Probably worthwhile linking to the original post on Slugger on this topic, Jimmy.

Sinn Féin suing SDLP over McCartney murder claims?

done -js

Who would want to gag Alaisdair?

Jimmy, did you ever hear back from Daily Ireland, about their libel case?

PC,

Not a word.

Bet the lawyers are disappointed.Having mage so much out of bloody sunday and every other enquiry.

Alex Maskey must be feeling the heat in S Belfast. He wouldn't be doing this if he was winning.

J O'C

What I am picking up is that it is a case of standing still for Sinn Fein in south Belfast rather than a step back.

If SF stand still at Assembly level (13%), Alasdair is toast. If it's at 2001 Westminster levels (8%), he's in the hunt!! He needs to get out the broad black brimmer.

'If SF stand still at Assembly level (13%), Alasdair is toast. If it's at 2001 Westminster levels (8%), he's in the hunt!! He needs to get out the broad black brimmer.'

His particularly stupid stunt in inviting Mc Dowell will ensure that tactical voting is dead in the water.

Obviously I fell asleep some thime ago and this thread is all a dream. How else to explain the strange disappearances of so many entries and the hallucinogenic ramblings of so many others. Don't wake me up, I want it to last forever.....

Looks like I wiped out two or three I hadn't intended. I've just removed 32 entries. Some made sense, most were decidedly man playing.

It can't be a dream Barney because I remember it

Right, can we now pick up where Pat left off?

"Obviously I fell asleep some thime ago and this thread is all a dream. How else to explain the strange disappearances of so many entries and the hallucinogenic ramblings of so many others. Don't wake me up, I want it to last forever....."

Has Bobby come out of the Shower* then ? ;)
I go away for a couple of hours exercise and miss all the fun! Typical.

*Note for younger readers : famous stunt in TV series "Dallas"

Mick!
What have you done? 32 is a mystical number heavily laden with the strange seductive powers of the Dark Side. All its victims become obsessed with the number 6!

Chris,

get out of my dream, I'm running away but my feet won't move. It's coming, the beast is coming... It's...it's... you! You are the beast!!!

For Alasdair to win SB he has to take the vast majority of Alex's votes

He has now done this irreparable harm by bringing in someone like McDowell who for many Republicans is just below Thatcher is the hate department.

"Chris,

get out of my dream, I'm running away but my feet won't move. It's coming, the beast is coming... It's...it's... you! You are the beast!!!"

ROFL

Stop it Barney!!

Mick

I was enjoying that even if it started with a little slagging in my direction.

For a libel action to be successfull the plaintif must establish that his reputation, amongst his peer group, was damaged. As nobody of any importance took Alasdair seriously, won't it be a bit tricky to demonstrate that any damage was done?
I bet it never goes to court.

Barney,

Do not joke about these matters. Thirty-two is six sixes. In the mystical alphabet six is the letter F which is also a part of the antichrist Adams' support organisation's acronym.

There's also a '32' at the end of the Sinn Fein press office number, and it's also the number of counties in Ireland. A united Ireland.

I think we may have stumbled onto something...

That's the point! People who go over to the Dark Side and start believing in the superiority of a 32 county Ireland become obsessed with the 6 counties. It's sicks, sicks, sicks all over again.

Hey Crat,

what the hell are you on about? Do the sums again. Six sixes make 36, not 32. So much for that theory.

"Looks like I wiped out two or three I hadn't intended. I've just removed 32 entries."

Note the chilling phrase "two or three". It's common knowledge that 2 times 3 make 6. We're back in business boys. Mick is planning to wipe out the six counties.
Has anybody read the Da Vinci code? It's all true.

I think we may have stumbled onto something...

Ahhhh - so a certain SF man let the cat out of the bag when he talked of a 36 county Republic ?

That's Ireland for you!
Issue Date Mon, Nov 17 03
Things you never knew (nor dared ask) about out dear little nation.
A few years ago, during an Easter remembrance speech, Sinn Fein's Francie Molloy told the crowd: "We will not stop short of a 36-county Irish Republic. We will settle for nothing less!"

Sorry, false alarm. Still we are only four away from proving the theory.

If Francie's name equals 666 on John's devil chart we have a new antichrist.

It does make 36 Davros

When you include Cuba, North Korea, China and Palestine ;)

Ian O'Doherty in the SBP wrote:

"Presumably, he was implying that having secured a unified Ireland, they were then going to go on and try to annex Kilburn, Harlesden, Boston and NewYork "

and to add some balance-

he continued :

" Obviously, intemperate language is not the sole preserve of nationalists.The section that concentrates on Ian Paisley's colourful attempts at bridging the religious and cultural divide has such inclusive and encouraging statements as: "[The Roman Catholic Church] is seed of the serpent . . . her clothes reek of the brimstone of the pit. Her words and opinions label her the parrot of Beelzebub, her father."

The not-in-the-least-bit mad-as-a-bucket Paisley also had a unique analysis of the paramilitary situation: "O Father, we can see the great pan-nationalist conspiracy, with the Pope at its head, sending his secret messages to the IRA." "

p.s. - is it me overdoing the irish Rope ( v strong and legal baccie ) or does MD look a bit like Emperor Titan from Stingray ? The beard obviously belongs to another SDLP politician whose name I can never remember, the one standing in the sticks.

"what the hell are you on about? Do the sums again. Six sixes make 36, not 32. So much for that theory."

It can only mean one thing - there are in fact 36 counties. The Bible must be right, it is after all the word of God.