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HarriettMBThe <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DUP</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TUV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TUV</a> and loyalist activist 🚮 continue to waste massive sums of taxpayers money arguing that Ireland’s national language shouldn’t be on signage in Ireland; meanwhile there’s insufficient housing, agricultural pollution affecting much of our AONB and water bodies, prices are about to rise exponentially because of Trump tariffs, a UK ETA for visitors to six countries of Northern Ireland that will cost tourism and hospitality a lot in discontinued bookings, and a likely rise in unemployment as the effect of tariffs impact around the world. But two languages on a signboard……. Pass the smelling salts. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NIPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIPolitics</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MastoDaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoDaoine</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UI</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9vjqz93v9o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9vjqz93v9o</a>

HarriettMBStarmer can’t grovel deep enough in the hope of staving off negative attention from the White House and as any history of Trump shows, that doesn’t work. He throws everyone under the bus, as that’s what greedy monstrous bullies do. Starmer really needs to look at the incalculable damage aligning with the US will do to the UK, and particularly to Northern Ireland. He must be persuaded to take account of the Good Friday Agreement, the NI Protocol and ensure more alignment with the EU than with the US. If he does not the UK will be a pariah with all its closest geographic neighbours. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FeloniousTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FeloniousTrump</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UI</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RejoinEU</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/business-h8ss70mez/-/a-o9Kp4yXxSrGrr-P6HgrJJg%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/business-h8ss70mez/-/a-o9Kp4yXxSrGrr-P6HgrJJg%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0</a>

HarriettMBYou know what would make life better for everyone? If the British left Northern Ireland and returned it to be part of an independent whole country, all of which is in the EU. Then Hilary wouldn’t have to try and boss Ireland or the EU over tariffs. What would work well also would be the UK aligning themselves with the EU, rather than cowering in acquiescence before the toxic bullying of the USA. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RejoinEU</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brexit</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IrlPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IrlPol</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UI</a> <a href="https://www.eppingforestguardian.co.uk/news/national/25057871.hilary-benn-warns-issue-ni-eu-imposes-tariffs-us-trade-dispute/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eppingforestguardian.co.uk/news/national/25057871.hilary-benn-warns-issue-ni-eu-imposes-tariffs-us-trade-dispute/</a>

HarriettMBI wonder how much Jamie Bryson costs the UK taxpayer every year? He’s hardly ever out of the courts, as he takes legal action after legal action over very important life changing subjects such as dual language signage in the new Belfast Central Transport hub, or a new pre-school or playgroup in Irish, or a GAA pitch were everyone can play camogie, hurling etc. He’s not a lawyer, a barrister, a KC, or a solicitor. He’s not called to the bar, and has no legal qualifications, but he sure know how to take up an immense amount of court time. Even the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UUP</a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DUP</a> avoided this one, simply stating they would raise it in Stormont. On his Xitter timeline he uses inflammatory rhetoric like ‘divisive, agressive demands, imposition’ and claims the use of Irish is some kind of attack on Unionism. No one is forcing him to read anything in Irish ever. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NIPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIPolitics</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TUV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TUV</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UI</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy0lpzxjpro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy0lpzxjpro</a>

HarriettMBHow pathetic are the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DUP</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TUV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TUV</a> and their tame troll 🚮? It seems to have escaped their attention that they live in IRELAND, and this is our national language; it’s legal, it’s used in Courts, in Stormont; has been used by our MPs in House of Commons, and by various members of the royal family on State visits to Ireland - north and south. No one is holding their heads in a fixed position or forcing them to read anything in Irish. All the signage will also be available in English, for those who cannot tell the difference between Beal Feriste and Belfast. 🚮 aka Jamie Bryson is trying to lodge legal objection against Irish Language signage with the courts. We have so many problems, not least the reduction in PIPs and other benefits, the negative effects of the new ETA, the problems being caused by the American administration worldwide; and this kind of bigotry is what gets them up in the morning. Sigh <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NIPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIPolitics</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brexit</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UI</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IrlPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IrlPol</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dup-intends-to-put-marker-down-at-executive-on-irish-language-signs-at-station/a1537744613.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dup-intends-to-put-marker-down-at-executive-on-irish-language-signs-at-station/a1537744613.html</a>

HarriettMB😂 When the supporter of colonial occupation of Northern Ireland by the English administration describes NI’s business administration being parallel with the EU rules as ‘colonial occupation’ …… I think irony died. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NIPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIPol</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RejoinEU</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brexit</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a> <a href="https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/tuv-leader-jim-allister-says-union-inescapably-depleted-by-irish-sea-border/a1457378666.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/tuv-leader-jim-allister-says-union-inescapably-depleted-by-irish-sea-border/a1457378666.html</a>

