DUP are funny bunnies. They supported Brexit, only to realise that they absolutely despise what Brexit actually meant. 🙄

@drmajalis1583

7 ай бұрын

The contradictions disappear when you remember that the DUP campaigned against the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 and were hoping that Brexit would end it and establish a hard border on Ireland again

@maggiepie8810

7 ай бұрын

@drmajalis1583 I guess that they'd be pleased to hear what was alledged in Anthony Seldon's Boris at 10, then. His breakfast with Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald was quite insightful to him in terms of how to potentially make a Brexit deal that would allow for Britan to diverge from the EU without a border on the Island of Ireland.

@colloquialsoliloquy6391

7 ай бұрын

Praying for heaven then raging because the Paddy's are allowed in.

@Ronnet

7 ай бұрын

​@@drmajalis1583perhaps but by saying A and hoping for B they created such friction that they now risk getting C: NI leaving the union and joining Ireland and the EU.

@drmajalis1583

7 ай бұрын

@@Ronnet oh yeah they effed up bad and are panicking and they're realizing that

It’s almost as if Brexit was a silly idea……..

@kevburke

7 ай бұрын

It's also almost as if we in Ireland were saying that on the run up to the referendum and were then accused of fear mongering and interfering in brexit

@judeavision8807

7 ай бұрын

This has little to do with brexit, and more with the crisis that is irish history. Brexit was a sound idea, but it's poisoned by politicians and measures who do everything to undermine it, on both sides.

@callumtyler686

7 ай бұрын

​@@kevburkeif anyone should be blamed for interfering in Brexit it's that blundering buffoon Boris Johnson

@baz1184

7 ай бұрын

People all over the UK were saying Brexit is a mistake, not just NI. Also, 44% of NI voters voted leave, so it's not like there was a decisive majority.

@gerardflynn7382

7 ай бұрын

​@baz1184 56% remain 15% undecided 29% leave.

Brexit has made Irish Unity inevitable.

@Rocketsong

6 ай бұрын

Demographics makes it inevitable. Unionists are mostly over 50, and Nationalists under 30. And nationalists tend to have larger families. Brexit will accelerate things, but polls supporting Nationalism have gained a couple percentage points year over year for decades.

The DUPs biggest concern is that they’ll have to have the “deputy” first minister seat.

@Serenica272

7 ай бұрын

Seeing as they are it is actually a joint First Minister arrangement it shouldn't matter. But of course It's only "deputy" because Unionists believed they would never be in that position.

@jammyjamjars6995

7 ай бұрын

@@Serenica272 Should just call them “Joint ministers” and end this petty shit.

@AnkhaLover333

7 ай бұрын

Thought it was because of no government

@InsaneSkeltyy

7 ай бұрын

​@@jammyjamjars6995Yeah but why change it just because the DUP don't want the title of deputy? It's been fine for SF to be deputy since the agreement. Why change it just because the DUP don't want to feel like second best?

@jammyjamjars6995

7 ай бұрын

@@InsaneSkeltyy I love how some people think they can convince Unionists to join the Republic when we can’t even get the DUP to accept a job title change 😂

Wow, Northern Irish unionists are now complaining about British interference in Northern Ireland... :D

@northernirishguy3668

7 ай бұрын

I know the irony is breathtakingly!

As David McWilliams said; "The DUP never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.".

@mayfurrnz

6 ай бұрын

"With friends like the DUP, who needs enemies?"

@shazzthedon

5 ай бұрын

Very comedically humorous. For an Irish

I know a protestant family in Belfast which voted for SF the last election. The father explained me that it is now so bad - that they'd prefer to be part of the Republic of Ireland, as "in Dublin no one cared about my protestantism".

@jackdoyle7453

6 ай бұрын

How to spot a liar ^

@E3ECO

6 ай бұрын

Yes, it does seem like all these problems go away if the island unites.

@nailil5722

6 ай бұрын

@@E3ECO Ireland has the biggest GDP per capita in Europe already. Even though the data is skewed by big US corporations using it as a quasi tax haven and as a foothold in the EU, I would still argue the quality of living in the Republic is better than whatever the UK has north of Cambridge.

@roevhaal578

6 ай бұрын

@@nailil5722 You need another asterisk on that, Monaco, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg have higher gdp per capita. I do understand ignoring them though, two are microstates and Luxembourg is also a very small country.

In business, it is understood that if a position is vacant for more than six months, it is unnecessary. The DUP not participating in government for so long means they are absolutely unneeded.

@greywolf7422

7 ай бұрын

The government may have parallels to the operation of a business, but the difference is that the government answers to their electorate, a customer doesn't quite fit the analogue, as a business can always move from their current market and say, move internationally, a government would lose its reason to exist as an entity if it did such a thing. I find it disparaging that so many in this comment section wish to and or cheer for the potential disenfranchisement of Unionists, even despite their leaderships poor policy decisions.

@amateurcameraman

6 ай бұрын

In just the last 15 years, Belguim has had 2 massive periods without an elected government. One for 541 and one for 589 days!! So yeah. If you think your point stands, then Belguim doesn't need an elected government. Which is probably correct, given how the eu erodes and destroys national democracy anyway!!

@jackdoyle7453

6 ай бұрын

The same could thus be said of Sinn Fein or the devolution in NI as a whole, then? but then perhaps as Donald Trump proves Business people know fuck all about anything really particularly running a country.

Will never understand why the DUP forced the brexit issue. This will ultimately cost them the union.

@jounik

7 ай бұрын

In what passes for thinking in their circles, Brexit would scuttle the GFA they never wanted and erect a hard border between NI and Ireland. _How_ that was supposed to happen in practice was always somebody else's problem.

