Unionist Hardliner Spills The Beans About Real Reason For Blocking NI Government!

[@audreymcgready4329]

This should be shared everywhere Max. Call them out.

[@Knappa22]

What a crazy place Northern Ireland is. This man is clearly unwell yet he not only has a room full of people listening to him, he’s been voted in as a public representative.

[@jimmymac4778]

😂😂😂

[@ciaran1988]

What a crazy place England is. People have voted Nadine Dorries, Reece Mogg ect.. as a public representative...

[@liamcollins4657]

I think that man is absolutely beautiful. Like an overweight version of the actor Wallace Shawn.

[@guywerb]

No crazy politicians without crazy voters. It should be remembered that psychopaths like Hitler or Putin were initially democratically elected. A substantial part of mankind is made out of idiots, vilains and scumbags, that's the sad reality.

[@imastaycool]

@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Sinn Féin won 29% of the first-preference votes in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, the highest share of any party. With 27 out of 90 seats, they became the largest party in Stormont for the first time ever. The DUP had 25 seats at the time.

[@addictedtocraic]

This man who rails against the EU so much is in receipt of a very generous EU pension from his time as an MEP. Typical.

[@robertlaw.]

In the past seven years, the DUP have given us quite the example of "giving someone enough rope to hang themselves"

[@davdonoghue]

Is there something wrong with me I find it entertaining to see what hole unionists dig themselves into next 😂🤣clownbiggots

[@martincopeland8153]

If only they would get on with it then!!

[@felixrice5887]

I hope Jim live's long enough to see united Ireland 🇮🇪

[@jonsweeney3845]

He'll die of a heart attack.

[@KarlHamilton]

I don’t

[@karancoyne7719]

@@KarlHamilton you will n its coming soon like it or not!! the day of the foreign squatting planter is coming to an end!!!!

[@KarlHamilton]

@@karancoyne7719 read my post again, Karen. Apology accepted.

[@beau_geste]

We’ve had a united Ireland before. It wasn’t a very happy scenario!

[@irishdc9523]

Well you are talking about the guy who split from the DUP for not being extreme enough

[@GafftheHorse]

I'm still disgusted that someone in Westminster thought Jeffrey Donaldson was in any way worthy of a Knighthood.

[@mickeythompson9537]

The K simply came with the job - he's a King's Council; not that that is less astounding in his case.) (Incidentally, same reason Kier Starmer is a Sir.)

[@gerard1965able]

He was got at.

[@Nick-kb6jd]

They will detroy themselves far faster then Sinn Fein could ever dream of. Loving it.

[@davidgrogan2635]

Destruction within

[@davidedwards1336]

Yes let's get the terrorists running Ireland. Lmfao.

[@bigc5630]

It will never change, TUV and DUP, " not a catholic about the place", thats truly what they want!

[@paulkinsella6536]

What about the electorate who made Sinn Fein the largest party in N.I. They gave them a mandate, a much bigger mandate than the T.U.V. Democracy undermined by a man who can't accept that Brexit backfired, that Sinn Fein are the largest party, and the more he talks as he does, he secures more votes for Sinn Fein.

[@geoffpoole483]

Sinn Fein and the SDLP have long had very capable and competent politicians. They come across as credible. For some reason the Unionist politicians are the complete opposite. I know most people on here tend to lean towards support for a united Ireland- I'm one of them- but Northern Ireland's people deserve politicians forward-thinking enough to deal with the issues that matter to the residents. The DUP seem to want any excuse to veto power-sharing. A few years ago it was the language issue, now it's the N.I. Protocol.

[@BlastastiC]

The TUV only has a mandate for shit acronyms

[@michaelmckibbin9665]

He literally represents the dregs of society too

[@jimmymac4778]

😂😂😂

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@Michael Mckibbin "In its purest form, Fascism is the sum total of every irrational reaction of the average human character." - Wilhelm Reich.

[@wjf0ne]

Michael Mckibbin What a ridiculous thing to say about people you don't know. Even if he does represent the dregs of society, don't they need representation too?

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@@wjf0ne The types who want to subjugate the rest of us, for their own furtherance, need to be represented too? It's an interesting conversation concept. Just like the Abolitionists making sure that the plantation owners also got their turn to speak. Interesting… bold too. 😶

[@michaelmckibbin9665]

@@wjf0ne they do need representation, still does not change the fact that they are the dregs of society lol. He represents the proper headbangers, I'm sure you are aware.

