Present Waffle

[Tony Taylor]

Same old story Lewis, the cost of the Queen, it is estimated that the Royal Family costs the UK approximately £35m per annum (google it), Income generated £1.8b not a bad return on investment (google it).
I am not a great fan of Andrew, but you seem have it n for him as you constantly want him sent to the USA for questioning.
Just remember a lot of your countrymen have a lot more to answer for than Andrew, but they are exempt thanks to Blair.
Vic

its very difficult to extradite any US citizen, as usual, they want it all their way

[Lewis McColl]

Same old story Lewis, the cost of the Queen, it is estimated that the Royal Family costs the UK approximately £35m per annum (google it), Income generated £1.8b not a bad return on investment (google it).
I am not a great fan of Andrew, but you seem have it n for him as you constantly want him sent to the USA for questioning.
Just remember a lot of your countrymen have a lot more to answer for than Andrew, but they are exempt thanks to Blair.
Vic

You keep on telling yourself that the Crown add £1.8 billion to the exchequer, very good. So does that mean that the Queens favourite son is not to be questioned about possible sexual misconduct with a minor ? Or Prince Michael of Kent can get away with what appears to be dubious Gold trading, or the the Countess of Wessex and the Fake Sheikh sting. But no doubt yourself and others will say , all fake news , Well it is being printed in the right wing owned press.

Exempt due to Blair!! along with Bill Clinton and Senator George Mitchell, Bertie Ahern. It was only this week that Boris Johnson apologised to the 11 families of those murdered by the British Army(1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment)BallymurphyMassacre.jpg in Ballymurphy one being a Catholic priest who was waving a white flag as he was going to attend to an unarmed wounded man.

Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot 28 unarmed civilians during a protest march against internment. They killed 13 and another died later due to his injuries. It took 38 years for David Cameron to apologise for the killings by the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment

Bloody Sunday and the actions of the Paras opening fire on an unarmed civil rights protest march ensured that the IRA would have an endless supply of Volunteers for the next 30+years which would result in the deaths of over 3000 people.
You blame Tony Blair for the good Friday agreement?? would you rather the violence had continued? I certainly do not agree that those involved in murder should not have been given a, get out of jail free card. So would you prefer those who took part what they deemed to have been a war be rounded up and charged? Do that and it will all kick off again. The place is a ticking time bomb as it is now. Because Boris lied about the protocol and the Irish sea border, Even his own Brexit minister Lord Frost has come out and said Boris did not know or understand what he was signing.
BS1.jpgbloody sun.jpg Those photos show a victim of a murdered man shot by the 1st Parachute regiment in Londonderry.
The Parachute regiment would pay dearly for those murders in Ballymurphy & Londonderry ambushed at Narrowater/Warrenpoint 12 Paras & 6 Queens Highlanders would die 27th August. same day as Mountbatten was killed.
Hunger strikes 10 died because the government would not accept they were Political prisoners.
Names of Hunger Strikers (1981)
Those who died:
Bobby Sands (27)
Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Member of Parliament (MP)
began hunger strike on 1 March 1981 and died on 5 May 1981 after 66 days without food

Francis Hughes (25)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 15 March 1981 and died on 12 May 1981 after 59 days without food

Raymond McCreesh (24)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 22 March 1981 and died on 21 May 1981 after 61 days without food

Patsy O'Hara (23)
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)
joined hunger strike on 22 March 1981 and died on 21 May 1981 after 61 days without food

Joe McDonnell (30)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 8 May 1981 and died on 8 July 1981 after 61 days without food

Martin Hurson (29)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 28 May 1981 and died on 13 July 1981 after 46 days without food

Kevin Lynch (25)
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)
joined hunger strike on xx May 1981 (?) and died on 1 August 1981 after 71 days without food

Kieran Doherty (25)
Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Teachta Dáil (TD; member of the Irish Parliament)
joined hunger strike on 22 May 1981 and died on 2 August 1981 after 73 days without food

Thomas McElwee (23)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 8 June 1981 and died on 8 August 1981 after 62 days without food

