• Kben@lemm.ee
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    11 days ago

    Im from N.I also and a lot of what you say is respectfully a load of shit.Ours N.H.S is on its knees,the police are seriously underfunded and our local goverment in Stormount is perpetualy on the edge of collapse.Sinn fein are the largest party in the north and the third largest in the republic.The irish goverment dislikes them because they are their political rivals.Were you got the british goverment hates them i havent a clue.As for being the political wing of the I.R.A the ira laid down their arms 26 years ago,they dont exist anymore.

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      Ours N.H.S is on its knees

      And how will a United Ireland fix that, exactly?

      police are seriously underfunded

      Per capita, the PSNI has more funding than the Gardai Síochána

      Sinn Féin are the largest party in the North

      Yes, because of constant Unionist Schism. They didn’t gain any seats in the last election. Stormont has 90 MLAs. By party lines, 53 are against a United Ireland, 36 are in favour.

      The two problems you listed won’t be magically fixed by a United Ireland - if anything, they’d be made worse. So my point still stands. I wasn’t painting NI as a haven above other European countries - just that a United Ireland is a bad idea and we’re far better off under the current situation. People thought that Brexit would somehow magically fix the UK’s problems. It just made them worse. United Ireland is the same thing, if not on a worse scale.

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        11 days ago

        Were exactly was i arguing for a united Ireland.I merley pointed out how absolutly wrong you were in the majority of your statements.Cool strawman though.

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          11 days ago

          what you say is respectfully a load of shit.

          I was arguing against a UI. You told me what I said was a load of shit. I responded to it. It’s kinda clear how I thought you were trying to argue for a UI with “but nhs bad actually” which I’ve heard a lot of people say when I argue that access to free healthcare is a good reason to stay in the UK