[@roderickmain9697]

It is sad that such people exist. But, they do and they seem to represent a voice in NI. When I hear them rant like this, even the DUP, and I used to feel the same way about Sinn Fein 40 years ago, the thought that comes to me is that they are still fighting battles that are hundreds of years old. They are stuck in the past. They want to rekindle the violence. After the Belfast agreement, Sinn Fein seemed to grow up and see that their best efforts were in the democratic process. People actually agreed with their viewpoints so they have got more support today - hence being the largest party in NI. There are always going to be people who hanker after the days of William of Orange but what he was fighting for bears only a fleeting resemblance to todays world. Why do they want to refight old battles? I dont know how you get reality into the heads of Unionists.

[@Crimson_Logic]

The Unionist are fighting a losing battle. I look forward to a day when Northern Ireland rejoins Ireland and the British no longer have to do with these Muppets.

[@dlevi67]

They'd need heads in the first place.

[@alwayslearning7672]

Apparently it's due to fear of losing their identity that nobody wants to take from them. Paranoia & Fear and totally out of touch with the modern world. I wish these Ian Paisley like figures would hurry up and leave this planet.

[@frolicwitme]

They want the Penal laws back.

[@LL-vk9zc]

They like the old battles because they won the 1690 one and have been celebrating ever since.

[@martinconlon6968]

Grew up in NI, worked at a company with 60 employees, only two were catholic, myself included. You always felt watched & distrusted. They just can’t help themselves. Now live in the US.

[@brianodowd9537]

He is a highly educated King's Council. He took a legal case about the NI Protocol all the way to the UK Supreme Court which he lost. Here he is saying he will not accept the result of a lawful election in a devolved assembly of the UK.

[@heliotropezzz333]

Someone cheering him there also had an educated (posh) English accent.

[@davidripley2916]

. . . And it's King's COUNSEL, NOT COUNCIL, ffs!

[@damianoreilly7598]

@@davidripley2916 true, would need two of Jim Allister to make a Kings "Council" lol - and they would probably wind up disagreeing as to the colour of the sky ;)

[@daraorourke5798]

Heeyah heeyah

[@jfurl5900]

Highly educated is a relative term in NI. His family had money and connections to get him through to his position . In NI it has nothing to do with intelligence wether you get a degree or not and if you get a degree it depends upon wether you are from the "right" party to get a place in government . You can see by his little tirade that legalities and election results are only valid when it suits . I shouldnt even mention the MAGAs in the US who are derivatives of this tradition. there ive done it

[@petermatten3315]

As we say in England, the drink goes in ,and the truth comes out.

[@davidedwards1336]

What about that other saying, as one door closes, another one shuts.

[@pauljosephbuggle3722]

I lived in Belfast for a few years. And indeed there you do have it. They are Boers. They have a seige mentality, and democracy isn't even contemplated. The Nationalists did accept a Unionist First Minister. It's not a level playing field.

[@ciaran1988]

Most majority 'nationalist' places in NI like Derry City for example allow for unionist mayors (and rightly so obviously). Somehow I don't think the opposite is true. Would happily be told otherwise.

[@heliotropezzz333]

Politics in NI is largely about preserving protestant privilege which democracy is a threat to, in their eyes, but there's also still a lot of bigotry involved.

[@dentonyoung4314]

Round up all the "unionists" and forcibly move them to the Tory heartlands in England -- they'll fit right in. Then NI can get on with their business.

[@heliotropezzz333]

@@dentonyoung4314 Actually I think they'd suffer from shock. England has moved on since the 17th century.

[@roisinmalone3015]

@@heliotropezzz333 Has it?

[@liamm.1431]

When unionists talk about "the people of Northern Ireland," they mean the decendants of protestant colonists who arrived in Ireland in the 17th century. They are never asked to clarify exactly who they mean when talking about "the people of Northern Ireland" funny that isn't it?

[@brianboru7684]

"Refugees Are Welcome Here". What could go wrong? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_ill_years#:~:text=The%20Seven%20Ill%20Years%2C%20also,in%20the%20Book%20of%20Genesis.

[@johnwalker4089]

How could they be representing people from 400 years ago ? are they like Dr Who using a tardus

[@liamm.1431]

@john walker you do know that Doctor Who isn't a real person? Don't you?

[@jfm14]

Yep... because as far as they're concerned, it's their country and _only_ their country. Everyone else is a foreigner.

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

I always thought that endless hatred would destroy the heart, and here is a bigot with a heart and a half.

[@hughmckendrick3018]

Was told this guy's family was originally from Monaghan, in Southern Ireland. He has a home in Portstewart, a seaside resort in NI. Prevented a hotel being built near his property. Another NIMBY. Jobs the local community could have be doing with.

[@robertmaslin3844]

Get the Tories to stop their wages until they go back to Stormont and start to work for the Irish people.