@DaDARKPass

7 ай бұрын

It won't.

@bogbay

7 ай бұрын

@@DaDARKPass It already has. There's a new border in the Irish Sea which wasn't there in 2016. Didn't you spot that bit?

@DaDARKPass

7 ай бұрын

@@bogbay The UK has all the power here. All that the UK has to do is end the good friday agreement and join the EU.

@iGamezRo

7 ай бұрын

Because the DUP just wants the Union. They don't like that they have to share power with Sein Fein and don't give a single fuck about the NI-I border issue. They (as loyalists) were forced to sign the Good Friday Agreement. For them, an Open Border is the same as a Hard Border. They don't give a shit. They want to be as close as possible to Great Britain, while not abandoning their home, nor giving in to their "neighbours" (SF and the wider Nationalists). To put the DUPs thoughts bluntly they are something like: "Rule Britannia, God Save the King, Long Live the Empire, fuck them [Catholic] Irish".

Irish unification 2024. Make Star Trek the Next Generation great again

@Mx.Arcadia

6 ай бұрын

It would be so hilarious if that was the one political future prediction Star Trek actually got right.

@scatscatmilestails6007

4 ай бұрын

Looks like 2024 is gonna be my year!

Like many Brexit supporters, the DUP have spent very little time or energy considering reality before deciding on what they want to do. With the UK leaving the EU and its trading structures/regulations there was always going to have to be a border either between Northern Ireland/the rest of Ireland or between Northern Ireland and the UK. Since then they have been the political equivalent of an unruly teenager essentially locking themselves in their room and refusing to come out until everyone else caved in and let them have their own way, despite that being essentially impossible.

@noahjohnson935

7 ай бұрын

​@@Besthinktwice but they've doomed themselves long term. Brexit was a Faustian bargain, for short term gains, and now Sinn Fein is stronger than ever. At least, thats what I see in my perspective.

@andydonohoe353

7 ай бұрын

​@@BesthinktwiceI

@andydonohoe353

7 ай бұрын

​@@noahjohnson935km

@michaelbayer5094

6 ай бұрын

Great point. If Brexit passed, there would need to be a new border somewhere. When the anti-Leave Cameron resigned, the anti-Leave May took over and promised to implement Brexit. DUP still supported the minority governments of May and Johnson (at first) even though both put the border in the Irish Sea. Although personally I'd like to see a united Ireland, I think Boris really screwed the DUP and the Protestant NI. Boris broke the promise that Carson forced the Westminister Government to make to Ulster after Irish independence. Despite my personal feeling, Boris and the UK Parliament breaking that promise is unforgivable. The DUP could be wrong on every issue, but they still had every right to rely on that promise and feel betrayed by Boris and the Tories, and even all their fellow countrymen.

@jackdoyle7453

6 ай бұрын

Logically the trade border should be at the border with the foreign country.

I am from NI, I went to the local supermarket and bought two Pizzas, on the freezer door where I took them from said 'Not for EU' so only to be sold and eaten in NI, However looking at the packaging it said 'Made in Germany' (EU) so those Pizzas had to travel by truck from the EU, into a GB ports with no checks, to Travel across GB, to then enter an NI port to be checked so it cant be then taken to the Irish Republic which is in the EU. I'm confused.

@K0K4NE

6 ай бұрын

Thing is, they come in through the South of Ireland to avoid taxes. More companies are now having their goods shipped to the south and brought up to northern Ireland to then go to the main land. The same thing is happening the other way, where goods from mainland UK bound for Ireland are being taken through Northern Ireland to avoid fees

@janice506

6 ай бұрын

It’s all a farce by sounds of it . For the book I hope NI never leaves the UK

I'm always surprised that politicians can literally not do huge parts of their jobs and have no repercussions as you would in literally any other job. If I not only just didn't turn up but actively refused to participate in my key duties, I would be out of a job pretty fast.

@bobboo101

6 ай бұрын

Ever heard of a strike?

@SilverMKI

6 ай бұрын

@@bobboo101 ever heard of a legal right to collectively bargain? Quite a different proposition to just noping out of your job.

@bobboo101

6 ай бұрын

@@SilverMKI bro has seriously never heard of a strike LOL

@mittfh

6 ай бұрын

@@bobboo101 A strike normally lasts a few days or weeks (possibly months) - but over a year (in the case of the DUP) or several years (in the case of Nadine Dorries)?

@bobboo101

6 ай бұрын

@@mittfh the reason a strike never goes that long is because the companies cannot afford that - they have to fold

The DUP were told by experts, the Irish PM and others, that Brexit would help an United Ireland.

@marksykes5434

6 ай бұрын

No ! NEVER ! 😂😂😂

@RedHair651

6 ай бұрын

The head of government of Ireland is a Taoiseach, not a PM

@salkoharper2908

6 ай бұрын

The people of Northern Ireland are just as stubborn and short sighted as their Celtic ancestors were 1000 years ago. Inter-Tribal warfare is as old as the hills there. Clan vs Clan. Two tribes forever with a vendetta against each other. Thats all these 'politicians' on both sides have the brain capacity to think about. Beyond that, doing whats best long term for their people, prosperity and security is beyond their vision.

@patrickokeeffe539

6 ай бұрын

@@RedHair651 I know that, but that would confuse most people here.

@jackdoyle7453

6 ай бұрын

Only because the UK caved on having the trade border not at the actual border.

Haven’t started the video yet, but just to clarify in case it’s not mentioned, the DUP claim the Irish Sea border is the reason they’re boycotting the government, but everyone with half a brain here knows it’s because they don’t want to recognise that Sinn Féin are the biggest party.

