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Thread #162855   Message #3906420
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
18-Feb-18 - 06:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
Subject: RE: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
DMcG, the publication was irrelevant because what I posted was not editorial opinion but direct quotes of Kearney and Robinson giving the positions of their respective parties, Sinn Fein and the DUP.

Do you challenge any of that?
If not you accept the FACT that DUP is demanding equal recognition for both cultures, in line with the spirit and letter of the GFA, while Sinn Fein wants recognition only for their culture.

Here is Kearney (Sinn Fein) quoted by Jim's Irish Times.
"There must be a free-standing acht na Gaeilge, Irish language act. It is essential to ensure that we see the re-establishment of the political institutions. It is absolutely pivotal to the rights and equality agenda here in the north of Ireland."

Now Robinson (DUP) from the same Irish Times article.
"Earlier, former DUP leader and First Minister Peter Robinson supported the DUP argument that any agreement in relation to Irish must involve a composite act that also embraced Ulster Scots.
"There is no credibility in asserting your need to have your culture respected if you blatantly disrespect that of others," Mr Robinson posted on Facebook."
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/sinn-f?in-and-dup-remain-deadlocked-as-time-for-deal-narrows-1.3135466

Another Irish Times article,
"The DUP wants a composite Act that also embraces Ulster Scots, while Sinn F?in is insistent on a stand-alone Irish language Act. "
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/british-and-irish-sources-reject-sinn-f?in-s-stormont-demands-1.3139593

Which view is closest to yours DMcG? Jim?