If Theresa May hangs onto her billet in Downing Street then it will be with the help of the DUP.
Arlene Foster will undoubtedly have a shopping list of items that the British government will have to accede to if the “confidence and supply” deal goes through.
Most of them will be pork for Norn Iron.
The DUP are very fond of pillaging the public purse, especially when it enriches their cronies.
If you doubt me then please type “Renewable Heating Initiative. RHI scandal” into Google.
You’re welcome.
The DUP won seats in the Six Counties with the public endorsement of the UDA.
Moreover, the party would not disavow the support of the Loyalist organisation.
At the same time, the UDA was murdering a man in front of his three old son in a supermarket car park.
I think it is fair to say that the DUP has a confidence and supply deal with fascist drug dealers who dispense death as well as illegal pharmaceuticals.
The party itself has a worldview on LGBT issues that make them rather unique within UK politics.
For the avoidance of doubt the Honourable Member for East Londonderry is a something of a Sevco aficionado.
It is a great shame that he didn’t have any influence with the British government in 2012.
Then, perhaps he would have been able to save his original club.
Ah well…
One of his Westminster colleagues is the delightful Sammy Wilson.
Just feel the love.
These views are mainstream within the DUP.
Yet it is these lovely chaps that Sinn Féin representatives have to work with in government in the Six Counties.
The Orange Order has chimed in stating that they want to be allowed to have their fascist Mardi Gras down the Garvaghy Road.
I was there in 1998 and 1999 and it wasn’t pleasant.
It never is with The People.
At this stage, you wouldn’t bet on Mrs May standing up to them.
If nothing else the good people of England will get to know the dark world of DUP and The People who vote for them.
They’re the Bosnian Serbs of these islands.
You will know them by their noise.
do not confuse scottish independence with irish independence.
we will be living in a bigger version of the six counties.
someone stood up and proudly proclaimed “i fucking hate celtic.” she is now a member of parliament. if she had been a rangers hater she would have received death threats and she would have gone into hiding. the snp would have dropped her like a hot potato.
i do not understand why any celtic supporter would want to live in an independent scotland.
Belfast Telegraph reporting Dup councillor Ian Ferguson removed the picture from his Facebook account of the uvf flying outside No 10…Did’nt take long for the mask to slip,
The rush for an Indyref2 as soon as the Brexit vote was announced was a massive tactical miscalculation.
If there was ever a time to play “the long game”, that was it.
It wasn’t a call for another ref , it was a call to start the process should they need to call a ref. That is a big difference
This is the zenith of Unionism; Brexit and the EU’ stance of freedom of movement will bring them down to earth. Already inflation is rising and will rise further, interest rates rise, housing crash, economy in freefall. Meanwhile Ireland & the rest of the EU’ economies start to boom, investment and and end to auterity. My personal bet is 2020 when the Nissan contracts (Amongst others) finish, then Spain et al will pick up manufacture of new car models etc. You can bet before this happens Goldman Sachs & JP Morgan will have moved their assets out of dodge into Dublin. So just wait and watch these people squirm.
Nobody is going to Dub, they’re all going to St Quintin, Paris.
One of the smartest media moves the Ulster unionists every made was to consistently refer to both the IRA and Sinn Fein as “Sinn Fein IRA”. This condensed their assertion that thei political and military organisations were one and the same in a way that could be used easily in the media. It worked exceptionally welll outside Ireland where most people we unclear of the details.
It must be time to start referring to the DUP and UDA as “DUP UDA” to help those outside Ireland grasp the nature of the beast then Tories are bribing for votes.
Cash for Votes.
How many million pounds will each vote in the House of Commons cost the British public to bribe the DUP to support the Tories?
Seven years of austerity for the poor but Theresa Maybot can find the odd billion to bribe the Wulliums.
The vast majority of British people would rather poke out their own eyes than elect people like the DUP.
This Tory government knows it will lose the next election and is prepared to make UK democracy a global laughing stock. Dealing with the DUP will scar them for decades to come.
Mother of Parliaments – My Arse.