@gloin10

7 ай бұрын

It's the notion that they would have to serve in an administration with a CATHOLIC WOMAN First Minister(FM) from Sinn Féin(SF), in the first place. More generally, they are refusing to deal with the demographic and political realities on Northern Ireland(NI). The days of sectarian domination by the Protestant/Unionist/Loyalist(PUL) majority are over, first and foremost because voters from the Catholic/Nationalist/Republican(CNR) demographic now are a larger voting bloc.

@davidpeterson5647

7 ай бұрын

Then these idiots will only see a greater number of voters against them. Does the DUP want to become a dictatorship over NI?

@DRKrust492

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely. If the Irish Sea 'border' issue is resolved (which it is), they will continue to boycott...over and over, again.

@jimcazador6057

7 ай бұрын

The DUP have already put it on record they don't have an issue with a SF first minister (In fact its Joint minister) The DUP have a problem with the constitution of the UK being rewritten and a part of the UK being treated differently from the rest. The IRA and Republicans fought a 30 years war because of the interference of a foreign power in Ireland and lost, never accepted it since 1921. So I think the DUP have a right to their objections too. Secondly Northern Ireland did not get Brexit like the rest of the UK, this is actually contrary to article 50 of the EU withdrawal agreement that states that when a country leaves the EU 'it must leave in its entirety' Technically the protocol and Windsor framework breaks the act of union and and the EU withdrawal agreement.

@gloin10

7 ай бұрын

@@jimcazador6057 "The DUP have already put it on record they don't have an issue with a SF first minister..."? Yes dear, of course they have. And IF you believe that claim, then you are THE perfect candidate for this bridge I have recently acquired..... "The DUP have a problem with the constitution of the UK being rewritten..."? No, the DUP are seeking a VETO concerning the UK's foreign policy, which is a Reserved Power. "...and a part of the UK being treated differently from the rest"? Ha! Ha! Ha! The DUP had precisely ZERO problems with Northern Ireland(NI) "...being treated differently from the rest" of the UK when it came to homosexuality, marriage equality, or abortion. In fact, the DUP screamed loud and long when the UK's government insisted that NI NOT be "...treated differently from the rest" of the UK when it came to homosexuality, marriage equality, or abortion. Rampant hypocrisy is the DUP's ground state. Your set of claims concerning the NI Protocol(NIP) and the Westminster Protocol is a string of clueless twaddle.

The DUP supported Brexit as they were gleeful at the idea of a hard border in Ireland. Only to have it turn around and screw them over. And to show them once again in how low regard they are thought of in Westminster. The loyalty only goes in one direction for loyalists.

@malahammer

7 ай бұрын

While most on the island knew that a hard border would never happen. Dummy DUPs.

@dagobert1234321

6 ай бұрын

Wasan’t there a poll where the majority of Unionists consider themselves British.. but a majority of people in England consider the Unionists to be Irish

71% of votes in the NI Assembly Election were for parties supporting the protocol. 71% of MLAs support the Protocol. NI Business supports the Protocol. NI Farming supports the Protocol.

@raymonddixon7603

7 ай бұрын

And still the DUP maintain their vote. It can only happen in NI.

@Tay12345

7 ай бұрын

And me (unionist) supports the protocol

@NEWBkiller646

7 ай бұрын

​@@Tay12345 Speaking as a nationalist I can only imagine how infuriating the DUP and TUV have been for yourself. It honestly feels like Jeffery is going to pull off a mask someday and reveal he was Gerry Adams the whole time.

@Tay12345

7 ай бұрын

@@NEWBkiller646 😂

@bothi00

7 ай бұрын

@@raymonddixon7603 Paisleyism is a fucking disease the north is just now finally starting to reject.

Why any party would decline their two-thirds majority among unionists and 28% overall in Stormont for a 1% minority of voting members in Westminster is beyond me

@MrBizteck

7 ай бұрын

The DUP lost the plot YEARS AGO

@janice506

6 ай бұрын

They have principles & are sticking by them that’s not losing the plot .

And 'let's be clear', the British border in the Irish Sea, is only a part of the reason. The MAIN reason is that the extremists' pathetic, and very dangerous, egos won't allow them to play second fiddle to an Irish party. They are pushing to be king of the ashes, and again, that's the fault of Britain.

@penderyn8794

7 ай бұрын

All these definitions have been corrupted over 300 years caused by UK establishment. British was supposed to pertain to anything related to the island of Britain..... However technically it used only referred to the British Celtic peoples like the Welsh and Cornish. It's basically the greater English border splitting Ireland

@GrammarNaziAUS

7 ай бұрын

​@@penderyn8794Technically, Ireland is considered part of the British Isles, but your point isn't inaccurate. The Cornish are basically non-existent, and the Welsh have little appetite to separate from England.

@SImonDeLikaeble

7 ай бұрын

@@GrammarNaziAUSTechnically the Irish government do not consider Ireland to be part of the British Isles. And neither do the majority of Irish people. It’s one of many disputes throughout the world, I don’t think either side is particularly bothered about this one. Well, except the DUP, of course.

@anonitachi7488

7 ай бұрын

@@TuongLuKim713 specifically the DUP on this occasion, and their terrorist-type supporters. Not saying all of their supporters, but that 'Little England' type of person. You know the type, that if someone is slightly different from them or their extremely small bubble, they automatically hate. The bigots and racists. Why do you ask? I sense whataboutary.

@janice506

6 ай бұрын

He’s definitely meaning Protestants unionist & Royalists .

DUP did not consider the effects of Brexit when they took the cash offer from BoJo to support it. This shows very poor leadership and people will consider that when the elections come round.

