Comments by "Taint ABird" (@taintabird23) on "Sinn Fein becomes largest party in Northern Ireland after historic win" video.

  1. Might need to bring in Proportional Representation to help with that.
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  2. Sinn Féin is a left-wing party.
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  3. I can't see the DUP and the Alliance agreeing on very much.
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  4. The proportional representation system of voting requires a great deal of counting, as it is a list system and every vote counts. It is the most democratic system for elections in multi-party states as it gives a voice to minority parties (essential in Northern Ireland). Sinn Féin are popular among Catholics, but their Protestants never stop attacking them, which is why comments are turned off on their channels. Sinn Féin supporters are just as abusive.
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  5. Nationalists do not want a border poll - those in NI are just as suspicious of Dublin as Unionists are, while in the south Nationalists like the idea of unity in principle but not now and not before they know what it will look like. People on both sides of the border are more interested in bread and butter issues and not having the DUP trying to pull a fast one on the GFA. Unionism has totally fractured and the DUP have played into the hands of Sinn Feiners, allowing it to grow slowly north of the border; in the Republic people are tired of the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and the Shinners only needed to move more towards the centre in order to pick up votes. It is likely the will be in power in Dublin after the next general election. At that point the Shinners will start working on unity, but nothing will alienate many of their new voters faster than if it becomes a distraction from bread and butter issues. Changing expectations, the decline of unionism and the volatile and changing political landscape in Britain makes the break up of the union and a Irish unity inevitable. Its just not imminent.
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  6.  Ainsley Govan  Not according to many who voted for Sinn Féin.
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  7.  Ainsley Govan  It seems to be both. The only people bleating on about unity in these recent elections were the DUP...
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  8. Its too hard to read all that without punctuation.
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  9.  @maxdavis7722  Ireland exercises no claim over Northern Ireland. However, partition is artificial and has never worked anywhere it has been tried. In Northern Ireland's case, it is a physical expression of social, cultural, sectarian and economic divisions within Northern Ireland. These divisions need to be removed in order for there to be unity within Northern Ireland. NI is contested territory because of its colonial experience. As these divisions wain, unity with the south will quite naturally come about leading to the creation of a new state.
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  10.  @maxdavis7722  The border was only ever meant to be temporary when it was brought in. It was intended that unionists and nationalists would work our their differences and unite, but the Unionists had no intention of doing so. The border itself is not natural.
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  11.  @maxdavis7722  I disagree. The border is purely artificial and designed to create an artificial Protestant majority. That is diminishing over time and in further time the gravity of economics, social relationships, and constitutional changes in Britain will result in a transition towards unity. Thus a 'natural' unity. The train has already left the station.
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  12. A lack of strategic vision.
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