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Betting On A United Ireland

It's exactly what it says on the tin. For nationalists anyway, it's a chance to put your money where your mouth is, quite literally, by betting on a United Ireland. PaddyPower's online betting service is offering odds on the annexation of Northern Ireland by the Republic by various years from 2012 to 2027 (just go to Novelty Bets > Politics > United Ireland?).
Interestingly, they don't seem that confident of a united Ireland in the next 20 years, and are even offering odds of 20/1 that the Republican wet dream of unification in 2016 will come true.
| At this time the odds are: | |
|---|---|
| United Ireland by 2012 | 25/1 |
| United Ireland by 2017 | 20/1 |
| United Ireland by 2022 | 14/1 |
| United Ireland by 2027 | 10/1 |
So if you're feeling confident, stick a tenner on it and (if you haven't bet at PaddyPower before) you'll get a free £20 bet, just in case that one doesn't come off
(hat-tip Slugger).
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Oh and Britain kicks ass
Unfortunately the same evidently cannot be said for the literacy rate !
Note quite, Sarsfield.
I would propose that the best way to further national reunification is for the north to be assimilated properly into the body politic of the Republic.
In other words, ALL the southern parties should mobilise in the north. Not only will this increase assimilation but it would provide real choice and a chance to influence a sovereign government.
Unfortunately, only FF have looked at this option. No doubt SF will whinge about splitting the nationalist vote. That is true; but not for the first time, they'll have missed the bigger picture.
Ahem that’s because it IS.
Whether it is one COUNTRY though is entirely different matter.
"What separates an Ulster Nationalist from a Southern Nationalists?"
Presumably an "Ulster nationalist" wants an independent Ulster although they tend to be divided on whether Monaghan and Donegal should be included ?
The Cavan question having being already decided (see link)
They're not much of a "nationalist" if they say they shouldn't!
Unless of course the nationalists in question actually live in Donegal/Monaghan (or Cavan).
Read the small print !
FUCK THE QUEEN!
SUPPORT A UNITED IRELAND
RJ
Perhaps you should go and see a psychiatrist about that and your other very obvious problems.
At least you still have a functioning economy and a well developed infrastructure; something which cannot be said for the South. Fianna Fail the most popular party in the country until very recently shoulders most of the blame regarding the downfall of the economy but the majority of the electorate supported them even when it became inconceivable to believe that their short sighted and misguided policies were in no way sustainable. We are now left with a super recession or a depression as the combination of the global credit crunch and the bursting of the property bubble sends our once vaulted economy into a tailspin.
We get the governments we deserve unfortunately. Stay in the Union. Forget misguided patriotism. It't the refuge of the scoundrel.
No United Ireland! No way!
Lest We Forget!
but i wouldint Trust London or Dublin With a Pack of Sweets Lets Join The United States Instead, then we Can Vote for a Nigger President who Should Be Serving Someones Food Instead of Running a Country, im a Nationalist but of What i Dont Know , I Use to Be Really Close to Dublin but Now I Dont Know, i Hate the Union so i guess whats the Point of Joining Another One, Our Economy is Better than Dublin and London, so I Guess we Get the Luck of the Irish After All. Lets Just Wait for A United Ireland instead of Bickering While Waiting {Like Old Ladies} the Brits Cant Hold Onto Us Forever, and Nationalist will be the Majority Someday. ive been down South {i see The Republic Of Ireland as My Nation and have been there Quite a Few Times} Never Been To England, Scotland or Wales Tho {I See them all As Foreign Countries}
Ill put a Trillion Pounds of there Been a United Ireland within 30 Years if not Sooner.
A United Ireland makes much more sense. I feel Irish and have a right to be Irish just as much as anyone else from Dublin, Cork or Galway.
The UK is breaking up anyway and an independent Scotland is on the way VERY SOON. Even a majority in England want an independent England. The truth is Britain doesn't want us. And how are we truly British? Just because we use sterling and support the Queen? Well, you can be British and not support the Queen and be a British Republican.
There is FAR MORE that unites the two communities Ulster than divides us. We are actually quite similar. It's time to start discussing SERIOUSLY a framework for a fair and equal united Ireland that treats both cultures with respect under the banner of a united and inclusive Ireland.