@Rumpelstyltskin

7 ай бұрын

Incorrect, the DUP did consider the effects of Brexit and knew exactly what they were doing when campaigning for it. The trouble is they thought the UK was strong enough to strong arm the other actors into agreeing to impose a hard UK border on the island of Ireland. The DUP, like the UK were mistaken.

@raymonddixon7603

7 ай бұрын

They will in their shite, to use an Irish term. When push comes to shove they all jump into their respective SF/DUP boxes.

@dorkangel1076

7 ай бұрын

I think it was Teresa May who provided the "extra funding" when she needed the DUP support to form a government after the hung parliament in 2017. The DUP then voted against every attempt to come up with a solution over the border. Boris didn't need their support once he got his majority so I'm not sure if he gave them anything except his word ...

@Rumpelstyltskin

7 ай бұрын

@@Gary-bz1rf Nonsense, of course the UK wanted to do that, however to do so would mean alienating more powerful actors. Realising its place, sense prevailed in the end and the UK agreed to split its country into two Customs areas.

@michaelmccarthy9411

7 ай бұрын

That was Theresa May

The DUP refused to participate in the Assembly because they would have to as the "junior partner" in their eyes. They are petty and backwards and should be ashamed.

@jimbo8157

6 ай бұрын

Preventing the terrorist party from taking the top job seems pretty good to me

WHAT a political crisis in Northern Ireland????? Who would’ve thought

@justhannah3960

7 ай бұрын

Caused by people not from Northern Ireland. Who would've thought!

@owenlindkvist5355

7 ай бұрын

@@justhannah3960 The DUP aren't Northern Irish?

@breaddboy

7 ай бұрын

@@owenlindkvist5355 yes they are...

@anonitachi7488

7 ай бұрын

​@@owenlindkvist5355they are Irish. They are baby Tory wannabes, who enjoy spending their time licking the boots of Tory Westminster.

@anonitachi7488

7 ай бұрын

​@@owenlindkvist5355they are Irish men, dressed as Scotsmen, pretending to be English men by worshiping a Dutch man. Hope that clears it up :p

As someone living on the continent, it amazes me how GB has complitely disappeared from every news after the brexit.

@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb

6 ай бұрын

Why? Britian is unimportant

@Dr.Quarex

6 ай бұрын

​@@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bbwell now they are finally acting like it!

Brexit is the gift that keeps on giving! Welcome to the Brexit! 😮

@matthewrice3432

7 ай бұрын

​@@BarryStanton1488...nah. Brexit IS a problem.

@willieckaslike

7 ай бұрын

@@BarryStanton1488 When are you and your fellow Nationalists going to finally realise that Re-unification is inevitable. And soon !

@geeksworkshop

7 ай бұрын

It's just racism and Brexit is the excuse they are using because they can't say we won't work with Catholics.

@mr-andrew

7 ай бұрын

Brexit was one of the best things that could have happened in the last few years. It's the end of the British empire.

@geeksworkshop

7 ай бұрын

@@mr-andrew That was the 2nd world war..

Short answer: no Long answer: noooooooooooooooo

Tbf in Northern Ireland, Political Crisis is just the default state.

@pipuk3

7 ай бұрын

mostly just politicians looking for any reason not to do their job at this stage and still get paid...

@conorcrowley6256

7 ай бұрын

@@pipuk3 Politicians in Stormont get s wage cut if the assembly isn't sitting. Which is part of the reason why it's the ones in Westminster that feel comfortable rejecting compromise.

@nukenude

7 ай бұрын

Just the normal way for polictics to cause tension between the people.

@NovaExeRegent

7 ай бұрын

As a Northern Irishman, I can confirm that we're still in turmoil in regards to getting anywhere. Hey, at least we aren't paying taxes for our water.

@nukenude

7 ай бұрын

@@NovaExeRegent I think it will happen at some point the water. Was suggested so many times.

The DUP boycotting the Tories is like your abusive dad refusing to come to your abusive step-dad's funeral so you don't have to deal with either of them any more.

It would be surprising if the DUP did not say "NO". In my long experience it is the sum total of their political dialogue.

@sharonw2008

7 ай бұрын

'Never' was another one 😂

@desertels5119

6 ай бұрын

Aye that old addage "If you took out No from the dictionary Ulster would have nothing to say"

One thing that I feel should also be discussed is how this will affect internal politics, because I feel that literally every other party in the devolved government is going to hold some (more) resentment towards the DUP

@simonwiggins8570

7 ай бұрын

the sea border, not Brexit but the sea border has completely broken NI politics. To the point where relations are extremely low and the Good Friday Agreement currently sidelined.

@willieclark2256

7 ай бұрын

@@simonwiggins8570 the DUP refused power sharing since 2017 well prior to Johnson’s deal/ the Sea Border. The sea border is so much more preferable to a land border it’s not even worth debating. If the DUP want to feel fully British they should move to Britain

@frankoneill5675

7 ай бұрын

@@simonwiggins8570 There would be no sea border but for Brexit. Brexit is the problem, the border is the solution. Under the terms of the GFA, the UK leaving the EU intact was not possible. The UK was told that.

@sueyourself5413

7 ай бұрын

@@simonwiggins8570 Yes, older voters are confused and angry. Who cares, give them another drink.

@Bernaren60

7 ай бұрын

​@@simonwiggins8570Chuckie ár rí 🇮🇪👑🇬🇧

I live in the EU now and British goods are 3x as expensive as any other brand - the exception being stuff from NI which is the same cost it always was. Brexit broke England, economically NI is doing fine thanks to staying partially in the EU

@gerardflynn7382

7 ай бұрын

Northern Ireland is not in the EU in any shape or form. They are attached to the single market for trade of goods only.

