Ian Paisley Has Died

GT49er · Sep 12, 2014

Best recruiting sergeant the IRA ever had! Ten seconds listening to him ranting and you were ready to join the other side, whoever they were!

Danny-Boy · Sep 12, 2014

Hamilton said:
Do you think he was Donald Sinden in disguise?

Not the Donald Sinden I watched in "The Black Tent" though. More like Brian Blessed in tone..

Monkey Man · Sep 12, 2014

Saw him browsing outside Camilla's bookshop in Eastbourne once. He used to come and stay with Ian Gow I believe.

I will remember him for earnestly holding up a bit of A4 paper when the Pope addressed the European parliament, accusing John Paul II of being the antichrist. He got into a bit of a scuffle as I recall.

We are Hove · Sep 12, 2014

Never! Never! Never!

Ireland can move on now.

TAL

Seagull58 · Sep 12, 2014

We are Hove said:
Never! Never! Never!

Ireland can move on now.

TAL

Have you missed the last 7 years?

fataddick · Sep 12, 2014

He's got a church in Lewes, which his son preaches at fairly regularly. There are only half a dozen or so of their churches in the UK - one wonders if it was all the "No Popery" signs hanging up on Nov 5th that attracted them to Lewes?

User removed 4 · Sep 12, 2014

Buzzer said:
Very magnanimous message from Martin McGuinness:

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Can't say I take any joy from the death of Rev Ian Paisley. When McGuinness goes, on the other hand, I'll be grinning like a w*nking Jap for months afterwards.

You won't be the only one.

Simster · Sep 12, 2014

Buzzer said:
Very magnanimous message from Martin McGuinness:

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Can't say I take any joy from the death of Rev Ian Paisley. When McGuinness goes, on the other hand, I'll be grinning like a w*nking Jap for months afterwards.

I can't say I agree. He was an awful bigot for decades, he opposed all manner of peace initiatives for years, and he got into bed with some fairly shady groups when he was younger. It's all very well pointing out he didn't kill anybody, but I wonder whether that would ever have been the case had he not had an in-built unionist majority and all the trappings of power that the terrorists on the other side didn't have.

User removed 4 · Sep 12, 2014

Mayonaise said:
Whilst I would never take pleasure from anybody's passing I always thought he was one of the most bigoted people on the planet - regardless of which side of the argument he was on!

The peace process could have happened so much sooner without this man and others like him.

Clueless, the peace process happened because PIRA realised they could never win militarily.

Paris · Sep 12, 2014

Goldstone1976 said:
I once stood next to him in a Gent's toilet. He was absolutely huge. Tall and broad, that is. Obviously.

That is all.

A fine tribute

Pretty pink fairy · Sep 12, 2014

bushy said:
You won't be the only one.

Typical "politician" SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS AT THE RIGHT TIME
regards
DR

User removed 4 · Sep 12, 2014

Simster said:
I can't say I agree. He was an awful bigot for decades, he opposed all manner of peace initiatives for years, and he got into bed with some fairly shady groups when he was younger. It's all very well pointing out he didn't kill anybody, but I wonder whether that would ever have been the case had he not had an in-built unionist majority and all the trappings of power that the terrorists on the other side didn't have.

He had reason to .

Simster · Sep 12, 2014

bushy said:
He had reason to .

What reason did he have to oppose the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, beyond the sort of pure bigotry that manifested itself in screaming at the POPE as "the anti-Christ" in the European Parliament building?

catfish · Sep 12, 2014

He was a religious bigot. Glad the old **** is dead.

daveinprague · Sep 12, 2014

Right wing bigots seem to believe his death means they have a need to wish for a non right wingers death. Funny, but, totally expected.

User removed 4 · Sep 12, 2014

Simster said:
What reason did he have to oppose the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, beyond the sort of pure bigotry that manifested itself in screaming at the POPE as "the anti-Christ" in the European Parliament building?

Because the Irish government wouldn't take out their constitutional clause that laid claim to northern Ireland for starters

Simster · Sep 12, 2014

bushy said:
Because the Irish government wouldn't take out their constitutional clause that laid claim to northern Ireland for starters

He continued to oppose it after they had done exactly that. Pure bigotry.

daveinprague · Sep 12, 2014

bushy said:
Because the Irish government wouldn't take out their constitutional clause that laid claim to northern Ireland for starters

As part of the Agreement, the British parliament repealed the Government of Ireland Act 1920 (which had established Northern Ireland and partitioned Ireland) and the People of Ireland amended Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of Ireland, which asserted a territorial claim over Northern Ireland.

User removed 4 · Sep 12, 2014

Simster said:
He continued to oppose it after they had done exactly that. Pure bigotry.

They didn't take it out , they 'amended' it.

daveinprague · Sep 12, 2014

To what? What does it say following being 'amended' ?

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