[@wispa3309]

The last time it took two or three years before that happened, funny enough they were back in work within a couple of weeks. This time round it's been cut 15% or so (down to £38,000). They've threatened further cuts but haven't given any time scale or detail 🤦🏻‍♂️🙄. Out of the last decade they've spent more time at home boycotting than actually doing the job. They're all as bad as each other & that money should all be reclaimed & spent on something worthwhile. Like padded cells for the lot of them 😂

[@viper_fan]

The so-called "United" kingdom needs to end.

[@pablosaintmarr3223]

@DoubtingThomas NO NO NO as they say in N I , UK needs to end soon and this nonsense will end with it.

[@raymondpenn1066]

He sounds more like a 19th century church minister lecturing his flock about the evils of alcohol.

[@michaelccozens]

Dude sounds like a propagandist uncomfortably close to the onset of the genocide in Rwanda. It's not a big leap from "they're not people who get to vote" to "they're not people".

[@daraorourke5798]

Tell Sammy Wilson!

[@anthonywickham]

We will remember Jim when Ireland is re-united.

[@AndrewLuke]

There'd be a lot more horrors than Jim to remember. What part of The Troubles do reunifiers not understand? All of it? C'mon, now.

[@anthonywickham]

@@AndrewLuke .Men like Jim were the driving force behind the troubles.

[@foraustralia2558]

Sadly your attitude means it even less likely there will be an United Ireland ... you might not be as bad as Jim.. but you'll have to do better than being a reverse Jim You need to offer Jim something or this will all end in tears again for Ireland I am afraid PS being in the right won't help you

[@anthonywickham]

@@foraustralia2558 .Nice of you to say I`m in the right.Thanks!

[@AndrewLuke]

@@anthonywickham "Men like Jim were the driving force behind the troubles." Can you see now how this is a problem? I'm not sure. Maybe you do. The basics are, as you say, there are plenty of men like Jim. Men who will call for the bomb, and men who will bomb. It'll happen if there's a referendum. And in mounting talk of one. These people are sociopaths. Go up to one of them and say jokingly, "I bet you'd like a United Ireland!' and there's a fair chance you'll get your ribs broken. They're not great at reading tone. Of the people who want a united Ireland there's far less than 1% who want it at the cost of mass murder. Unfortunately they don't tend to think of unification and murder as linked, despite the Republic's formation. Now The Troubles generation ages, the Tories put a kabosh on legacy justice and the stories that are still being handed down are those of Loyalist prejudice and Republican fantasy. I stop at the question, well is the fantasy really worth the prejudice? Well is it? No, it's not fair. It's how things are.

[@johnglynhughes4239]

Sad: His hatred runs deep...

[@richardmoloney689]

There must be room on Rockall for them

[@davidtkocz8356]

Rockall is in Scotland, we dont want them thanks.

[@sojnab1]

@@davidtkocz8356 Rock on Rockall,may you never fall....and if you do it'll be sheamus's fault!

[@stephenmcdonald4708]

Excellent video Max keep up the great work 😁👍

[@dirkdupont5004]

Those guys are the result of decades of patronage by London, in their actions, thoughts and politics. No wonder that even being on an equal footing with those "others" is too far for them. Or, no wonder they only agree with a democracy that only protects their actions, thoughts and politics. That is what they are used to.

[@Tellemore]

Not decades, centuries.

[@maxmartin7080]

When they had it all their own way for hundreds of years they had plenty of opportunities to be fair to the ‘other side’, but no. Now the ‘other side’ have ‘come in from the cold’ as they say and shown what they can do democratically, the TUV and DUP now cannot comprehend ‘fairly’ sharing power with Sinn Fein. It was never bred into them that this would ever be a possibility, ever! So, ‘democracy’ on their terms only. They will do anything to avoid what’s coming and brings a United Ireland or at least a border poll even closer by their bigoted actions!

[@timonsolus]

@@doubtingthomas136: Don’t blame them at all. Irish reunification cannot come soon enough for me.

[@foraustralia2558]

NOPE... you are living in a FANTASY.. London has not cared for years... In 1913 they instructed against the British and got guns from the German Kaiser ... You are going to have to face up to them now ... England will not be there to help you deal with an million of these guy inside a tiny Irish Republic I"d like a United Ireland ..but you had better start doing the work .. its all talk in the South at the moment

[@karancoyne7719]

well said dick

[@hayleyxyz]

I don't know much about NI politics, but I did wonder if the protocol was just an excuse to not form the devolved government, rather than principled opposition. Seems this confirms it.

[@Dreyno]

The DUP have refused to answer the question of whether they would enter Stormont under a Sinn Fein first minister for years. This has been flagged for ages. The protocol was a convenient fig leaf for that. Everyone on the island of Ireland knew they wouldn’t accept the result of the election.