Scotland ,you should hang your heads in shame.You got independence handed
to you on a plate and said NO.Now you’ve gone and voted for a party that’s going to rub your nose right in it.God help you
I posted the comment, “Dead woman walking” at the end of your “Mayhem” article Phil, turned on the telly and saw George Osborne using the same phrase. Now, I hope that means he follows you. If it means he and I think alike I’ll need to try to get therapy. Hopefully on what’s left of the NHS!!!
guardian reporting someone called willie frazer of Family Policy and Reasearch Unit wanting a royal pardon for all british soldiers who served in N.I. which would apply to those awaiting trial for murder
In the words of Joe Kennedy ‘sooner. Or later we all deal, where would NI be now
Without deals. Labours Wilson government was held up by them. SNP
put thatcher on the road to power siding with them with. Vote of no confidence in callaghan government which led to the closure of ravenscraig. British coal. Privatisation of utility. Companies. And the Falklands war. My case rests. The cupboard is bare the oil price will never recover so how do we pay for nirvana
36 Labour MP’s also voted to bring down Callaghan’s government.
Stop blaming the SNP for all your ills!
Iam pefectly well croppybhoy ,just letting you know that the SNP voted with thatcher,,,,, just saying like ! Had the vote carried in 2014 for yes (in which I voted yes ) we right now would be up shit creek in a barbed wire canoe , the figures don’t add up and only did when they were fudged , if you want Scotland to be independent irrespective of the finiacial implications that would irresponsible ,we couldn’t pay for the level of service in the NHS , pensions would disappear and taxation would be through the roof , is that the kind of country you want , we missed the boat , so let’s move on
You sound like Corporal Jones from Dad’s Army.
People like yourself see only negative possibilities.
Independence for Ireland. Independence for Scotland.
The boat is waiting for us any time we want it Kerrygirl!
Probably in similar ways to other small nation states, none of whom inhabit a Nirvana but equally none of whom are either feart to plough their own furrow nor anything but proud that they do…….
May seems to be living on another planet, thinking the dup are tolerant people ! Great to see David leask taking the so called , ibrox loyal, to task.
Sectarianism seems to be in the Tory Government toolbox.
Always has been, divide and conquer, by any means necessary, the first ‘party trick’ amongst the greater gods of panhandling.
Heard Pat Kane talking about difficulty SNP has attempting to attract votes on the basis of technocratic competence at a time when austerity makes improving services nigh on impossible. He argued that SNP and the wider nationalist movement must fight on in terms of a vision of a progressive future. A vision of a small, independent country in partnership with other nations, including rUK, across Europe, a small nation able to provide hope to all generations, an open society which rejects the intolerance for which the DUP is the standard-bearer. Fleshing out that vision, and rejecting the idiocy of predicting the budget deficit based on notional estimates of income, levels of borrowing and the terms of the creation of an independent state, is the task in hand. And remember, though history is on our side, it requires a fundamental change of heart among the enemies of independence if we are to secure independence anytime soon.
Hmm those poor Sinn Fein representatives. I listened to one of these poor representatives, the prospective MP for North Belfast, being asked on a radio programme last week to condemn the I.R.A.’s 1980s murder of a law lecturer at Queen’s University. This man, himself a lawyer, refused to condemn the killing of a member of his own profession. The DUP versus Sinn Fein, pot, kettle and black, they deserve each other.
Willie D , why should John Finnuncane condemn the death of one individual when there were thousands killed in our troubles . Willie D , I am sure you are aware that John’s own father was murdered by British forces with the support of the then British Government . Despite two independent enquirers calling for complete total investigations into his murder subsequent British Governments have refused . When Tony Blair read one of these reports he was appalled & said that if truth was ever known it would destroy British reputation
Hahaha! Tony Blair, worried about the ‘British reputation’! 😀
Is that the reputation for building a global empire off the back of their enslaved colonies over nearly 9 centuries or their reputation for ‘bringing democracy to Iraq’ ..?
What a gang of bare faced lying bastard jokers our murderous lords and masters truly are.
I am perfectly aware that Pat Finucane was killed by loyalist terrorists, which was why I was so surprised and disappointed that his son could not bring himself to condemn a similar murder carried out by the I.R.A.. I suppose, in retrospect, I was not surprised, as no member of Sinn Fein ever seems to be able to condemn anything done by their former military wing. So why should John Finucane condemn the murder of one individual? Because it is morally right to do so, because his father was cut down in similar circumstances and because as a supposed human rights lawyer he should surely have no problem in condemning the murder of a member of his own profession in what is the greatest example of a violation of human rights.
Phil – great cartoon. What’s the source / who is the artist?
Times of London
Thank you. Also found it on [Political Cartoon] Twitter page.
Yes indeed, the Tories are about to discover the other meaning of ‘Unionism’
Homophobia, boiler frauds, climate change and anti-abortions will become minor issues once the scary past of this lots comes into the mainstream – talk about opening a can of worms ….
