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Ian Paisley Quits As Northern Ireland First Minister

 
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mark occomore



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:47 pm    Post subject: Ian Paisley Quits As Northern Ireland First Minister Reply with quote

Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley is to stand down from the post in May, he has announced.

He also said he would be resigning as leader of the DUP, a party he has led for almost 40 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7277886.stm

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I suppose he's done his duty and bought some peace to Northern Ireland. He's not getting any younger.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not sure why everyone's singing his praises. His intransigence was a large factor in why the Troubles lasted so long in the first place.

Ian.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iwarburton wrote:
Not sure why everyone's singing his praises. His intransigence was a large factor in why the Troubles lasted so long in the first place.

Ian.


Ian, I think his achievement was to allow/accept Sinn Fein into the government on condition they renounce terrorism. Quite an achievement after the 90 years of murder that they all found a compromise.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks John. A fair point but I don't feel that it completely invalidates my earlier remarks. What can you make of a man who publicly denounces the Pope as the Antichrist?

Ian.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Slightly extreme, but there are some of us that feel the same way
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iwarburton wrote:
Thanks John. A fair point but I don't feel that it completely invalidates my earlier remarks. What can you make of a man who publicly denounces the Pope as the Antichrist?

Ian.


Isnt that the basis upon nwhich the Church of England was founded though?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iwarburton wrote:
Thanks John. A fair point but I don't feel that it completely invalidates my earlier remarks. What can you make of a man who publicly denounces the Pope as the Antichrist?

Ian.


Ian, I'm a Scottish proddy so the Pope has never meant anything to me. Soz.

Paisley made the Feinians climb down, that has changed NI.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He also gave many hours of fun to us at Secondary School by trying to impersonate his accent (Prods & Caths alike)
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quite so. Back in the 1970s I once went to a hospital party, where a moderately intoxicated consultant physician treated us to a prolonged impersonation of IP.

Ian.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:04 pm    Post subject: Lay down your arms...... Reply with quote

I have heard Van Morrison described as a singing version of Ian Paisley! Perhaps that's why Radio 2 are featuring Van the Man all next week! Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:56 pm    Post subject: Ian Paisley quits as Northern Ireland First Minister Reply with quote

Briant, I bet you remember the Not The Nine O' Clock News sketch where Thin Lizzy's 'The Rocker' was dubbed over a Paisley speech!
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