Michael Devine (27)
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)
joined hunger strike on 22 June 1981 and died on 20 August 1981 after 60 days without food



Others Who Took Part in the Hunger Strike

Brendan McLaughlin
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 14 May 1981 and was taken off the strike on 26 May 1981 when he suffered a perforated ulcer and internal bleeding

Paddy Quinn
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 15 June 1981 and was taken off the strike on 31 July 1981 by his family after 47 days without food

Laurence McKeown
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike 29 June 1981 was taken off the strike on 6 September 1981 by his family after 70 days without food

Patrick McGeown
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 9 July 1981 was taken off the strike on 20 August 1981 by his family after 42 days without food

Matt Devlin
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 14 July 1981 was taken off the strike on 4 September 1981 by his family after 52 days without food

Liam McCloskey
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)
joined hunger strike on 3 August 1981 and ended the strike on 26 September 1981 after 55 days without food when it became clear that his family would intervene to save his life if he became unconscious

Patrick Sheehan
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 10 August 1981 and ended the strike on 3 October 1981 after 55 days without food

Jackie McMullan
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 17 August 1981 ended the strike on 3 October 1981 after 48 days without food

Bernard Fox
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 24 August 1981 and was taken off the strike on 24 September 1981 when his medical condition deteriorated after 32 days without food

Hugh Carville
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 31 August 1981 and ended the strike on 3 October 1981 after 34 days without food

John Pickering
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 7 September 1981 and ended the strike 3 October 1981 after 27 days without food

Gerard Hodgkins
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 14 September 1981 and ended the strike on 3 October 1981 after 20 days without food

James Devine
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 21 September 1981 and ended the strike on 3 October 1981 after 13 days without food

[vic mcclymont]

Lewis, you have your views on Royalty I have mine, lets leave it at that.
All of the people you mention in your post it was their choice to die of starvation.
Also makes you wonder how much of troubles with the Army was generated by the IRA to suit their agenda.
Have a nice day.
Vic

[Lewis McColl]

Yes Vic best leave it at that. Looking at the weather here on the Antrim coast looks like another BIG coat day wind and rain. Don't think I will be drifting to far. 3rd week in May and still have the heating coming on

[Lewis McColl]

Normally I ignore you Marian, but as you are fishing for a reply.

And all done in private abodes where household staff ran the places like hotels. Not dissimilar to the goings onboard private yachting parties, night clubs, hotel suites the world over.
Certainly sounds as if you know how things operate then!!!! I think you did mention in the past you had or have experience in the hospitality industry.

[Keith at Tregenna]

The UK was the only nation to receive a total of zero points
during last night’s (22 May) Eurovision Song Contest.

[Captain Kong]

Hi Lewis
Your post #46 sounds like a recruiting poster for the IRA
I had several near misses over there in the 70s and early 80s.
Not a pleasant time.

[cappy]

Normally I ignore you Marian, but as you are fishing for a reply.

And all done in private abodes where household staff ran the places like hotels. Not dissimilar to the goings onboard private yachting parties, night clubs, hotel suites the world over.
Certainly sounds as if you know how things operate then!!!! I think you did mention in the past you had or have experience in the hospitality industry.

lewis once again you prove your hostility in general to anyone who disagrees with your constant outlandish statements which are written without doubt time and time again to cause dispute and disharmony on this site .....is appears there is no end to the lengths you will go ......we are all entitled to a view but your attacks on so many members is getting exceedingly boring .....but there you are as usual causing a most definite attention to your self ...grow up man....... surely there is something somewhere in your daily life that has a more gentle side than your daily bellowing coming from over the watter take a deep breath and calm down man calm down R683532

[Lewis McColl]

Cappy, that is a cracker coming from you , minister of peace and harmony now are we. Who have I offended this time!!!!
#52 well because of the mess that has come about with the Irish sea border that the PM stated (Over my dead body)
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2020-08...y-says-johnson

There is every likely hood it may kick off again.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Minister of peace and harmony
The thread is Present Waffle.

British : to talk or write a lot without
saying anything important or interesting.

All has gone down hill, cannot even
win a song contest.

K.

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