[@stephenbyrne914]

@David Reynolds Exactly David and when there is a new deal on the NIP (with little or no change to what's already been offered) the DUP will proclaim it as a victory for Unionism and the UK Gov will call a new election (as the law says should have been called already) with the hope that the DUP gain the most seats and therefore get to take the 1st minister position in NI Assembly.

[@Dreyno]

@@stephenbyrne914 And I wouldn’t be surprised if some UUP, TUV voters go to the DUP to ensure they keep SF from First Minister.

[@willalm830]

My god will they not just go away , they are like Johnson unwanted, un-liked , Never Never Never, like Thatchers NO,NO,NO must be saying it 3 times B/B,B/S,B/S

[@foraustralia2558]

What on earth ... no the won't "just go away" they have 400 years of their culture .. So You need to do business /deal with them OR FORET ABOUT A UNITED IRELAND.. So start thinking about how the Republic will deal wth this massive group ( NI nationals are tiny part of the UK . .. Protestants will be a HUGE part of a United Ireland And stubborn though Maggie was ..the English are nothing to do with this really ..

[@pablosaintmarr3223]

The DUP says NO NO NO !... that is all they ever shout.

[@johnfoley9031]

One day the illegal, immoral, shameful occupation of that country will come to an end. The sooner the better.

[@DeEnDubleyoo]

It is the nature of the right-wing to embrace democracy and sing its praises... until the *instant* they're not the one in charge of it any more. Then democracy has to GO at all cost

[@illegitiminoncarborundum1423]

That statement is incorrect. Centre-right parties understand perfectly well that democracy has to be upheld. The same is true for centre-left. The statement would be correct for far&extreme left and far&extreme right.

[@steviekenny581]

@@illegitiminoncarborundum1423 that statement IS actually correct. We’re talking about racist bigoted out of touch dinosaurs here ffs

[@martincopeland8153]

It was the enfranchisement of the Papists that started the rot in Ireland; King Billy wouldn’t have approved. If SF get in they will all be ruled from Rome. NO POT POURI!!! (S)

[@cooldaddy2877]

it also works for left wing woke parties.

[@JohnSmall314]

@@cooldaddy2877 " left wing woke parties." Don't mix up 'woke' with left wing parties. 'Woke' is an invented term used by the American right wing to scare gullible poor people into voting for the interests of rich people. On the left, 'woke' isn't an issue and barely even mentioned or thought about. Certainly not in the UK. It's just plain 'being polite'

[@noelter]

Jim in the late 1960's and 70's would stand on the street shouting out, there's Catholics living on your street what are you going to do about it. Then he would leave before the trouble would start, leaving young Loyalist people with a prison record.

[@sososoprano1]

I’ve never understood this attitude. I grew up in central Scotland in the 50s and 60s when there was a lot of sectarianism. There was a catholic school not that far away from mine. I decided to go and have a look one lunchtime. Such was the vitriol I’d picked up from certain others around me (I was told you were supposed to throw stones at them) I expected them to have little green horns or something! I was shocked to find the children looked exactly like me and my friends. I remember standing staring for ages. I didn’t understand the hatred then and I don’t now.

[@noelter]

@@sososoprano1 Jim and his rev Lan Paisley started the troubles and before them there was Nixon who in the North Belfast RUC he had a little black with information about the leading unionist politicians so he would never be arrested.

[@AndrewLuke]

Ian Paisley did the same thing in the 50s and 60s. To a tee. Is Jim Wells entire act based on Paisley Snr? It certainly seems that way.

[@bamboo59.52]

Paisley did the same!

[@drdecco1]

@@sososoprano1 It’s racism at heart but instead of being based on skin colour it was based on ethnic grouping = which church/school you went to. Racism between two white entities may seem a contradiction? But that’s the nub of it all. The 6-counties of Northern Ireland were historically founded on settling “planted” foreigners, ethnic cleansing and apartheid principles. Present day NI is the result - this “public representative” is the living embodiment of his tribal hatred, who feels that apartheid should continue on up there. Imagine if he said he’s never accept a black-skinned head of parliament……? but it’s “OK” to publicly say NO to Fenians/Sinn Fein MPs/Taigs/Catholics etc etc That, I would offer is the essence of his diatribe. Time to move on from these bigoted dinosaurs imho.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

His red face is due to a few sunny lunchtimes. 🌞

[@jojokeavy2835]

Sinn Fein are the Biggest party North and South on the Island Of Ireland 2023 100%.

[@mikeahern3999]

No they are not Jojo,not in the South.

[@danielskomp9072]

@@mikeahern3999 yes, they are! But the FF/FG/Greens vote in block to cancel all GOOD fir the PEOPLE and billions for the land Lords, banks!

[@mikeahern3999]

@@danielskomp9072 i'm no supporter of ff/fg/greens but at least they are a government , they are taking money under false pretenses in the North while the Tories no nothing about it.

