IS THE BEST IN EUROPE THATS WHY WE HAVE MOST OF THEM MOVING OVER HERE FROM EASTERN EUROPE.. WE NOW HAVE 1 IN 4 POLISH LIVING ON WELFARE IN IRELAND..
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