They're probably the most unbritish people on the planet .
Britishness is surely just social quirks with a Unionist bent.
They're probably the most unbritish people on the planet .
tm hand in hand with dt , who I'm sure there are rumours about funding certain groups now hand in hand with the dpu ?
please educate me against my drunken posts
Does anyone else know what deal type of deal the DUP reached with the Tories to get them to support a minority Tory government? What did the Theresa May promise them in return for their support? Whatever it was it allowed them to reach a deal very quickly, usually negotiations concerning coalitions and supporting minority governments takes a few days at least.
I had no idea that the DUP had creationist ideas. This is very frightening. Surely May knew about their lunatic fringe theories. I thought that creationism was a purely American aberration and am very surprised to find that it also exists in the civilised world of Europe. If May is so desperate for friends that she aligns with these people then the UK is in serious danger. Things are much worse than I imagined.
Does anyone else know what deal type of deal the DUP reached with the Tories to get them to support a minority Tory government? What did the Theresa May promise them in return for their support? Whatever it was it allowed them to reach a deal very quickly, usually negotiations concerning coalitions and supporting minority governments takes a few days at least.
That one is a cracker. Though Arlene was central in it and is a defector from the rightwing of the formerly dominant UUP. I'm amazed she survived as there was clearly a lot of incompetence involved in RHI. You do have to wonder about everybody else up on the hill in Stormont though letting half a billion get wasted on their watch. Even by the historic standards of Irish governance it's inept.The DUP pissing away half a billion on a botched renewables scheme Timeline: Renewable Heat Incentive scandal - BBC News what's the score with that? Incompetence, corruption? Some combination thereof?
You'll be shocked to discover there are groups of creationists regularly meeting the length and breadth of Europe. If you have a building with a big tower full of noisy bells near you, or one that gets regular visits from men in strange headgear, you may well find that it is a centre for the propagation of such beliefs. Theresa May's dad used work in one of these places, so she is probably familiar with the theories they disseminate.
Personally it's the bigotry and corruption of the DUP that concerns me more.
That one is a cracker. Though Arlene was central in it and is a defector from the rightwing of the formerly dominant UUP. I'm amazed she survived as there was clearly a lot of incompetence involved in RHI. You do have to wonder about everybody else up on the hill in Stormont though letting half a billion get wasted on their watch. Even by the historic standards of Irish governance it's inept.
You'll be shocked to discover there are groups of creationists regularly meeting the length and breadth of Europe. If you have a building with a big tower full of noisy bells near you, or one that gets regular visits from men in strange headgear, you may well find that it is a centre for the propagation of such beliefs. Theresa May's dad used work in one of these places, so she is probably familiar with the theories they disseminate.
Personally it's the bigotry and corruption of the DUP that concerns me more.
It's astonishing actually how ill-informed they are. And the confidence with which they spout pish.I have to say, I thought that I was pretty ignorant about Northern Irish politics but watching the commentariat try to talk about the DUP makes me feel like a political scientist on Northern Ireland or something.
most c of e and catholic churches don't preach creationism. i was brought up strict catholic and the only creationism i ever encountered was from my (very old school) granddad.
private school arrogance I recon.It's astonishing actually how ill-informed they are. And the confidence with which they spout pish.
most c of e and catholic churches don't preach creationism. i was brought up strict catholic and the only creationism i ever encountered was from my (very old school) granddad.
Anyone who believes that there is a guiding intelligence that is responsible for our existence is a creationists. Whether they believe in 7 literal days or some more nuanced form of intelligent design. WE BELIEVE in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen
Same here, I was raised Catholic and creationism was never preached, in fact one the nuns who instructed me for my Confirmation said that the story of Genesis was a metaphor rather than a literal interpretation of what happened and that evolution is true but also part of God's divine plan.
not read him but theres always one...can one have a planned evolution.
Same here, I was raised Catholic and creationism was never preached, in fact one the nuns who instructed me for my Confirmation said that the story of Genesis was a metaphor rather than a literal interpretation of what happened and that evolution is true but also part of God's divine plan.
They may not all do but many do and the Creed they recite is overtly creationist
Anyone who believes that there is a guiding intelligence that is responsible for our existence is a creationists. Whether they believe in 7 literal days or some more nuanced form of intelligent design
If you look at Stormont it's record isn't so bad despite being run by two bunches of bickering bigoted nationalists. Rather nice social care provision. My mother gets far better care than she would in England and all on the NHS. A well preserved pre-Thatcherite public sector creating lots of cushy jobs. Very sleek pillars of the community looking suspiciously well funded. Endless work on the roads round Belfast. Very good comms with the South. Lots of cross border collaboration that I would never have imagined the DUP embracing. All those English taxes being pumped into the place. Jesus if they'd spent the same money on the English NE as the Irish it would be fucking booming. The result is only a minority of Northern Catholics wanting a united Ireland. Up the Shankill they are moaning the RCs look too well fed and happy while looking rather fat about the face and well rested themselves. Nearly everybody is much better off than they were in the grim 70s and they know it. The legacy of the Chuckle Brothers actually isn't that bad.One of the main reasons she survived is because the shinners..at long last and under immense grass roots pressure to respond to that and the bigotry against Gaelic speakers, which broke concurrent to the boiler scandal..belatedly went after her . Sort of . Which in turn ensured the DUP circled the wagons when faced with a papish onslaught . Had they left her alone there was a slight possibility her own might have gotten rid of her. But once they made a noise the wagons were circled.
It's a system designed to encourage and reward sectarianism . It's British governance in Ireland which is at fault here . It can never work .an absence of bombs..for the moment..does not equate to normality . The British state in Ireland will always come up with a shitshow like this . It will always be deeply dysfunctional at its root .
If you look at Stormont it's record isn't so bad despite being run by two bunches of bickering bigoted nationalists. Rather nice social care provision. My mother gets far better care than she would in England and all on the NHS. A well preserved pre-Thatcherite public sector creating lots of cushy jobs. Very sleek pillars of the community looking suspiciously well funded. Endless work on the roads round Belfast. Very good comms with the South. Lots of cross border collaboration that I would never have imagined the DUP embracing. All those English taxes being pumped into the place. Jesus if they'd spent the same money on the English NE as the Irish it would be fucking booming. The result is only a minority of Northern Catholics wanting a united Ireland. Up the Shankill they are moaning the RCs look too well fed and happy while looking rather fat about the face and well rested themselves. Nearly everybody is much better off than they were in the grim 70s and they know it. The legacy of the Chuckle Brothers actually isn't that bad.
And what is Ash For Cash compared to the vast corrupt mess of Anglo Irish etc, pretty small beer. That is a major reason folk went so sour on neoliberal Dublin. The biggest pisser for real people who actually live in N.I. seems to be the housing crash that floated up from the exuberance of the Emerald Tiger. I've got friends from both sides still moaning about that. If the inmates of Stormont could just stop wasting their time with the endless twatish whataboutery about shit that happened a couple of decades ago. Get over it you are not so special.
Same here.Same here, I was raised Catholic and creationism was never preached, in fact one the nuns who instructed me for my Confirmation said that the story of Genesis was a metaphor rather than a literal interpretation of what happened and that evolution is true but also part of God's divine plan.
There's a million and one ways a priest can piss you off but quoting biblical tracts at you generally isn't one of them . I've never encountered catholic creationism in my life . I'm not sure if it's even a thing .