Oh I'm sure he'd be saying the same about Ukrainians reacting to Russian hostility, invasion and murder
Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows MLA has hit back at Sinn Féin after North Antrim MLA Philip McGuigan spoke in the Assembly on Tuesday to accuse him of a “supremacist attitude”.
Jon Burrows said:
“Philip McGuigan read out a scripted attack on me in the Assembly this morning. He wants to talk about the past. Then let’s talk about all of it. Republican paramilitaries murdered more than 2,000 people during the Troubles. Across Northern Ireland there are families who still sit down to dinner with an empty chair at the table. In the video he posted today, Mr McGuigan had plenty to say about history and not one word for them.
“Yes, I am uncomfortable that so many people vote for a party whose leader still says there was ‘no alternative’ to the IRA’s terror campaign. I make no apology for that. Being uncomfortable with a result is not the same as rejecting it. I accept it, and I intend to change it at the ballot box. That’s what elections are for.
“What I will not accept is being called a supremacist by Sinn Féin. No one in Northern Ireland is a second class citizen. Disagreeing with Sinn Féin does not mean disrespecting the people who vote for them.
“I believe every murder was wrong, whether committed by republicans, loyalists or anyone else. No one deserved to die because of their religion or their job. Sinn Féin say they are sorry for every life lost. Sorry is not the same as wrong. Until they can say that every murder was wrong, without exception, they are in no position to lecture anyone on equality.
“No amount of name calling can hide Sinn Féin’s record in government. They run Infrastructure, Finance and the Economy. People want roads repaired, wastewater fixed and public services that work. Scurrilous accusations deliver none of those things.
“I will serve everyone in North Antrim, and the Ulster Unionist Party will stand up for people right across Northern Ireland. Sectarianism, racism and hatred are the opposite of patriotism.
“I’ll take no lectures from Sinn Féin on democracy, on equality or on the past. Everyone deserves equal respect, and far better government than this.”
John O'Dowd at Stormont today asking for political parties to put aside their faux outrage to focus on a budget to make the North of Ireland work for all, @JonBurrowsMLA @GRobinsonDUP obviously more evidence of a Nationalist politician not wanting the North to work for all🙄
MI5 will not face contempt of court charges despite admitting its evidence was a lie - BBC News share.google/T6hp4k3XfmVVL1p…
Michelle O'Neill and other prominent Nationalist MLAs are being ridiculed for an "infraction" on Garvaghy Rd, while MI5 employees are absolved for a real crime
There's no point in speculating on the future of Scarva Carla, best waiting to hear straight from the horses mouth
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Israel i'd say
If the poundshop stores collapse as expected, I'll empathise with those who'll losse their jobs, however when poundshop wannabe lawyers are sent out to pasture, they can go fk themselves
Gavin Robinson - The idea there could be any accomodation for unionists in a united Ireland is for the birds, because an anti-catholic orange order couldn't walk Garvaghy Rd AND because Heather Humphrey's wasn't elected President as her husband was an orange lodge member,Class 😂
The protests by the youth of Europe is primarily a reaction to the loss of jobs and opportunities as a result of AI
If Unionist MLAs were to leave their orange sashes in the cloakroom of Stormont before entering the assembly, then this place might just work
One notable factor that separates political Unionism from Nationalism is that if there was an anti-protestant Sectarian hate march, political Nationalism would be out supporting unionist leaders in solidarity
Another massive own goal for political unionism who supported the Sectarian orange order's demand to ride roughshod over a catholic community at Drumcree
Given political Unionism's past it's hard to accept the fact that Nationalists agreed to power sharing, but for the sake of peace and stability it was the right choice