Excerpt from 'The South Bank Show' which examines the similarities and differences between Michael Collins and Gerry Adams and the role that compromise has played in both of their political struggles.
@longgoodbyeIreland thats true. but irish people were massacred by the british army and the unionists in the north were always protected by the british army. now a days or even back in the 1920s you could not go around killing thousands of people.
@longgoodbyeIreland i dont see how collins abandoned the people in the north. he was arming the ira in the north. collins was certainly not interested in money every penny he had he bought guns for the ira. no matter who had gone over to london they were not coming coming back with a 32 county republic. in fairness you cant just force unionsts to live in a united ireland.
collins got the british out of 26 counties. gerry adams has got the british out of 0 counties.there is comparisment between collins and adams. no disrespect to adams
and we need an English editor to tell us our history..............?
MrGoughr 3 months ago
@MUFC127 i never said they needed permission. you cannot pass laws if u dont have support of the public.
92eire 10 months ago
They don't need the people's permission. The British have no Constitution.
MUFC127 10 months ago
@longgoodbyeIreland thats true. but irish people were massacred by the british army and the unionists in the north were always protected by the british army. now a days or even back in the 1920s you could not go around killing thousands of people.
92eire 10 months ago
@MUFC127 they did not have the support of the people to expand there laws
92eire 10 months ago
@92eire No it was the excuse they needed to expand there power over the public with their anti-terror laws.
MUFC127 10 months ago
@92eire but you can force irish people into the union , isn't that what its really been all about , for all these centuries .
Force !
longgoodbyeIreland 10 months ago
@MUFC127 if adams was a british agent he would not of caused so much trouble in the north.
92eire 10 months ago
@longgoodbyeIreland i dont see how collins abandoned the people in the north. he was arming the ira in the north. collins was certainly not interested in money every penny he had he bought guns for the ira. no matter who had gone over to london they were not coming coming back with a 32 county republic. in fairness you cant just force unionsts to live in a united ireland.
92eire 10 months ago
collins got the british out of 26 counties. gerry adams has got the british out of 0 counties.there is comparisment between collins and adams. no disrespect to adams
92eire 10 months ago