@MrAronymous

7 ай бұрын

​@@gerardflynn7382yeah and that single market is in no way shape or form related to the EU right? Right.

@Rumpelstyltskin

7 ай бұрын

​@gerardflynn7382 And the NI Protocol, which governs the import of those said Goods into NI from GB, is governed by EU law.

@notjustforhackers4252

7 ай бұрын

That's right. Goods not produced in Chinese sweat shops cost more. Suck it up.

@odunadhaigh

7 ай бұрын

"Brexit broke England" It broke the whole of Great Britain, not just England. Why do Wales and Scotland not matter to you? The only part of the United Kingdom it didn't break is Northern Ireland.

I smell Irish unification soon! 🇮🇪

@DimaMuskind

6 ай бұрын

26 + 6 = 1 🇮🇪🇮🇪

@scatscatmilestails6007

4 ай бұрын

I can see it too! 🇮🇪

It is rather amusing how much the decision making of the DUP since 2016 ultimately helped Sinn Fein's goals

@Tay12345

7 ай бұрын

Exactly, they need to be replaced with a new unionist party.

@kamilpotato3764

7 ай бұрын

@@Tay12345 NI should be part of Republic of Ireland. Reunified.

@imastaycool

7 ай бұрын

​@@kamilpotato3764💚🤍🧡

@DavidJamesHenry

6 ай бұрын

​@@Tay12345There shouldn't be a Unionist Party. One island, one nation.

@Tay12345

6 ай бұрын

@@DavidJamesHenry one island one nation? Then there shouldn’t be such thing as the SNP or Plaid!

This didn’t go very deep…the number of businesses in Northern Ireland increased significantly since the referendum. Imports from the north down into the rest of Ireland has increased by almost 25%. The DUP is continuing to argue and act against the interests of their own constituents.

Your material is usually good. But u missed the main point in this one. The DUP don't want to be in government with a SF first minister. And they don't want a new election or they will lose more seats to Alliance

It would be weird if Northern Ireland isn’t in a political crisis

@sharonw2008

7 ай бұрын

@@Besthinktwice and it was partitioned to create an overwhelming protestant majority which is now in decline. They're not top dogs any more calling all the shots and they don't like it.

@nathantepuke1538

7 ай бұрын

Ulster should be reunited with her homeland.

@THEBEEEANSS

6 ай бұрын

@nathantepuke1538 sounds a lot like what the Russians like to say.

If the British want it to be easy, they could just give the 6 counties back.

Star Trek predicted a unification of Ireland in 2024, it's happening

Why the hell do news outlets keep bringing Jamie Bryson up in their reports? The man is a joke and not taken very seriously in N. Ireland. At the very least I've never heard anyone talk about him in any way that implies he's worth paying attention to.

@raymonddixon7603

7 ай бұрын

I do not think anybody in Ireland know or care who he is.

@mickeypye2593

7 ай бұрын

@@raymonddixon7603 oh ! We know him alright cos' the lil' mouthpiece keeps getting a soapbox courtesy of stephen 'ton bag' nolan ... We slag the fuzzy balls off him according due to him talking out his hole ?!! 😉🤘😁

@merlin4084

7 ай бұрын

@@raymonddixon7603 Yeah, he's a joke. Got himself on TV during the 'Fleg' protests a decade ago, became a laughing stock to many and now the media think he's actually someone to watch. As I said he's a joke and doesn't deserve any breath wasted talking about whatever he has to say about anything political.

DUP: The only local political party in the world that purely exist to defend remote control....

If the DUP's attitude towards Brexit is anything to go by, it's be careful what you wish for. In the June 2016 referendum, much like Scotland, most people in Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU. They were accutely aware of its troubled past and felt that it would risk jeopodising the Good Friday Agreement. Much like 100 years ago, when Northern Ireland was created, there is a sentiment that Loyalists and Unionists want all things their own way. If people from the rest of the UK visit places like Belfast or Derry/Londonderry, they will be shocked about what they find. Although the military checkpoints have gone, there are still very vivid reminders of Northern Ireland's bloody past (every community in suburban areas, be they Nationalist or Unionist, have flags flying making it abundantly clear their political insincts by flying either the Union Flag or the Irish flag) and often communities are separated by "Peace Lines", walls built to stop projectiles being thrown from one side to the other, but it has the unintended effect of fostering ever more hatred and mistrust of the community on "the other side". Believe it or not, more Peace Lines have gone up since the Good Friday Agreement than before it. That gives an idea of how while Northern Ireland is officially at peace, that peace is fragile

@DrewzerNI

7 ай бұрын

This is what happens when your two main political parties are sectarian. Everyone here is more concerned about "the other side" both pandering to UK and Irish governments that don't want us. A few years ago I had hope NI could work for itself but Brexit put that to bed.

Man imagine a single party being able to stop an entire government. Me in the U.S. having a single party stop an entire part of out government

@blablup1214

7 ай бұрын

For me it didn't sound like they stop the entire government. They are still ruled by the government. They just give all their influence away to the central government. Would be as if Texas would be directly ruled by Washington with no say in any rule change....

@tt-ew7rx

7 ай бұрын

It's even more interesting where it's the party in power that does this.

@raymonddixon7603

7 ай бұрын

Well you have actually 2 parties, a far right party and a not so far right party. Either way there is nothing between them.

@danieltutty1015

7 ай бұрын

@@raymonddixon7603 lol the idea that both of America's main parties are right wing is a silly fantasy by the extremist left wing to pretend that they aren't just extremists

@cathalobrien5691

7 ай бұрын

@@raymonddixon7603neither party far right enough

Quite frankly, neither Sinn Fein nor the DUP should be allowed to effectively disestablish the government in Northern Ireland. If you don't show up, you leave an open goal for everyone else. So show up and do your bit.

