Going Postal
Whilst their ministers are battling over nomenclature, Sinn Fein and the DUP's West Tyrone MLAs are clashing over the colour of the local post boxes. On the eve of a Royal Black Preceptory parade, the DUP's Tom Buchanan complains that not only have "Republican vandals" painted the post boxes in Strabane and Sion Mills green, but Sinn Fein's Barry McElduff has commended them for their actions.
"No amount of green postboxes" says Tom "will hide the fact that Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and will remain so.....Is Mr McElduff prepared to arrange for the repair of public property and will he foot the bill to have these repairs carried out?"
And was the paint paid for out of the budget for the Regional Development Strategy?
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Mark:
And was the paint paid for out of the budget for the Regional Development Strategy?
to answer your this question: probably yes...
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I think Barry McElduff could talk until the year 3000 and still not say anything that is anyway remotely interesting or educational.
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Tom has hit upon something with his statement - the baby shinners can run around from now to doomsday with their green paint - and they aren't going to make any difference to NI's constitutional status.
Its come to something that Sinn Fein are now trying to take us into a united Ireland with the ballot box in one hand and a paint brush in the other.
And who said they'd been neutered by the DUP veto???
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Stormontspy
Barry McIlduff being around in the year 3000?
Perish the thought!
Susie
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Susie,
You are quite right. How long will it be to Barry says something interesting?
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In the days before partition, all post boxes in Ireland AND in Britain were green between 1859 and the 1880's.
Perhaps Ogra SF are really trying to emulate life in 19th century Ireland by means of this quaint historical reenactment.
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