[flamingGalah!]

To be fair pretty much the only people supporting him on Facebook were women from Londonderry (with the odd bloke thrown in)... They were all harping on about "supporting their own". It seems they only voted to save him because he was from their town, not based on what sort of a person he is

[InOne]

Originally Posted by flamingGalah!

To be fair pretty much the only people supporting him on Facebook were women from Londonderry (with the odd bloke thrown in)... They were all harping on about "supporting their own". It seems they only voted to save him because he was from their town, not based on what sort of a person he is

Reminds of those bloody Geordies last year.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

No you can vote through facebook from ROI

Originally Posted by emmetmcl

Ah, wasn't sure whether or not you could still do that, though I'd imagine most votes come from the phone vote.

And Derry only has population of about 200,000 and NI as a whole has about 1.8 million, compared with Great Britain which has roughly 60 million.

So it's a total of about 7million against around 62million - can't see that being the deciding factor.

Can't people just accept that he is entertaining?

http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1105893/

24 November 2011

Some 1.5 million votes were cast during nine weeks of 'Big Brother ', 47% of which were through the 'Big Brother' Facebook app.

[flamingGalah!]

Originally Posted by InOne

Reminds of those bloody Geordies last year.

Yep, pathetic

I would never support someone from where I live simply because of that fact, if they were a twat I'd hate them, I really don't understand that mentality at all...

[thesheriff443]

this thread was a good read i love it how niamh gets all shirty when she has had a few shants.lol
the reason conor stayed is beacuse arron was being a vile pig and as much as conor was coming across nasty arron was takeing centre stage as king d*ck

[fruit_cake]

I do think that Conor probably did get more votes than the proportional amount he should have received if things were neutral, from Derry, and possibly Ireland but then again, Arron probably did from Manchester, and Deana and Becky from where-ever they originate from. Surely it's part of mass psychology to offer more support than a neutral would to 'our own' however disgusting they may be, rightly or wrongly.

[Yayita]

Originally Posted by InOne

neee-av and it's her name not her nick

Quite unique, Is it common in ireland? My name is considered weird here in Spain but in the Americas its quite commom.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Yayita

Quite unique, Is it common in ireland? My name is considered weird here in Spain but in the Americas its quite commom.

Niamh is a popular Irish name.

There will of course be a section who will vote for him purely on nationality, but its shouldnt be given blanket ..."he will get the Irish vote" as that is just nonsense.

[WozMan]

I'm Irish and I voted for Becky in the hope of getting Conor out. Looks like I should have voted for Arron

[lostalex]

Conner was saved because he has a MASSIVE SCHLONG!! he obviously doesn't suffer from the Irish curse.

[MrWong]

Originally Posted by flamingGalah!

To be fair pretty much the only people supporting him on Facebook were women from Londonderry (with the odd bloke thrown in)... They were all harping on about "supporting their own". It seems they only voted to save him because he was from their town, not based on what sort of a person he is

This is true. They spam Facebook constantly with their support of Conor, because Derry people stick together apparently.

[karezza]

I blame Terry Wogan.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Whoever voted for Conor just because he's Irish is ****ing stupid.

[karezza]

Originally Posted by Salman!

Whoever voted for Conor just because he's Irish is ****ing stupid.

Leon Jackson won X Factor because of the Scottish vote. I hate geographical bias - it ruins reality TV.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by erinp5

Conor is British ,not Irish.

Actually he's both British and Irish............just like Scottish people, English people and Welsh people

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

this thread was a good read i love it how niamh gets all shirty when she has had a few shants.lol
the reason conor stayed is beacuse arron was being a vile pig and as much as conor was coming across nasty arron was takeing centre stage as king d*ck

I need to step away from the lap top after a certain amount of alcohol......it was eviction night though, that's my excuse

[Novo]

How is Conor British? thought he was from ROI?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Novo

How is Conor British? thought he was from ROI?

No, he's from Derry

[karezza]

Originally Posted by Novo

How is Conor British? thought he was from ROI?

He is from Londonderry/Derry/Foyle City, which is in Northern Ireland.

[Novo]

Thought he was from Dublin for some reason

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Novo

Thought he was from Dublin for some reason

Ah Novo, please tell me you can tell the difference between a Dublin accent and a Northern Irish one?

[Novo]

No i am awful with accents i didn't even know Manchester people had an accent until a couple of years ago

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Novo

No i am awful with accents i didn't even know Manchester people had an accent until a couple of years ago

Even I could pick out a Manchester accent and I'm not even English

[Soniamad]

I know there are some (ie Becky) who have "no interest in history...or...well, anything really." Nonetheless allow me to settle the question of whether Connor is Irish or British, for those who might be interested. Article 2 of the Southern Irish constitution was amended as part of the peace agreement in Northern Ireland. It now reads:

It is the entitlement and birthright of every person born in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, to be part of the Irish Nation. That is also the entitlement of all persons otherwise qualified in accordance with law to be citizens of Ireland. Furthermore, the Irish nation cherishes its special affinity with people of Irish ancestry living abroad who share its cultural identity and heritage.

However a further amendment will shortly be put to refferendum. It will add the words "except Connor from Big Brother" to the end of the first sentence. It is expected that the amendment will be made. However it is not known how the British State will react. Sources close to David Cameron have quoted the PM as having said "Well we're not having him either"

[cfromhx02]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

For Conor staying.............Do you not think, there's a slight possibility that some British people were voting for him too??? No one ever blamed the Irish for Brian Dowling winning ...................................twice.......... .....Just Sayin'

I know it's obvious that not all Irish people are the same and obvious that in any so called nationality or race that there are good and bad people.So racial or nationalistic stereotypes are a load of rubbish as not everyone within any so called group is the same.

The real truth is that it is the inability by some to put principles or morals before their need to watch a TV program that is the real problem here.They are just trying to shift blame onto someone else by blaming the Irish.

It's obvious that it is the inability to

a)put principles or morals before their need to watch BB or back Conor as they think he makes it more entertaining than good people and

b) the inability to understand that entertainment doesn't have to be about being nasty that are the real problem

It is possible to be entertaining without being nasty as has been proven so often by almost every other programmme apart from BB

and it just shows up the backing of the viewers for them using nastiness which is the real problem

when they should be putting pressure on the lazy BB production team to come up with other ideas for entertainment other than nastiness.