[@TheTomellig]

A protestant parliament for the protestant people is what they seek again. Their forefathers embraced delvolved government with gusto in the 1920,s to that end.

[@michaelmckibbin9665]

Jim in his native environment

[@audreymcgready4329]

They all speak with anger when they get together. Ridiculous.

[@davdonoghue]

They speak of hate and past grudges when they are together

[@martinmcdonald4207]

His native habitat, under a rock!

[@audreymcgready4329]

We say a drunk man tells the truth in Scotland Max.

[@btd836]

"Kinder und besoffener reden die warheit" - Children and drunkards speak the truth. From our friends in Germany.

[@timorieseler276]

Kinder und Besoffene sagen die Wahrheit 🙋‍♂️ from Germany

[@PercivalBlakeney]

​@@timorieseler276 "Nelson, there's being right and there's being nice " - Principal Seymour Skinner. 🌹

[@timorieseler276]

@@PercivalBlakeney Feedback is a present. 🎁 Thanks for your's. Actually, it was meant to be nice...

[@onlyme8117]

How does that explain johnson who fits both.

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@@timorieseler276 I know, it was. 😉 The whole reason I had to quit drinking, I have real problems keeping my mouth shut, even without alcohol. If I'm right about having ADHD, I'm pretty certain it means that I have the brain of a someone who's already drunk. Thanks for your reply. ☺️

[@sb8163]

The DUP's last election campaign was basically just 'Keep the Shinners Out' They rely on it for votes, otherwise their electorate might expect them to have policies for improving their standard of living.

[@cgmat7804]

Arlene Foster had the same campaign

[@michaelraasch5496]

In Germany we say: Small kids and drunks always tell the truth.

[@teubie8949]

Same in the NL

[@jimmcaleenan7243]

I'm Irish European and proud of it so is Jim someone should tell him

[@76ludlow]

So laughable. The TUV is a party? All Jimmy Boy needs to do to address his party is stand and rant in front of a mirror in his bathroom.

[@PatrickLaneMJD]

You nailed the absolute bigotry of these people from the 17 century puritanical planters who have spat on the locals for four hundred years.

[@02887727356]

pure unaduterated hatred

[@Aindriuh]

They aren't called planters for nothing.

[@cgmat7804]

Held Ireland to ransom for hundreds of years

[@UFZ7482]

You don't think a comment like that represents a bigoted view of a people?

[@02887727356]

@@UFZ7482 pure hatred in short but willing to share your version

[@vivo-audio]

Are these the same people who think the earth is only 6000 years old?

[@liammalarky3483]

They just can't help themselves. What a laughing stock this lot are.

[@foraustralia2558]

But they are YOUR LOT... in a Untied Ireland

[@bowdencable7094]

Orangeman accusing others of terrorism indicates he doesn't have a dictionary, or a mirror.

[@dannymurphy1779]

'A drunk man never lies' - Very interesting. Oh to have been a fly on the wall in the No 10 flat during lockdown then!

[@andrewtomlinson5237]

I said throughout BoJo's tenure that Labour ought to have pushed for an open bar during PMQs.

[@brendanlawlor1906]

The way I heard it many years ago was , ""What's in sober , comes out drunk.""😉👍

[@davidedwards1336]

Or that curry party starmer was at in Durham, lmao

[@andrewtomlinson5237]

@@davidedwards1336 If you consider a take away at your desk after pulling an all nighter at work a "party" you should probably get out more. And contrary to the red top agenda it was never about being ambushed by cake, or beer. or coke or curry. It was about breaking the rules and lying about it. Starmer made a public statement that if what he did was found to have broken the guidelines he would quit. Bojo lied his way out of it. That's the difference. One is a lying twat whose popularity relies on enabling casual racism, the other has a background in law and order.

[@davidedwards1336]

@@andrewtomlinson5237 yes and he was a useless cunt at that , remember Jimmy Saville? As for the enquiry into his curry party he said on several occasions that , that foul mouthed bitch rayner wasn't there ,and that turned out to be a pack of lies as for the police enquiry what a fucking whitewash that was, by the way does that pillock starmer know what a woman is yet? What a knob head he is. A BIT LIKE YOU.

[@mrbearbear83]

The unionists voted brexit on the hope of recreating a pre treaty NI apartheid state. Turns out they've pushed NI closer to a united Ireland.

[@maxharbig1167]

WEìve seen it all before. On partition there was proportional representation in NI but when the Unionists saw the demohraphic was against them and eaw that their share of the vote had dropped in the 1925 elections, while they still had a majority they introduced FTPT, re-drew electoral boundaries and introduced a one man two vote system whereby a businessman had a vote were his business was located and another where he was resident. The leopard does not change its spots even after a century.