Looks like Star Treck was right on schedule. Long live Ireland.

I love the little laugh "the DUP who btw are pro brexit" Also this Bryson, is unelected self appointed leader of VERY nefarious elements of unionism, I would be extremely reluctant to give airtime to these sort. Google is your friend TLDR.

DUP supported Brexit because they saw it as an easy way to ensure Northern Ireland remains British first and foremost, in the fece of changing demographics. What they didn’t consider was that The Good Friday Agreement is something most people in the world want to protect as one of the only examples of a majorly successful peace process. They didn’t realise the British Government doesn’t really care all that much about unionist concerns in Northern Ireland and now they’re faced with the dilemma that they caused - A Brexit where Northern Ireland has to be treated differently to the rest of the UK because of international agreements. The funny thing is though, throughout Northern Ireland’s history of existence it has always been treated differently to the rest of the UK. It had its own parliament until it was dissolved in the 70s, it’s own civil service, it’s own slightly different health service and even still in terms of civil rights Northern Ireland had to be brought into conformity with the rest of the UK on abortion and same sex marriage laws by the UK Government. Northern Irish Agricultural imports and exports already are checked at ports, passenger ferries and air travel require some sort of ID to cross the Irish Sea, regulatory diversions already exist. The only reason the DUP refuse to sit in the Stormont assembly or share power is because they have embarrassed themselves, they can’t face the consequences of collapsing public services and they have done a shitty job trying to make the case for The Union.

The fact that in 2023 the two major parties in N. Ireland STILL choose to represent themselves with the colors orange and green kind of tells you that Brexit was never going to fix anything. Trade unions are not the problem, THE union is the problem. Maybe the 18th century's solution is not the right solution?

@jackietreehorn5561

6 ай бұрын

Welcome to northern Ireland

If only there was some way of keeping NI in the union without compromising the border with Ireland. Like, for example, some sort of large economic and political organisation.

@amateurcameraman

6 ай бұрын

Which never ever, not once, had any explicit consent from the UK electorate to govern over us! Taking away peoples democracy never ever ends well... So don't be so enthusiastic to destroy democracy!

is just me or does Brexit seem to negatively affect Brexiteers more than the average Remainer (poetic justice)

@timsoel566

7 ай бұрын

No NI didn't vote for Brexit.

@pieterpopster5549

7 ай бұрын

​@@timsoel566The unionists did though.

@homeless_sushi

7 ай бұрын

It could be because the people that were more "fed up" with the EU, were the ones that had to deal with its bureaucracy the most; they bought the "we'll exit and will do things so much better!" lie, except of course it didn't happen.

@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo

7 ай бұрын

I'm a Brexiteer and EU citizen, because Brexit has been advantageous for the EU (incl Ireland).

@gerardflynn7382

7 ай бұрын

​@@pieterpopster5549Of the voting 56% voted remain. 15% were undecided 29% voted for Brexit.

Can't believe you'd give that animal Bryson the light of day.

Superb thanks.

As long as the DUP exists, there will always be a political crisis in Northern Ireland.

Don't give BinLidden any more airtime. He doesn't have a mandate for anything, and gets far too much publicity while understanding less than nothing...

United Ireland now!!!

@scatscatmilestails6007

4 ай бұрын

YEAAAAH!!! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

Demographic change will solve the Northern Ireland problem. Catholics already outnumber Protestants in N. I. . In about a decade from now, a referendum to join the Republic will pass and Ireland will be reunited and that will be that.

@odunadhaigh

7 ай бұрын

Traditionally opinion polling has shown that about 17% of Catholics in Northern Ireland want Northern Ireland to remain in the UK but only 5% of Protestants want a united Ireland. However, Brexit has caused larger numbers in both groups to consider a united Ireland. There's a decline in both Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland as secularism and non-church adherence advances. There are also an increasing number of other religious groups, such as Muslims. Also mainland European Catholics and Protestants who've settled in Northern Ireland don't necessarily vote along expected Catholic/Protestant lines. It's not just Northern Ireland (the smaller 6 county jurisdiction) which has to vote to join Ireland (the much larger 26 county jurisdiction), but also Ireland has to vote, on the same day, to join Northern Ireland. There are housing estates in Northern Ireland with KAI (meaning kill all Irish) scrawled on the walls. That may serve as a deterrent to some people in Ireland in regard to whether they'll vote to unite with Northern Ireland. The majority British population in Northern Ireland still outnumbers the Irish, and it will be a longer than a decade before the two referenda will pass. I am nevertheless hopeful that a united Ireland will occur at some point in the next 50 to 60 years.

@mikeya983

7 ай бұрын

I certainly hope so.

@bustabloodvessel5327

7 ай бұрын

@@odunadhaigh The Republic of Ireland ( 26 county jurisdiction) is currently over 80% in favour of voting for a united Ireland. On the day of a poll I would imagine that the vote in favor would be 85% to 90%.

@odunadhaigh

7 ай бұрын

@@bustabloodvessel5327 Yes, it's likely to pass as things stand at present. Credible threats by the UVF/UDA might depress that >80% figure, when in several decades time, referenda are called in each jurisdiction. Nevertheless, the original poster seemed to think that Ireland could simply be forced into joining with Northern Ireland and that there wasn't even any need for a referendum, except in NI. The time for Ireland being forced by the British (or anybody else) is long gone!

