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Listed below are comments made by cyberbeagle between Monday, 29th September 2008 and Monday, 1st June 2009.

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Stormont as Hogwarts 12:56pm on 01 Jun 2009 I thought Jim N came across much better than the other two Unionist candidates, Stormontspy... Jim Allistair came over more like Davros with his increasingly spiteful ranting style grating at one point. Diane Dodds... hmmm... seems to be getting more and more whinny and certainly did herself no favours.
Beware the Curse of Shannon 10:11pm on 13 Dec 2008 Yep, Jim Shannon strikes again!! ;-)
Adams and the Afrikaners 1:06pm on 18 Nov 2008 I'm left wondering what South Africans make of all this? Especially white South Africans!!
More Angel Delight 4:24pm on 12 Nov 2008 Hmm... Iris's dish... Why do I have a certain Isaac Hayes song running through my head...?
The UUP, the Tories and the "Triumvirate" 10:53am on 10 Nov 2008 I can certainly understand your opinions on Labour, moderateunionist, but I gather the fledgling Labour Party members here very much intend contesting elections, and certainly agree with you about Labour's stance on the Union, but if we can get people from NI who would be more inclined to support Labour if they lived in GB then we might be able to change that opinion - by having no-one to counter their past policies inside the party they've grown unchallenged! So maybe it might be for the greater good? And I've never really bought this argument about competing with the SDLP, I've never seen them as a "Labour" party!!
The UUP, the Tories and the "Triumvirate" 7:15pm on 09 Nov 2008 Modernunionist, you say who do you vote for as a left wing unionist if the UUP join with the Conservatives? Why not join Labour and try to get them to stand?
The UUP, the Tories and the "Triumvirate" 3:00pm on 07 Nov 2008 Well, as a pro-agreement former Young Unionist I saw the UUP tear itself apart back in 2000-2002. The UYUC was extremely anti-agreement at the time and I saw how members were more interested in who did what (in the party) in the past than what it should do in the future. Even Reg's latest speeches say the UUP did this in the past, etc... I see things haven't changed - he's right, but it doesn't really matter to Joe Bloggs.

I still won't vote DUP and still vote UUP, but the party is at risk of not mattering any more. This is the perfect time to appear, alongside the SDLP, as a true alternative government to the stalled DUP/Sinn Fein axis, but they aren't pouncing. This merger with the Tories was the best news in years as it gave the hope that the UUP would matter again and have a future and a say in a national context (TRUE Unionism rather than Ulster Nationalism) but if they let loud-mouth small fry like Chris McGimpsey (who??) scupper things then say hello to political oblivion and any hope of returning as the party of government and the First Minister's office.
The Magilligan Mouse 10:11pm on 06 Nov 2008 All we need is NI's own John Coffey, eh?
Faugh a Ballagh 11:34am on 03 Nov 2008 Whoops... Only meant to make a comparison of the 18th Century spelling of Faugh a Ballagh and the modern Irish version.

Faugh a Ballagh comes from one of the RIR's antecedent regiments, the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and was first recorded in 1798.

Strangely nowadays Irish speakers will use a different spelling, which anyone can look up if they wish cos I'm not going to make the same mistake and post it here!
Barging into the Tories 12:56pm on 29 Sep 2008 If the DUPs don't have so much to fear, then why do they keep harping on about it? Statements here, statements there. I think they are scared! Oh dear, how sad, never mind!

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