John Downing
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506 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 10 Sep
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And the twenty fourteen Scottish Independence referendum.
He maintains it's it's a negative thing, takes people backwards, focuses on on division rather than unity and all of that.
So he said, no, we're not getting involved.
Cost of living, day-to-day, all sorts.
Wanna talk cooperation, north, south, east, west, the whole lot.
But not a border pool.
Well, Helen McInty said, Look, w there will be a border poll and we need to prepare.
And it it's a curious sort of reversal of positions because in the middle of of last month, month of August, Mihal Martin was addressing party members in Tipperary and he said to hear members of my own party it drives me bananas.
It just I don't want to hear it.
The Shared Island initiative, which is to try and continue building links and contacts north and south.
And in fullness of time, what will be will be.
Meanwhile, if you go right back to the foundation of Fanagoel, its subtitle was the United Ireland Party.
A certain revival in that under Leo Varadkar as leader and Pischuk reinforced.
Forced again out of the blue in the month of June.
Simon Harris, Philagoyal leader, said he wanted an exploration of the whole thing, the implications, the practical implications of unity and
She and others are working on a report which is to be presented to the Finegel Ordesh in November.
So there's a certain role reversal there.
I'm sure Mihal Martin, by and large, wouldn't have been unduly miffed by what the British Prime Minister had to say.
On the other hand, it sort of leaves Simon Harris and Finegael slightly offside on that.
on this issue.
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