@Ronnet

7 ай бұрын

I don't think religion is the key factor in this any more. This is going to come down to the economy. The real impact of brexit hasn't been witnessed yet. Once it comes into full effect the the discrepancy in social mobility between Ireland and the UK will become painfully obvious to those in NI. Then they'll vote to leave. I think this will be sometime during the 2030's.

"Loyalist Activist" Is a funny way of addressing drug gang spokesman Jamie "Bin liddin" Bryson

@Cacbo774

7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

The DUP are pretty much purest real-world example of that meme about the woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

Yet another Brexit related issue!! 😮 It's truly the gift that keeps on giving

@thailux6494

7 ай бұрын

Gift in german means poison. So it’s kind of funny if you think about it in German

@aze94

7 ай бұрын

@@thailux6494 Gift in Swedish has two meanings: 1. poison 2. married

Poor sense of duty. What about those civilians that these tax funded politicians are supposed to represent? Boycott for 18 months when some people are struggling to put food on the table?

Very ironic that the DUP is pulling northern ireland away from britain.

First of all, Northen Ireland is broken by design. Just the fact this British colony still exists is ridiculous.

@harrisonbailey5449

7 ай бұрын

It's not a colony, it's a constituency. That'd be similar to comparing Scotland or England a British Colony.

@spaghettiisyummy.3623

7 ай бұрын

Anguilla:

@bongoblitz6749

7 ай бұрын

@@harrisonbailey5449it does sometimes feel that way though doesn’t it

@springerspanielful

7 ай бұрын

Indeed it is a colony, britain has no right to rule any part of Ireland.@@harrisonbailey5449

@estherlowlands1105

7 ай бұрын

There's much weirder reasons that states exist, there's also lots of reason why they haven't re-unified yet too. A lot of people fear what the reaction would be from the sorts of people you find in the DUP. Unionist paramilitaries could even launch a terror campaign, like how they bombed Dublin during the Troubles

Thank you TLDR

TLDR please do not give Jamie Bryson a platform

Excellent, Brexit has been the perfect tool for Scottish Independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 and a United Ireland.

Before even watching, no.

So either the researchers on this channel don’t know much about Northern Ireland or they’re dishonest. The simple fact is that the DUP have never committed to entering government under a SinnFein first minister. And they were asked. Repeatedly. For years. They never gave an answer. And when it happened that Sinn Fein became the biggest party, they grabbed the first fig leaf they could. The protocol was that fig leaf. Somehow, you’ve neglected to mention this even everyone who lives there knows it, even if some won’t admit it. Rather than give a completely unbiased and unvarnished outline, you’ve done no better than traditional British media and just toed the unionist line. Rather than educating people in GB and around the world, you’ve actually left them misinformed.

@bothi00

7 ай бұрын

This is when "both sides, iMparTiAliTy" becomes bad journalism: you start ignoring the blatant obvious truth. Like, yes, reporting on the fact that the DUP's main reason for the boycott is that it'd be in an assembly where Sinn Féin have the most seats (even though in reality it makes not a lick of difference) does make people sjew towards one side of the issue. But, reality and facts do favour one side of the issue and it's so patently obvious. It's the difference between reporting "x said that about y, but then trump said this about y. make up your mind" and reporting "trump LIED about y, and here's the truth"

@Dreyno

7 ай бұрын

@@bothi00 Impartiality and equivalence are different things but more and more people seem to fail to grasp the difference.

Two things: 1)The DUP gambled that Brexit was going to be hard and drive a political and economic wedge between the two Irish states. This failed. 2) The slowly rising nationalist vote is unpalatable. Unionism has been on the back seat of progress since Daniel O’Connell. We are expecting a level of pragmatism from a group that has almost never been pragmatic.

Fun fact: in star trek lore, Ireland reunifies in 2024. I beleive it was an armed violent uprising?

@scatscatmilestails6007

4 ай бұрын

I think a peaceful reunification would be better

Damn, you milked that one animation for all it is worth 😂

woah, that was only 8 minutes? This problem is so convoluted I could've sworn this video went on for like half an hour!

NEVER...

Why don't they just join the rest of Ireland that's basically the best option

@SirAntoniousBlock

7 ай бұрын

That would be to admit their whole cultural identity which is based entirely on hating everything Irish is ended.

@jerrynoruega1625

7 ай бұрын

@@SirAntoniousBlock Correct. Proceed, dear people of Northern Ireland.

@foxyboiiyt3332

7 ай бұрын

Many of them can't even admit they're Irish let along join the Republic of Ireland. If thyre so pro British and pro Brexit then move to Wales! They know their place

It's been broken since 1920

@bothi00

7 ай бұрын

facts. illegitimate, settler colonial state. was an apartheid state that had a whole ass civil rights movement

Thanks algorithm!

Brilliant

England and wales wanted out of EU but had to drag Scotland and north Ireland's to get it. Now they have eat their exit.

@RemoanersRtossers

7 ай бұрын

Yet still the majority want to remain in the UK.

@danieltutty1015

7 ай бұрын

they are one country, it's not dragging them out of the EU, remoaners really hate democracy

@eddiecalderone

7 ай бұрын

We voted as one country. It’s not very difficult to understand..

When they say "Westminster is pushing laws that are against the will of the people" they mean things like The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019, which legalised abortion in Northern Ireland, and the two Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 acts which detailed how and when someone may obtain an abortion in NI. These acts have been quite popular outside the DUP's camp, though there is a nationalist counterpart in the form of Aontú - a Sinn Fein breakaway group who opposed the party's move to a pro-choice position. Aontú contest elections in both the Republic and Northern Ireland but aren't particularly popular with a total of 1 TD and 3 local government seats in the Republic and no seats in Northern Ireland.

@evanray8413

6 ай бұрын

Nobody cares.