Why no mention of the 3rd force so liked by Peter and Ian or the shipment of arms seized that belonged to said 3rd force
I’m very well aware of the sorry tale of Armscor, Brian Nelson etc.
However, bringing it up to date, the UDA killed someone during the General Election campaign.
Therefore, it isn’t a legacy issue from the conflict.
For The Love of God, Independence now. What a stain it is that Scottish Tories have provided May and her disability-benefit cutting, community centre-closing, austerity-obsessed mates with the crucial oxygen they need to stay in power. We were a hairs breadth from seeing Jezza in number 10 and the chance of something genuinely different……and I speak as an SNP member and supporter first and foremost. As if that were not bad enough, we now have this toxic shambles to endure.
Sadly, a majority of folk in your country don’t agree with you.
IdyRef 2 is many years away.
If it happened tomorrow I don’t envisage a different result from 2014.
Breing optimistic Phil, the polls could change for the better on Indyref2 when the Brexit deal is finalised.
Europe can’t give us any better a deal than the likes of Norway already have or else they’ll be up to their knees in negotiations with several countries worldwide.
There is no hard or soft Brexit.
Only a Brexit that will cost Scotland dear in jobs and investment regardless.
Aye Phil…….the momentum is very much with the No campaign. What on earth is wrong with people. It seems that a voiceless Scotland within the UK will tolerate anything that the voters of England wish to inflict upon it………..be that a Brexit we didn’t vote for, Tory austerity or whatever. The tragedy this time is that Scottish votes have ensured that the austerity programme will continue for, in theory, five more years. So you’ve got a bunch of ordinary folk doing ordinary jobs who have paved the way for their continued suffering at the hands of a party that cares not a jot for them, and all because they wanted to give Sturgeon a bloody nose.
You didn’t need independence,just a vote for Corbyn would have stopped this.
A vote for the snp is not of value to the people of Scotland or Britain.
If you had listened to Corbyn,he was all for indyref 2 but you didn’t hear him.
So sold your souls to the tartan Tories.
Now THAT is just plain wrong. If Kezza hadn’t told Labour people to vote Tory in marginal seats and the SNP retained them, Labour and the SNP would have had a majority between them and Corbyn would be PM. Instead, Labour voters helped elect May. Slow hand clap to those people who thought they were voting tactically.
Aye, ‘Jezza’ seems like a real good Labour man to have in power when he’s telling the Scots to vote for the fuckin Tories.
Seriously, they’re playing us all for mugs, they’re stitching it up between themselves and any Labour leader who tells ANYONE to vote Tory is not for office.
And, what’s worse is, so many gullible Scots went out and did it!
Ffs, seriously, whatever happened to the power of independent thinking, when folk can fall for scams like this over and over for so many centuries and still not see any meaningful change, yet STILL keep on with this artifice?!
The posters on here who point out that politics is a sham and charade have it absolutely spot on, politicians are just the zoo keepers, but they don’t own the zoo.
And guess which animal we are to them, banging around our cages trying to assert our ‘authority’ ..?
Yes, the one we’re allegedly descended from, despite the ‘missing link’ in the line.
And now I can see why they refer to us as such … Voting Tory to help the Labour to ‘oust’ the SNP … Ffs, seriously, didn’t anyone think this through?
Try to think Shepherds and sheep.
Jim, What you have said is completely True the people of Scotland who voted for the Tory Party are a disgrace to Scotland. They must have short memory’s after what Thatcher and the Tory Party did to Scotland, Poll Tax, destroyed our SHIP BUILDING, COAL INDUSTRY, STEEL INDUSTRY, CAR INDUSTRY, AND SOCIAL HOUSING.
How 1930’s. Things do change maybe your won prejudices will too. Tartan Tories indeed, the SNP were the only ones proposing anything like a socialistbpolicy and they can go further. The other parties had only one policy.
Put out a costed alternative to the Barnett formula and you might get more than 37% of Scots backing you. Fact is, without the Barnett formula we’re looking at an annual black hole of anywhere between £15bn and £23bn. I’ve seen no independently costed budget from the SNP supporting an iref2 and until it’s delivered it’s fair to conclude they’re flogging independence at any cost. A wing and a prayer over Scotland. The warts and all DUP are going to get concessions and more money for Norn Iron while Sturgeon carps on the sidelines about her beloved EU and ‘sterity’ while demanding some Brexit Lite deal. She should maybe get on with her job.
This is flawed form the outset.
Basing any comparison with what is spent just now is a waste of time.
