The Irish protocol.

I could use the aghast language of other posters with a few expletives and say you have been told many times that this is not how it works. The ira accepted the legitimacy of ni and the right of the people of ni to self determination. An international agreement now backs that up. This is much much more secure than the protocol

Unionism didn’t try to bring either down. A section of unionism (and a smaller section of republicanism) felt the BA was in essence a surrender of their cause. Clearly the smaller section of republicanism was proven right as unionism would be very nervous today if it did not have the ultimate protection afforded by BA. Most unionists who opposed it now recognise that though there was nasty medicine to be taken eg release of terrorists, it has been well worth it. The ira are not killing them anymore and there is an international recognition of the legitimacy on ni and the right to self determination.

protocol is different. Unionist politicians were split about 50/50 on the BA. Though 100% are opposed to the protocol in its current form.

so again you are spinning history.

They cannot align with EU standards. Are you suggesting that EU would make all the rules going forward and UK would blindly follow. Thats not tenable

You are always right Francie (in your own head), even the the facts demonstrate you are wholly wrong

I genuinely don’t know which country you believe they will be running after next election? If you are referring to ni, then you don’t understand the gfa. This is another reason the gfa was a masterstroke by unionism. If republicanism ever end up the biggest party then they still cannot run the country, as they would anywhere else.

a lot of romantic naivety in your post. ….and as for hoping the ira will win - I don’t know where to start

francie you say

.Unionism tried to bring both down the gfa

while I have demonstrated that the majority of unionist politicians supported it and the majority of unionist voters voted for parties that supported it. So what you are saying is comparable to me saying ‘republicans tried to bring down the gfa and also continued murdering people’. Now that is factually true, but entirely misleading.

so if you want us to agree that both republicans and unionists tried to bring it down, then that is factually correct but non-sensical.

if you want to clarify your statement that a minority of unionist politicians tried to bring down gfa and 100% of unionist politicians are opposed to the protocol in its current form then we could agree