"Nothing is hidden from the electorate. No one is pulling the wool over anyone's eyes. Every one of our party's MPs and Assembly members have two or three offices in their constituencies and we have to account for the work we do,or we wouldn't be the largest party in the north."
Are the DUP seeking to reach out to Sinn Fein voters? Or perhaps Mrs Robinson would like to follow in the footsteps of another Mrs Robinson?
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I suppose it beats the misuse of the term 'Ulster'. Everybody knows what terms 'the North' and 'Northern Ireland' mean.
I wonder what the members of the Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan UVF would think of modern unionists pretending that 'Ulster' was never very well defined.
I get so fed up of trying to be PC about these terms, and have a great deal of sympathy for Iris on this. When I moved here first, I was forever being told I couldnt use terms like 'the province' 'the mainland' 'ulster' etc etc.
I got to a point where I had to take a breath and consider each time I spoke about Norn Iron. Now, frankly I dont care any more, and I use what ever term seems to fit the occasion.
"I suppose it beats the misuse of the term 'Ulster'."
Aaron, what about people who use the term Ireland to describe the Republic of Ireland? It's the same incorrect assumption:
ULS = 9 and NIR = 6
IRL = 32 and ROI = 26
The only difference is that Bunreacht na hÉireann makes Ireland the official name of the Republic.
Keith,
I would only use 'Ireland' when refering to the island as a whole. The South is either the 26 counties, the Free State or the Republic of Ireland or something like that.
Using 'Ireland' to refer to the entity currently based in Dublin might make sense if one believes it does have jurisdiction in some sense over the whole island, and that the 6 counties are only temporarily occupied. But then many republicans might prefer to say both states are illegitimate (meaning the articles 2 and 3 change is meaningless).
Anyway, 'Ulster' is different because the unionists have changed their mind drastically over how many counties they wanted. It's not as if any republicans have pretended that they never wanted the 6 counties anyway!
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