May 3, 2016
Cartoon for academic and political commentator David McCann. Will be used on the front of his book.
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Cartoon for academic and political commentator David McCann. Will be used on the front of his book.
"The old republican strategy of ‘It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose but how you’ve played the game’ is precisely why we have achieved next to no success in ending partition. Instead of coming up with common sense proposals and some new thinking on what a united Ireland would look like, we hark back to events that happened over a century ago.
It is all too easy to look backwards. What will determine my decision and thousands of others’ are basic questions such as ‘Will I get the NHS or the HSE in a United Ireland?’, ’How will the education system be different?’. These are just some of the basic questions that people on both sides of the border will ask themselves before they cast their ballots. So far, I haven’t heard any answers.
There is a case for a United Ireland but it does not lie in voodoo economic plans that involve spending the same money twice and deluding yourself that billions of pounds exist when they don’t. We need to get away from the notion that reunification would be a one way bet. There would be hardship for some people and a dramatic change in lifestyle for others. The real approach should be convincing people that, in the longer term, it would be worth it."
David McCann (here)
An Irish nation without a Unionist identity is not, in my view a complete nation, nor would it be exceptional without them.
David McCann (here: http://sluggerotoole.com/2014/12/11/ireland-youre-exceptional-we-should-act-like-it/)
David McCann (@dmcbfs) - When we talk about compromises for Unionism in a united Ireland, just what exactly are we talking about?
He asked on @SluggerOToole: "When we talk about compromises for Unionism in a united Ireland, just what exactly are we talking about? Commonwealth membership? Abolition of compulsory Irish? New flag? A mandatory coalition for the first 15 years of independence?" In full here: http://sluggerotoole.com/2014/08/08/irish-republicansim-needs-to-be-more-levesque-and-a-little-less-salmond-on-a-border-poll/