[jet]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

You can twist things all you like jet.

I see these things as taunting and baiting exercises, which can only help re-ignite old divisions.
No matter your 'pretty' take on such events which may well be enjoyed in some places by both sides.

The fact remains,yes fact, that these marches have had to be banned down certain roads for good reasons.
If all went as you claim they do,there would be no need whatsoever for any bans to be put in place or stay in place.
They don't get banned for no reason and certainly not because they are enjoyable/peaceful as you try to make out.
However there are banned on some roads/areas,fact.

Now as to Mrs May and this thread, the DUP securing any govt of the UK with organised voting is abhorrent to me.
The DUP are a party at odds with their own Nation on many issues.
The mystery is for me why they get strong support there.

They are an extreme source and they are backed heavily by the sectarian orange order too.
There should be no place for them at all as to securing via deal any UK govt.

I already said that there were certain contentious issues relating to marches on both sides, but you ignored that. Those ‘certain roads’ you talk about are just a few areas outside of the city centre and don’t affect the main parades route - and progress has been made on both sides. I know the Orange parade which passes near to my friends family area stops playing their instruments until they have passed. That was agreed upon. Inflammatory talk like yours is of the kind which keeps the problems ongoing. People need to respect each others cultures.

The DUP are a party at odds with their own Nation on many issues.
The mystery is for me why they get strong support there.

Not really sure what you mean here. Like them or not, they were voted for democratically through the ballot box. Either you believe in democracy or you don't. The reason they get strong support is because the majority want to remain in the UK and the other main party Sinn Fein supported the IRA (and still has members of that organisation among their number) that ignored the democratic process and tried to bomb and murder their way out of the UK instead of letting the people who live here decide what they wanted democratically. The other parties are irrelevant now, so people have no choice but vote for the DUP if they want to stay in the union.