We have no need to pay for lavish projects in England for example…we have no need to pay crazy defence costs for example.
Highlight differences in spending and people will soon see where money can be spent wisely within this land.
As for the 15bn black hole..yeah, based on whose assumption, UK Treasury who do such a great job handling the economy so far. GEARS a break etc etc
Here’s an alternative to the ‘Bammed Up’ formula:
Ask the queen and her dukes to give Scotland the lands back to the people they’ve been taken from and then have a real estate surveyor value them.
Does anyone really still think that England gives Scotland 20 odd billion a year because Scotland is such a charity case that we can’t think or work, for ourselves ..?
No, of course not, it’s ‘Hush money’ to keep us all stuck …
They siphon off the profits, give a little 20 bil or so ‘back’ and we believe we’re reliant on them for our survival.
Neat trick right enough, but only for as long as folk continue to fall for it.
Politicians are like Dave King … Not one word that comes out their mouths can be believed unless backed and corroborated by extensive independent evidence.
Which makes those who DO fall for their nonsense the greater Serf-Co of Scotland, and anywhere else this long con is running.
Independence and this toxic poison becomes a sizeable factor in this small country of ours.
I’m sorry but Scotland is a shower of pro orange scum. Far too much anyway.
The DUP and their toxicity will bring about a fresh election within 12-18 months.
Do any of you honestly think the people in Whitehall will be stupid enough to see a resurgent republican armed campaign again?
Excellent piece Phil. May is toast they are just keeping her there while they try figure out what to do, they have to call another election or allow corbyn to form a minority govt. whichever you look it points to a new election in 2018.
I look forward to it.
There will not be another armed republican struggle again. What the republican movement have on the long finger is to give enough rope to the sectarian xenophobes of unionist parties and let them hang themselves. This possible coalition has the possibility of doing just that. Short term there might be a lot of pain but maybe in the long term it could benefit republicanism. The DUP simply despise catholics and having to talk to them is repugnant to these people. In the conservative government I know that Dr (15th century) Fox is definitely a catholic and there might be more. They will see unionist/loyalist policies firsthand for what they are. Sectarian and anti democratic as well as racist and homophobic to name a few.
You welcomed their vote from Labour. Now sick of SNP they switched en masse to Conservative and Unionist party (under strategic orders).
It’s snp voters from last time voting for Tories this time. Anyhow it’s citizens with democratic rights.
Their views on homosexuality are abhorrent and distressful to LGBT everywhere but more so in NI.
SNP voters voting Tory this time just did not happen.
Check out the percentages please. The SNP were down only a couple of percentage points on last time.
The Tory rise was down almost completely to the corresponding fall in the Labour and Lib Dem vote in Scotland.
Incorrect and quite simply not true.
In every single Scottish constituency the drop in snp vote correlated almost precisely to the increase in conservative vote.
In some cases 2% or so less as Labour picked up those 2% ex snp refugees.
Incorrect
See https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-cannon-fodder for clear analysis.
You mention Northern Ireland but having lived in Sligo for a few years I can assure you that the views of the DUP regarding homosexuality and gay marriage are exactly the same on both sides of the border.
People are painting the DUP as dinosaurs but as a lapsed catholic I know more than the most the views of the RC church are even more prehistoric than those of the DUP.
I find it strange that catholics are attacking them for their christian views which in many cases are identical to those of the RC church.
An important distinction, should you care to think carefully about the subject, is that you are now resident in a republic tnat has marriage equality.
Moreover, it is the first state to arrive at that equality milestone after a referendum.
The DUP have used the “petition of concern” to block marriage equality in Northern Ireland.
You reference to the homophobia of some Catholics or the Catholic Church itself is a straw man argument.
here in the Republic of Ireland, we made grá the law.
In Northern Ireland, the homophobic DUP prevents that being the case.
The RC church does not govern Eire.
Political parties create laws in Eire and govern.
The DUP is a political party that influences law making. It should be secular.
You are wrongfully comparing the RC church (a religion) with the DUP (a political party).
Not only the Tories did this Paulchen, but SLab did it too. Some SLab people did not vote Labour. They are incredibly stupid. They have knowingly and actively supported the Bluekip Tories thus denying Labour a chance of power down south. The Liberal Democrats actively conspired with them as well. What a stench!!!!
They are being highlighted for all the world to see. Bigoted Neanderthals stuck 300 years in the past.
Yes, but they don’t care who sees it.
Especially now, with the British government at their beck and call.
Technically speaking …