As sombody who lives in Belfast, I can say without a doubt the main thing people want is the executive to sit so that the cost of living crisis, fuel crisis and health service crisis are resolved. A boarder is maybe the 10th priority.

@ab-ym3bf

6 ай бұрын

Understandable, but (honest question) can a devolved and devided NI assembly solve any of these issues?

There is a really easy solution to the Northern Ireland crisis: have a referendum on Reunification. The polls indicate that the numbers are about there. Considering how horrible the Tories and the DUP are at campaigning, I think that now is the time to push for Reunification.

I think we sort this crisis by having the entirety of the uk join ireland thus ending the issue

@gerardflynn7382

7 ай бұрын

Not join Ireland. Rejoin the EU.

@timokross

7 ай бұрын

Cromwell, is that you?

@AtakenSmith

7 ай бұрын

Let the Irish Blood thrive!

@lewisbaitup6352

7 ай бұрын

@@AtakenSmith the irish empire will rule the waves!

@lewisbaitup6352

7 ай бұрын

@@gerardflynn7382 more like the eu should join ireland, thats the only way the eu will survive is by surrendering their boarders to the irish, you're either with them or against them.

Even if this one finishes, this won't be the last of petty crises. There's only one way to end all of this shite...

@sillypuppy5940

6 ай бұрын

You think reunification will end the "shite"? Imagine the DUP in the Dail.

Very good topic bec i was wondering what are they planning on northdern ireland

Ha ha ha seeing old Binman Bryaon on a TLDR video has me creased

DUP try not to be awful challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

The demographics are and continue to change and not in the unionists favour. Best they can do is try to ease themselves into some kind of relevance in a united Ireland . Thats the future

I find stressing the last word in each and every sentence or half sentence very hard to bear and to focus.

5:00 holy smugglers, batman!

*26 + 6 = 1*

It's not brexit it's the fact they are the second party and will have to be deputy first minister. That's the only reason. They know full well they can't change British government trade policy so it's what they base their objection on. It's petty but so incredibly obvious.

Fun fact many protestants in North Ireland have voted SF, at this point I think North Ireland would be better of as independent nation or part of Ireland, UK is just a mess right now both economically and politically

Sorry

Seeing as the world is all about everybody’s equal.. y doesn’t Ireland be Ireland? the British done enough damage to the Irish people.

no really sure what the point of elections are anyway when it is powersharing. They could get 10 % of the vote and still have equal say . Alliance could have 90 % vote and not be able to do anything

I hope so. We could use some good news in these days.

I can’t believe a united Ireland might happen in my lifetime. I grew up in the U.S. and was always told that the North hated the neighbors in the south. Now being an adult, the North wants to join its southern neighbors. That is incredible.

Have they tried giving Ireland back to the Irish?

@AtakenSmith

7 ай бұрын

In my opinion things would not change, but only the leadership who have to deal with it. There is too many people who would still support staying with Britain and probably wage a blood civil war just to go back to them. I say this, even tho I believe Ireland should be whole again...

@estherlowlands1105

7 ай бұрын

A big reason NI hasn't re-unified yet is because of the potential backlash from the sorts of people you get in the DUP, Unionist paramilitaries could even launch a terror campaign - they bombed Dublin during the troubles

@raymonddixon7603

7 ай бұрын

Thanks, but no thanks. It is your mess, you can keep it. 💚💚🤍🤍🧡🧡

@Onequietvoice

7 ай бұрын

What?! ... and get banned by the BBC!

@RemoanersRtossers

7 ай бұрын

Do you have any understanding why Ireland is split? Obviously not! 😂

Ireland should be one country.

@DaDARKPass

7 ай бұрын

Under the United Kingdom.

@spaghettiisyummy.3623

7 ай бұрын

@@DaDARKPass Fuck no.

@channelsixtyeight068_

7 ай бұрын

@@DaDARKPass England can't manage itself, let alone occupy Wales, Scotland and NI. It's why the UK should break up. England needs to be on its own, for everyone else's sake.

@Tay12345

7 ай бұрын

Under the UK 🇬🇧 I agree

@jasonorourke1787

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely not under the United Kingdom they don’t give a shit about Northern Ireland. I would like to see my country reunited. It will happen one day. You can take your crumbling United Kingdom which is failing and mess up your own country and hand Northern Ireland back. The people’s views are changing and brexit has made it a lot easier to change the norths minds. It nearly put the Good Friday agreement at risk and we don’t need anymore issues. Britain has caused enough problems. Hopefully Scotland will become independant. Good luck then!

Next, unification... 100 years overdue.

Thanks again for sharing

Even a short explainer such as this one should have mentioned that this isn’t just a matter of the DUP and Westminster coming to an agreement. The EU also would have to agree to any change of post-Brexit procedures. But it wouldn’t, since all the DUP want are special favors at the expense of the integrity of the EU market.

Not to complicate the video too much, but the description of the situation is a bit off. There are nationalists, unionists, none of the above, and then "sectarian" sides. It's important to understand that the majority of NI have moved on and accepted living side by side. The nationalist v unionist decision is just another political decision like any other. But the "sectarians" mostly represented by the DUP, never accepted peace. Ever since being founded by Ian Paisley, they have fought against power sharing with catholics. And against every act of equality for indigenous Irish people. If you're wondering why they supported brexit, when it's was so damaging to the union, then it helps to think of it that way. The DUP are sectarian first, unionist second. A peaceful status quo with catholics having equal rights fundamentally irks them. It's not just the first time that a nationalist party is the largest. It's the first time a non-protestant, non member of the protestant Orange Order, would sit as First Minister of NI in 100 years. A lot wonder how much that really drives the boycott.