[@fcb9950]

In extreme cases protestant businessmen had up to 7 votes

[@davidlally592]

And it was in the catholic majority (and NIs 2nd city) of Derry/Stroke city, that the then unionist stormont regime brought in blatent local govt electoral gerrymandering. Thus allowing Stroke to have a unionist majority, with housing (mainly unionist) allocation. Hence the late 1960s NICRA protest marches (one man, one vote). It was then that the footage of the RUCs brutal baton charging of these, went round the world. And suddenly for the UK govt, the nightmare of the old (thought over and done with ages ago) Troubles were back..and with a vengeance

[@mandycouchbean]

Great Analysis as always ! 👍

[@no-dt8mi]

The people of northernireland know what they are, and understand what's going on, but the people are tired they have had this nonsense for most of their lives

[@kevinsharkey1336]

It reminds me of the movie the life of Brian, the difference between the DUP and the TUV is similar to the People's Front of Judea, and the Judean peoples Front!

[@lolwalters2936]

Orangism and the protection of the Protestant Ascendency and the DUP/TUV are one and the same thing!

[@davidsheridan-qp9nd]

Thank You for opening my eyes.

[@Hill_Walker]

I was working under the assumption this was always the main reason as soon as the election result was announced.

[@Ludus57]

The people of NI need a working Assembly. The DUP and others should be told it is going to operate and if they choose to remain outside, so be it, but the door will be open for them when they come to their senses.

[@captain007x]

Did he ever hear of 'democracy'?

[@SeanMacOirc]

This idiot and the likes if him, do not know what democracy is. The majority in the North voted to remain in the EU, yet DUP backed the Tories. One bitter and twisted individual is the cretin Allister. Nothing to do with the protocol, they just will not accept the change in the demographic. The DUPs 8th condition, they will not enter into government with nationalists. They abused power for the past 100 years. DUP and TUV are the best weapon Nationalists/ Republicans have. Keep it going Jim, u little twisted and bigoted resale.

[@DiederikAms]

'Charlatans and liars'... hmm, that goes for the conservative Brexiteers in the UK just as well 🙂

[@joannerobinson7717]

Sounds like labour & Tory used to be in Scotland even putting in voting system to stop the SNP winning - look how that has fared & the same will happen in Norther Ireland

[@owengreene382]

O'dare, poor Jim, he called Sinn Fein terrorist, but never mentions, there a democratic party. Who got the highest vote overall in the Northern part of Ireland. O'dare, poor Jim.

[@markbriten6999]

Sinn Fein are terrorists in the same way TUV and DUP are the political wing of terrorist organisations like UDA and UVF

[@bristolfashion4421]

Of course!! As we all know, the unionists are inflexible throwbacks to a time when humans' earliest relatives had not yet learned to walk, talk - or even think !! The living embodiment of a brick wall...

[@johnhollyoak9295]

A bit like Brexiteers then!

[@dentonyoung4314]

So round up all the obstructionists in NI like these fools and forcibly relocate them to the Tory heartlands in England. Problem solved.

[@gavinmillar816]

It is a mistake to characterise all unionists as the corrupt religious bigots of the DUP and TUV

[@amcc5887]

Your a class act and top man max 💯 👍, thanx for sharing 💯 👍 👍 👍 💯

[@jayplay8140]

essentially saying we will block democracy with "a heart and a half" , extremists is what they are. its time people call a duck a duck when they see and hear one.

[@sojnab1]

Very true and the 'quacker' the better,lol

[@llokkee]

Just remember people that this comes as no surprise to any of us who live here or who are in the know. We all know that the bigoted self appointed superior notion loyalism has of itself has not changed one iota. This video is just proof for any outsiders as to what they're really like. If anyone who hasn't seen it before, there's a video on KZbin called Stephen Nolan flags It's an hour long video and it shows us all what it's like talking to these people. From top to bottom loyalism and unionism in Ireland has always been based on oppression, bigotry and an extremely deep seeded hatred of anything Catholic and Irish. Simply impossible people to deal with 🙄

[@VolkerHett]

In N.I. the majority was against brexit and against the dup. So what do they think about democracy now?

[@cheiftain732]

Its a joint office . Mcguinness never looked at it as serving under . Its a equal power office

[@gerardflynn3899]

No terrorists in government? Does that mean that both the TUV and the DUP should leave?

[@lesbendo6363]

Ah, our world is full of old men that should have gone to pasture long ago seeking fame at all costs. The sad part is that many non-thinking people agree with the effluent that comes out of their months! Here, here! 🇨🇦

[@russellhouchin2640]

Really appreciate this piece. Never knew about TUV.

