Quote Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy View Post
We have work to be doing here and bills to pay now we don't have time for religious conflict. Hence the running at the minute for our President after the current one steps down has Senator David Norris an openly flamboyant homosexual and Church of Ireland member as a popular choice.
Eh wut, where did I say anything about religious conflict? I had in mind the issue with Scottish/Welsh nationalism, plus obviously how things are changing in Northern Ireland. Why would you think I am not being serious? You do know the SNP plan to hold a referendum on independence soon, Plaid Cymru will probably follow suit. The issue is whether there will be more devolution, or full independence. Plus I don't know why you dismiss the idea of change in the Irish situation, obviosuly Paisley's suggestion was a joke, but the relationship between the North and the Republic is currently pretty ambiguous, it's not a lasting solution, and surely the changeing demographics and the current crisis of unionism threatens the status quo.

This is nothing to do with religion/ethnic conflict its about civic nationalism, the decline of the relevance of the centralised state with deindustrialisation. There's been a fair bit of work done recently that suggests this phenonema is taking place right across Europe (Bavaria, Belgium falling apart, Basques, Catalonia, Brittany, southern Italy etc), so it's not surprising that its relevant to the UK as well.

You really don't think these issues are relevant or to be taken seriosuly?