Comments by "Guinness" (@GuinessOriginal) on "Northern Ireland Protocol ‘must go’, says DUP leader" video.

@AsAnUlsterman DUP have never been less popular in the unionist community. They’ve taken out votes for granted, become corrupted to the core and landed us in the mess we’re in now. Arlene Phillips should have gone years ago, if she’d have supported Teresa May’s deal we wouldn’t be in this situation, instead she didn’t, caused may to fall and lost her hand and now we’ve got a far worse deal which is no surprise because it was concocted by Johnson and Reese Mogg who in case you’ve forgotten are Catholics and have openly stated they don’t care about Northern Ireland and would be happy to see it gone. The DUP got us into this mess and you’re going to continue to support them because you don’t like republicans? There’s already shortages in the shops and Christmas is going to be a lot worse
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@velociraptorwolf447 I'm a unionist and i think some of their economic policies on income and taxation and housing are quite sensible, certainly more sensible than anything the dup have done recently. Supporting this deal was an idiotic move
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Each British isles resident has paid £5 a month for the last 50 years to subsidise Northern Ireland. Not quite sure what we get for that. Surely they should be paying us to be a member of the union not us paying them?
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Linkingy their own pockets, Arlene Phillips has been doing it for years. Where did the 2 billion go that they got from Teresa May for supporting her deal which they never did and if they had wouldn’t be in this mess now? Not preparing for brexit that’s for sure
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@chips1889 lol are you ditching your support for Cummings now? He's the only person I've ever trusted when it came to brexit it wouldn't have happened without him and her you are stabbing him in the back because you think Boris is the saviour of the union? Give me a break
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@chips1889 you think Cummings is on the left? You're off your rocker. And it was the lend lease agreement repayments that forced rationing until 1953, whereas Germany had the Marshall plan. There was absolutely no other choice but to nationalise the railways if they wanted to keep Britain moving, it had already effectively been done during the war anyway. You need to learn a bit about history and politics mate. Cummings left wing? Joker
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@chips1889 yeah listen pal you don't know much about history and less about politics, you're just making yourself sound foolish here, like ben shapiro when he called Andrew O'Neil a communist. You need to get an eduction and get a grip because you really don't have a clue what you're talking about
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Why did boris sign up to this deal and why did the DUP support him? Incompetence at the highest level, boris said he had an oven ready Brexit deal. Who wrote it, Micky mouse? Boris and the DUP clearly didn’t read it
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Mancunian Candidate who are you referring to?
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@asanulsterman1025 personally I think it's about time we took control of our politics instead of leaving it in the hands of corrupt incompetents who just use sectarianism as a way to guarantee our votes. Voting purely along sectarian lines clearly isn't working as you've pointed out. I'm a unionist for what it's worth but i find myself agreeing with many of SFs economic policies. It's a stretch to say I'd vote for them but it's a damming indictment of unionist politics. I'm looking for a third way because the old one isn't working.
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@asanulsterman1025 personally I've come to the conclusion that it's demographically only a matter of time now, we've had 300 years ago it was a good run. You might have something there, however we'd need to be careful it didn't end up in partition like India. One thing is for certain i won't ever be voting for the DUP again
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@taintabird23 well we know which side of the fence you sit on, how's the water situation working out for you in Dublin? I think they talk a lot of sense when it comes to income and housing, you call them populist but they are sorely needed by the majority of the population and long overdue. Covid has shown us that governments can find all kinds of money and power for themselves when they want to, and most of that money has gone into the pockets of themselves and their friends and families, a group to which you no doubt belong. You don't like "populist" policies because instead of benefiting the rich elite they benefit the masses, and that doesn't help line your pockets in the short term. People like you and DUP are peas in a pod
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@asanulsterman1025 I'm in my 40s but I'm thoroughly sick of the DUP it's corrupt and incompetent to the core. And I'm no longer blinded by sectarianism and stupidity to not recognise sensible policies when i see them, regardless of where they come from. You have some interesting points of view though which are worth hearing, whether you're right or not will be seen over time. As the last year has shown us in many ways, things can change fast and I think change is going to happen even faster in the future. One thing is for certain, the DUP is not a party equipped to manage such change, so we must find another way, and if that means adopting abs working with some of the more sensible economic policies proposed by SF then so be it. I'm not about to cut my nose off to spite my face, and a successful NI is more likely to be an independent one. Follow the DUP for much longer and we'll be going back to direct rule and the troubles it or a rapid defecto reunification with the Republic, so we must find a third way
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Could have voted for anyone wonder but those two
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@weswheel4834 especially the dup who clearly haven't got a clue or didn't care
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If Arlene Foster had gone years ago you wouldn’t be in this mess
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@joekws Foster sorry yeah, well that just shows what a debacle the dup have been, either way she should have gone a long time ago now is time for them all to go i won't be voting for them ever again they've sold us down the river to line their own pockets and try and hang onto power
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The DUP didn’t support the deal that Protestant Teresa may negotiated which was far better than this for Northern Ireland and they directly caused her downfall and supported the rise to power of the Catholics Johnson and Reese Mogg and their deal even though they illegally started they didn’t care about Northern Ireland and world happily sacrifice it which they promptly did with DUP support. The DUP have failed us, they’ve been failing us under Arlene Phillips for years, they take our votes for granted and fleece us and live their own pockets, it’s the only thing they’re really interested in. They must go if we want to save the Union because this lot will sell us and their grandmothers down the river if it means more money to them. If they cared about the union they wouldn’t have got us into this mess in the first place
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@MrFlibbleable you're having a laugh mate, they've had over 5 years to get this right and all I've heard for the last ten was that it would be easy to negotiate a good deal with the eu. Boris had his oven ready deal, he set the arbitrary deadline, if he and the dup didn't know what they were getting into when they agreed that deal that is entirely their responsibility. You can have the enforcement of the deal written into the agreement. The fact is Johnson and Reese mogg never cared a hoot about NI and the union and were happy to sacrifice it in order to get their deal, and the DUP were either so corrupt or so incompetent that they agreed to it regardless of the consequences which it was their duty to fully understand the implications of, which they either clearly didn't or didn't care and thought it would be good political capital for them. How you can sit there with a straight face and say it wasn't their fault they agreed this deal is beyond a joke. It's quite clearly their responsibility and they have failed miserably. They need to go
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@MrFlibbleable get a grip pal if the deal has been wonderful mine they promised us it was you'd have given them all the glory, the fact is it isn't after 5 years of negotiations and according to you it's not their responsibility at all 😂 no wonder they're so incompetent and corrupt with people like you willing to support them no matter what 🤡 you're a clown mate just like these politicians
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