The Irish 'are part of Britain' according to the BNP

[Xray]

Yes but what about the minorities integrating with the majority. People of Irish descent have been attacked by minorities too like Ben Kinsella and Mary Ann Leneghan. The minorities aren't all angels just like the majority. Irish people living on the island of Britain are part of Britain.

Its not pc to say this but the Irish coming from a white Christian heritage have more in common with the English culturally at least than say Somali Muslims. It would also be very un-pc to mention racial similarities since it doesn't exist apparently but some people are conscious of it.

Some of my best friends are white English people, I have huge amounts in common with them. I also met other foreigners in England I am very friendly with. But there are nationalities I do not bond with or like and they live in the England too. Overseas is a very broad term. I take people as I find them.

[Cassandra Syndrome]

This is sick opportunist from these hooligans, intelligent hooligans admittedly. I will be happy if they don't get a seat and it will be one less extremist organisation to worry about.

The New World Order are an entirely different force to fight. They are having a big meeting next week in the Four Seasons in Dublin next week.

[eamo]

Now me, I recon life is too short to let this "British Isles" thing bother me, but I know it bothers some of you out in PW land. So, being a helpful sort of chap I thought I would give you the chance to be bothered by this radio Nova add. which has being playing all over the weekend.

No need to thank me, just enjoy

Now we are off to the pub, my work here is done

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfegOY3Cn2c"]Radio Nova - YouTube[/ame]

[Dr. FIVE]

Wrong parish I think

[Saoirse go Deo]

The add has been wrecking my head, archaic, outdated term.

Love the station though.

[Apjp]

Nick Griffin being completely clueless as well as churning out the usual populist drivel:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...269372470.html

He probably thinks we are still in the empire days. Lads like him wouldn't be long subjecting countries like Ireland anyways.

[fluffybiscuits]

He probably thinks we are still in the empire days. Lads like him wouldn't be long subjecting countries like Ireland anyways.

And blokes like Nick Griffin wouldnt be long being ran out of the country !

[Richardbouvet]

Bear in mind we are often included as British on programmes such as BBC's "Coast" where Dun Aengus is featured in the title sequence.

I cannot really see the problem. There is no widely accepted alternative name to "The British Isles" for our archipelago. My Geography teacher's term "pretanic islands" has no traction.The nearest accepted alternative seems to be simply "the isles."

The Brits accept that the Irish sea divides us. I think we should just live with British isles as the accepted term. It does not diminish us in any way whatever

[ZeroWedge]

Bear in mind we are often included as British on programmes such as BBC's "Coast" where Dun Aengus is featured in the title sequence.

I cannot really see the problem. There is no widely accepted alternative name to "The British Isles" for our archipelago. My Geography teacher's term "pretanic islands" has no traction.The nearest accepted alternative seems to be simply "the isles."

The Brits accept that the Irish sea divides us. I think we should just live with British isles as the accepted term. It does not diminish us in any way whatever

+1

Genetically speaking, the irish are more British than the english are.

The english are largely descended from Anglo-Saxon settlers who came from north-west germany around the year 800, and drove the Britons west into Wales.

[fluffybiscuits]

Bear in mind we are often included as British on programmes such as BBC's "Coast" where Dun Aengus is featured in the title sequence.

I cannot really see the problem. There is no widely accepted alternative name to "The British Isles" for our archipelago. My Geography teacher's term "pretanic islands" has no traction.The nearest accepted alternative seems to be simply "the isles."

The Brits accept that the Irish sea divides us. I think we should just live with British isles as the accepted term. It does not diminish us in any way whatever

I was never fussed over what I was called

[Ogiol]

Bear in mind we are often included as British on programmes such as BBC's "Coast" where Dun Aengus is featured in the title sequence.

I cannot really see the problem. There is no widely accepted alternative name to "The British Isles" for our archipelago. My Geography teacher's term "pretanic islands" has no traction.The nearest accepted alternative seems to be simply "the isles."

The Brits accept that the Irish sea divides us. I think we should just live with British isles as the accepted term. It does not diminish us in any way whatever

Adjectives describe nouns. I dont consider Ireland to be a british isle. The term itself originates in a language that i dont consider my own, and at a time when the vast majority of Ireland didnt speak it. Indeed the term came about as a political justification of English dominion of Ireland and as we were gradually then not so gradually forced to speak english the term came in with the language.

Just because we havent invented a different, not politically charged and possive, term doesnt mean we have to accept it as some form of neautral geographical term. And besides, it`s not my language anyway, and in my language we certainly dont use such a prejudiced term for these 2 islands