[@TheBigMidweek1889]

Same here. The DUP, despite their weird slavish loyalty to the Tories, seem quite moderete by comparison.

[@Rossion64]

I think he's had a glass and a half. But yes, that's the real reasoning coming out.

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

Some food for thought, it is well known that the Unionist’s community is decreasing and have a lot of elderly people, while the Nationalist community is expanding with mostly younger people. So it’s very likely that most Unionists will be looked after in hospitals or care homes by mainly Nationalist’s in the near future. Maybe someone could try to explain this to Good old Jim Allister.

[@raymonddixon7603]

I think that theory has been blown out of the water a long time ago. Not to say that I wish it were true and those numpties just vanished off the planet.

[@tommartin1414]

Exactly, there simply won't be enough Unionists to keep NI in the UK going forward. A United Ireland is inevitable and the TUV and DUP are making it happen faster than Sinn fein ever could🤣

[@deargdoom8743]

And the even more bizarre thing is for most of them their ancestors were Roman Catholics pre- Henry the Eighth. Wonder how they deal with that little cultural blemish.

[@davidlally592]

Mm the recent NI census shows the PUL (protestant unionist loyalist) grouping at about 45%, with the CNL (catholic nationalist republican) grouping at about the same. And with the remaining 10% in neither camp. And interestingly, the PULs are much older so as time goes on, they will be less and less in numbers anyway..

[@raymonddixon7603]

@@davidlally592 David I think the recent poll by the Irish Times said the situation has been polararized at much the same as you say over the last 30 years. Thinking that Nationalists will outnumber Unionist with any great degree any time soon is bit of wishful thinking. It would be much better for the North if it could go from that 10% to 20%, and that would start to make a big difference. The Zig and Zag politics is going to get us nowhere.

[@cheiftain732]

Was up 102 years ago still dug in to their union

[@tomricketts7821]

Business in N I will get sick of their nonsense very quickly if it starts to hurt them in thevwallet

[@blocktone8962]

not in work but still being paid by people who are going through a cost of living crisis

[@cbrice8721]

Nobody from NI will be surprised by this. Tuv and Dup are not doing themselves any favours. Short-term votes but long-term, this is a disastrous strategy. They are dishonest but they are being true to themselves right here

[@kiltyk1148]

Jim's Party have a strange ideology ...they would rather no one got anything by way of upgraded facilities or services ..if it means "them Uns get something" happens week in week out at council level ...the TUV block ..shared projects ..if them other ones get any benefit ..so ends up no one gets anything

[@pablosaintmarr3223]

He's alright for money though ! its ok for likes of him to shout NO NO NO whilst living a comfortable lifestyle.

[@tommyi6667]

MC Donald and o Neil speak so much sense and I don't care what side of the fence you are on, a famous man who said his taxi was stopped in Belfast and the masked, armed person opened the door and asked " Catholic or Protestant" he answered "Jewish" the armed man thought and asked "Catholic Jewish or Protestant Jewish". The DUP signed up with the Tories to agree on all voting and were given £1 billion over 5 years in 2017 and now in 6 years no money, no morals

[@jillsummers2856]

Never a truer word spoken than that of a drunk man.

[@davesy6969]

Stormont- where Dinosaurs roam free whenever the electric fence goes down.

[@BritishRosie-es3zr]

Well that's going to come back and bite him when this goes viral!

[@realcapitalist1462]

From no tomatoes on the supermarket shelves to the peace in Northern Ireland. How about a bit of UNcommon sense: Abandon Brexit!

[@rickwilmot9127]

I have thought this all along. The Protocol is a 'red herring'!

[@patrickferran1678]

A great friend of sir Jimmy savile and Gary Glitter. Willie boy Frazer would be so proud of him. Lest we forget. ♥️

[@adamlee3772]

Afternoon Max and all here.

[@TheHal90000]

but doesn't GFA say that prime minister and deputy prime minister are equal?

[@markhodge3112]

Jim Alister come from the “not a catholic about the place “ branch of unionism , huge mental barrier for unionism a non unionist first minister and they can’t gerrymander a way around it as they could in the past thankfully Jim Alister in in a minority of one seat and he is the past .

[@WildBoreWoodWind]

When will this hatred end, surely a hundred years is enough? The sooner 26 + 6 = 1, the better!

[@roseanne9986]

Disgusting behavior.

[@audreymcgready4329]

It's normal from them. Half my family are full of clowns like this. My Granda is Irish Catholic from Derry. And my Gran is a protestant from Ayrshire. I heard what they have to say all my life.