HarriettMB<a href="https://mastodon.ie/@murchadhfinn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@murchadhfinn</a> Labour MPs could change this: they are continuing to express ‘concerns’ and similar sentiment. But they urgently need to take some actions. Abstention votes and nice words don’t cut it. They can turn this around IF they put a VONC against the Front Bench & PM: IF they vote against these policies: IF they cross the floor and join either the Greens or Corbyns Independents. But they won’t. Starmer’s obeisance to Trump means nothing for Trump except to highlight another mark he can bully and intimidate when he wants to. It’s bad for England, Scotland, Wales, and it’s going to be really bad for Northern Ireland unless we get a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UI</a> asap. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a>

Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋEtain Tannam and Conor J. Kelly on how the new British and Irish governments have tried to reset relations after the tumultuous Brexit period. <a href="https://constitution-unit.com/2025/03/05/more-of-the-same-or-a-new-opportunity-for-british-irish-relations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://constitution-unit.com/2025/03/05/more-of-the-same-or-a-new-opportunity-for-british-irish-relations/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brexit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a>

Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋLeo Varadkar (not my taste in politics) on the next British general election and what it may mean for both jurisdictions in Ireland, and also for Scotland.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Alba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alba</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/%C3%89ire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Éire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IndyRef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndyRef</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a>

Fragarach<a href="https://beige.party/@HarriettMB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@HarriettMB</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@JackTheCat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@JackTheCat</a> I think we should just stand on our doorsteps and clap, like they wanted us to do for the NHS. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AbolishTheMonarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishTheMonarchy</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a>

Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋEamonn McCann's tribute to Nell McCafferty<a href="https://www.derryjournal.com/news/people/mccann-reflects-on-derry-journalist-nell-mccaffertys-life-and-work-as-a-community-champion-4276970" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.derryjournal.com/news/people/mccann-reflects-on-derry-journalist-nell-mccaffertys-life-and-work-as-a-community-champion-4276970</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Derry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Derry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Feminism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GayRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GayRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a>

Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ"Loser's consent" in referendums, especially in sovereignty transfer referendums, and specifically in the case of the referendums that will reunify Ireland. What does it mean? Why does it matter? How do we go about maximising it? <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00323217241266045" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00323217241266045</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GFA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a>

Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ“The beauty of the Good Friday Agreement was that you could be Irish, British or both. Borders didn’t matter as much because we were all part of the European Union. Brexit ended all of that and shows in very real terms, that if we want to control our destiny across Ireland, then we need to be reunited.” - Ben Collins <a href="https://irishborderpoll.com/2024/07/16/ex-unionist-will-vote-with-his-head-and-for-unity-in-a-border-poll/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://irishborderpoll.com/2024/07/16/ex-unionist-will-vote-with-his-head-and-for-unity-in-a-border-poll/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GFA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brexit</a>

NickSpeaking as a Northern Irish Protestant, some Unionists have completely colonial attitudes to the place.The North of Ireland does not need these sorts of politicians; it does not need the Union at all.And Unionism, if you like that sort of thing, would be better and more successful without them.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/torydeathparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torydeathparty</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ge2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ge2024</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UUP</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a>

NickIs Sunak actually proposing conscripting Irish Nationalist and Republican teenagers in the North of Ireland to the British Army? If so, lol, good luck with that.If not, I’d just point out that the North of Ireland was exempted from conscription in both WW1 and WW2. If it is to be exempted from National Service, maybe a lot of teenagers would find changing their home addresses to Belfast or Derry an attractive option?<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunak</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GE2024</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToriesOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToriesOut</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a>

NickPeople who voted for the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GoodFridayAgreement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoodFridayAgreement</a> on the island of Ireland, 1998: 2,119,549People who voted for the Conservative Party on the island of Ireland, 2019: 5,433<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToriesOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToriesOut</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rwanda</a><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-69001673" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-69001673</a>

Jacqui ☘️legacyvof Empire is yet to be ended in the relation to the UK union.I have friends and family in England, I wish you no harm, I hope that you can restore sanity to the politics there, for all our sakes, while we are still part of this union.However, I just don't want to be part of the UK union any longer. I would like your influence over the place I call home gone - the British ruling classes have done enough damage. It is time to go, so we can repair it.It is time to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a>

John G FitzgeraldHaving attended the funeral of a family friend in Banbridge, NI, we stopped overnight, near the border, at Killeavy Castle on the way south. A pleasant morning walk was enlivened by this character who's clearly reserved his proprietary perch on a balcony overlooking the gardens. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/IrelandUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IrelandUnited</a>

border_irelandCW: I live north of the border. I have siblings and children who live south of the border as well as in the north. The Irish border is an impractical encumbrance to my family and to my community and Brexit is destined to make it worse. I honestly believe that the only real, practical and long term solution is a United Ireland. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Think32</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/UnitedIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedIreland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#irish</a>

border_irelandCW In the event of a long term closure of NI Assembly more people would prefer Joint Authority at 41% than any other alternative. Indeed if include a consultative form of JA. figure rises to 59%. Direct Rule features at 40%. That JA is the most popular choice is reflective of a changing NI. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/think32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#think32</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#irish</a>

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