Thursday, June 26, 2025

Two Irelands ramble on

“When the earth is put on my coffin we will still be in the United Kingdom” – Peter Robinson, a former leader of the DUP in Northern Ireland.

I concur and don't see the momentum for a United Ireland

July 15, 2025

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald Rof I : "Northern Ireland ‘makes no economic sense’ and called for a border poll within the next five years. Oh, this should cheer up the Unionists. 😉

Aug 16, 2025

 La Datcha, a superyacht owned by Siberian-born Oleg Tinkov, arrived in Belfast coming from Port Ellen in Scotland.

He founded Tinkoff Bank in 2006 .

Yacht has its own helipad.

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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousJune 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM

    ah yes, another unsufferable fenion. such feens r but pests to dismiss with the merest waft of candle smoke

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