[@frogandspanner]

The UK Government should change the rules on the NI Assembly so that it meets the requirements of _Strand 1_ of the _Belfast Agreement_ while permitting the Assembly to operate without the presence of those who choose not to attend Assembly. In particular 5 d) arrangements to ensure key decisions are taken on a cross-community basis: (I) _either_ parallel consent. i.e. a majority of those members *present and voting* including a majority of the unionist and nationalist designations *present and voting* (ii)_or_ a weighted majority (60%) of members *present and voting* , including at least 40% of each of the nationalist and unionist designations *present and voting* I have emphasised the parts that make it clear that the lack of members of a designation being present does not prevent the operation of the Assembly as agreed in the _Belfast Agreement_

[@Dreyno]

The British government has no power to change the rules of the assembly unilaterally. It was created under the GFA and that would require Ireland and the United States to sign off on as well as a probable referendum in Northern Ireland.

[@frogandspanner]

@@Dreyno I cited the Belfast Agreement, which does not give a 'designation' a veto on the formation or operation of the Assembly. The UK Government appears to have assumed some rules that were not in the Agreement. If you think I am wrong I stand to be corrected - so please provide a citation.

[@Dreyno]

@@frogandspanner The GFA clearly states that the assembly should elect first and second ministers on a cross community basis. “The Belfast Agreement” is another name for the GFA. Did you mean to reference the St. Andrew’s Agreement?

[@frogandspanner]

@@Dreyno No - I cited the Belfast Agreement, Strand 1, _Operation of the Assembly_ .

[@Subjagator]

@@Dreyno You know what party has cross community support? The neutral Alliance party which got the 3rd largest share of the votes. It doesn't say explicitly in the GFA that it has to be two specific parties from different communities as far as I can tell. A large enough neutral party could be enough to satisfy that cross community basis. Hopefully over time more and more people will switch their votes from the polarised nationalist/unionist parties and embrace the likes of the Alliance party, or the Green party etc.. Actual cross community engagement on topics that affect everyone rather than arguing about flags and other nonsense.

[@auntijen3781]

In the very 1st read out between Biden & Boris, after Biden took office in Jan 2021, the UK read out said "Nothing to see here" However the US read out was quite different. Biden mentioned his Irish heritage and specifically said that the NI Protocol and the lasting peace it ensured was so personally important to Biden that if it was tinkered with in any way, then all cooperation & trade between US & UK would have to be seriously reevaluated.. The reason it 8s stuck in my mind is that the UK BORIS read out mentioned none of this. Usually both embassies coordinate the read out's so they are basically the same. This is the 1st time in history that I remember a read out of a meeting between any head of state & POTUS was so divergent-

[@thedarkhugheshughes2640]

Hey Jim United ireland coming real soon stay tuned in 🤣🤣

[@confudeddude]

Yesterday's man of a failed past. Its not a crime to be dilousional but the truth suffers. Jim is really a great asset to increasing the already Sinn Fien majority in the Irish 6 counties.

[@shaneselfe6506]

i have said this from the start, even if they get the deal they want with roses on it they still won't go back to Stormont

[@angelaharty-bx1qn]

Exactly as I suspected. Surprising if no one else had the same thoughts.

[@williamgeorgefraser]

Oh dear! He forgot "No P*pery". Or did YT have it cut out of his video?

[@ClannCholmain]

We already know he’s a bigot, and so is his base.

[@davidlally592]

Reminds me of a famous graffito (I think its in Whiteabbey, a known PUL hotspot). Originally saying :"No Pope Here!".. someone added later (prob at risk of life and no doubt late at nite):"Lucky Pope!"...

[@johnsopel3804]

The DUP and other Unionists are not, and never were, interested in democracy. Their version of democracy is when they have many votes each when the Nationalists have either one, or in many cases none. (Dependent on house ownership and business ownership). Of course as the Nationalists were discriminated against as regards employment the Unionists owned the houses and the businesses. That's the type of democracy they liked and would want to see again. Of course the reason for their intransigence is because their position was, and still is, supported by Britain. Put them on a ship back to where they came from I say and let democracy prevail. They were geremandered into a majority in 1922 and backed by Britain ever since who was happy to look the other way.

[@helenmoorcroft6964]

Yes they will always do it no matter what the situation is.

[@fintonmainz7845]

That's a nutter from an extremist party with little support. Making a mountain out of a molehill.

[@mattj905]

Hi Max, very regular (Northern Irish) viewer here and I enjoy your extensive coverage of this topic and everything else. I’m not really politically or religiously driven to any party in Northern Ireland but I’m fed up with this non-progress that seems to be ever present with the government. I live in Scotland now but keep fairly up-to-date with things at home as in back regularly. One way or another there’s been such extended periods were there’s no real governing going on and in reality there’s no actual representation of the electorate. Yes we face difficulties in Northern Ireland but so does everywhere else. Doing nothing, opposing basically everything, is achieving nothing. Glad it’s being called out.