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Grifty Mc

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Our schools are parish schools I don’t think we can withdraw them ( I’ve never tried) in secondary my eldest wanted to drop RE at GCSE they told him he couldn’t, there’s only priests visit the odd time to do mass on occasions like a leavers mass etc, but that’s usually done in chapel now, there’s no religious trips etc just bog standard RE about the life of Jesus and some saints.
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I’m not sure it’s those parents complaining.
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Starmers going to suffer in office ,his wife and her family are Jewish most of his party are for Palestine I don’t know how he’ll deal with it without offending someone.
Starmer has been a big disappointment in terms of leadership. He seems so desperate to get elected he flip flops all over the place. I actually had high hopes for him because of him doing the Mclibel trial years ago. For me it isn’t even about whether he is for or against Palestine or any other issue. It is the fact that he has changed his mind on things and not taken a stance. The problem is he seems to worry more about party members than the electorate.
 
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Grifty Mc

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It is sure fire depressing that the only conversation on the door (and I have had a few given the boundary changes) that agreed about protecting female spaces was with the DUP canvasser who offered to send the candidate round to “try and change my mind about everything else”. I’ve been away so long that this triabalism feels super anachronistic and I declined (despite having a lovely couple of non-political convos with ELP despite myself in the dog park at Stormont). It won’t make a difference but I will continue to try and speak to alliance folk on a one to one basis and maybe find a way through...
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And I know that the LDs to whom alliance are connected had a big donation from Ferring Pharmaceuticals who do make puberty blockers/hormone suppressants as I was an activist for them back in England and struggled to reconcile that to the point I stopped working for them.
At least you got someone til the door! (You must live somewhere nice ;)) We have one day left. Honestly at this stage if Gavin or Naomi knocked on my door tomorrow and we had a meaningful conversation they could Probs convince me to not spoil it.
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Can’t post on the Anna thread but i reckon she knows exactly what she is doing, she will piss someone off again but now she will say it is a hate crime to get another free house that should have been used for a family. If we are still here on 13th July and she hasn’t tried to be a victim then I am wrong but I just feel like she is up to something.
 
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Grifty Mc

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Best of luck!!
Thanks. I’m in the ‘anywhere is better than here’ mood but at the same time I don’t want to sell myself short and accept any old crap as I know I can do a good job. Trying to do all that positivity mindset bullshit about how I’m interviewing them as well 😂😂
 
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Wee Nora

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Because SF voters feel betrayed by them and they're angry about it. They expected better from them. FF/FG voters on the other hand know not to expect much so there's less anger there!
That’s fine so just vote for someone else 🤷🏼‍♀️ if FF FG voters don’t expect much from them then they need to vote for someone else too. The only way to hold any party to account is at the polls.
 
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Grifty Mc

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Same here. Also East Belfast. Will never vote DUP but don't want to vote for Naomi Long either. Have voted for her in the past but the last few elections I haven't. I am appalled at their stance on women's rights with the whole trans issues and the inequality of abortion to birth for disabilities. Not the party of equality they claim to be. I spoiled my vote in May 2022. Didn't feel good but there was literally no option I felt was even "best worst"
Alliance seem to be desperately trying to get the youth vote and I don’t believe they believe half of what they say. I remember the other week when some twitter poster said “I remember when alliance used to be nice” which says it all. I voted for Naomi originally and was hapoy when she was elected a few years back to have her but their party went so overboard this past few years I can’t do it. I shamefully didn’t vote last time as was despairing so I think I should just go in and spoil it as women fought for the right to vote.
 
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Wee Nora

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Lesser mortals are affording her the lifestyle and treatment that they can’t afford themselves 🙄
I’m sorry she’s ill and glad she’s doing well but I don’t get why she’s any better or more “stunning and brave” 🙄 than any other person going through cancer. I wonder how much money was squandered on that load of crap yesterday, young Louis summed it up, yawning his way through it 😂
 
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Grifty Mc

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She’s a grown woman and can do what she wants but she isn’t wearing appropriate clothing for climbing up a set of stairs never mind a load of pallets. I don’t think anyone would harm her but she will end up harming herself by doing something stupid like trying to climb up that larne one for the clout so I hope someone tells her to fuck off as she is a danger to herself by doing this shit. I used to think she was putting on an act for a laugh but I actually think she is seriously mentally unwell now. She could also be risking young kids lives if they try to follow her up one of these for a selfie or whatever. I think she needs sectioned as it is seriously concerning the way she is getting on.
 
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monga

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Must’ve missed Nolan’s outrage on this. Government officials sitting down with loyalist paramilitaries and deciding they deserve rate payers money in exchange for not breaking the law 👏

But Casement…😂

How much of ratepayers money is used to police orange parades, bonfires and cleanups??
 
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Grifty Mc

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Tesco sell it or is the meat classed as sectarian in certain areas 😂
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Not endorsing drink driving in any form but £27k fine when Derek Hussey has numerous charges under his belt and still kept his job.

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They both should be banned for life but Duffy’s conviction was in England so maybe they have different rules or because they know he is a millionaire they are making money from it?
Drink drivers deserve a special place in hell.
 
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Wee Nora

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They spend decades on death row, I think true justice is giving them the same death penalty as their victims.
He hasn’t been sentenced yet, the jury have found him guilty and recommended the DP but it’s down to the judge in the end. He beat his girlfriend to within an inch of her life then went out and dragged 2 women into his car and strangled them. One of the women was still breathing so he threw her on the ground in front of his car and “drove over her again and again until she looked like spaghetti” (his words).
He didn’t know his victims but odd how they always choose women, guess he wasn’t brave enough to try it with a man 🤢
 
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MaryLou32

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not being funny but is there one of those online quizzes that you can do to see what party's policies you align with most? I tend to vote Alliance historically (come from a mixed family, no political affiliation to anything but not SF/DUP voters) - and am married to a staunch SF voter. I don't know who to go for and have had so much going on recently that I haven't had time to research.
Yes there’s one here https://votecompass.com/
 
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