Do you think there will be a united Ireland before the end of the decade?

[KenDodd]

Yabu = no
Yanbu = yes

I have a dead-tree copy from the 80s

Me too.

I have a signed copy of "Parliament of Whores" from when he gave a talk at Waterstones, Charing X road in the early 90s (just before he flew to Baghdad I think). He was plugging "Give War A Chance".

One of Americas funniest and more insightful writers. There's a hell of a lot of sense behind the wit ...

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One of Americas funniest and more insightful writers.

Agreed.

The idea that things are changing more slowly in education in NI is not strictly accurate. We have had an integrated education movement for a very long time, most integrated schools are vastly oversubscribed and outside of officially integrated schools parents and children are choosing schools on educational attainment rather than religion. With the result that some schools have a majority of 'the other' religion and many others have a significant minority, in both types of school.

Late catching up on the thread but grma Ochon for posting that fantastic PJ O’Rourke piece. It was a beautiful / painful portrait of the times

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