Aidan McArdle
@gingerculchie.bsky.social
I am just a nobody from rural Ireland who chats a lot of boring shite.
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This would require a particular willingness to care about the North. Of which they don’t possess.
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This would require a particular willingness to care about the North. Of which they don’t possess.
Because they don’t even have a single credible fighter jet… They were relying on the RAF for aerial protection. Take it up with them.
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Because they don’t even have a single credible fighter jet… They were relying on the RAF for aerial protection. Take it up with them.
Just say you want Ukraine to surrender and be done with it.
This doesn’t necessarily mean you are pro peace in this context, mind you.
This doesn’t necessarily mean you are pro peace in this context, mind you.
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just say you want Ukraine to surrender and be done with it.
This doesn’t necessarily mean you are pro peace in this context, mind you.
This doesn’t necessarily mean you are pro peace in this context, mind you.
Yea, I believe the educational institutions feed into that sector.
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Yea, I believe the educational institutions feed into that sector.
The UK does have a decent brewing industry for sure.
As for cheese, that would be Ireland’s :P
As for cheese, that would be Ireland’s :P
December 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The UK does have a decent brewing industry for sure.
As for cheese, that would be Ireland’s :P
As for cheese, that would be Ireland’s :P
Sports (The Premier League), educational institutions, entertainment & media are things the Brits genuinely thrive on.
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Sports (The Premier League), educational institutions, entertainment & media are things the Brits genuinely thrive on.
It’s a load of delusional bollix so.
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It’s a load of delusional bollix so.
Yay, more unwanted children and British female “medical tourists“ in France & Spain…
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Yay, more unwanted children and British female “medical tourists“ in France & Spain…
Does “Anglofuturism” (typing this nonsense makes my skin crawl) include rejoining the EU?
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Does “Anglofuturism” (typing this nonsense makes my skin crawl) include rejoining the EU?
Last 900 years of Irish history in a nutshell right there.
December 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Last 900 years of Irish history in a nutshell right there.
Also see the Portuguese in Macau and the English (for the first 50 years at least) in Hong Kong. The former acknowledged the natives. That’s why there’s an awful lot of protected colonial buildings in Macau compared to HK.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Also see the Portuguese in Macau and the English (for the first 50 years at least) in Hong Kong. The former acknowledged the natives. That’s why there’s an awful lot of protected colonial buildings in Macau compared to HK.
Pretty much like the Bloody Sunday investigations.
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Pretty much like the Bloody Sunday investigations.
That’s what happens what you try to impose an unjust peace on Ukraine.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
That’s what happens what you try to impose an unjust peace on Ukraine.
Thanks for the *very much* unwanted mental image!
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thanks for the *very much* unwanted mental image!
0n Trump’s watch which makes all this funnier.
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
0n Trump’s watch which makes all this funnier.
They see that 26 county Ireland has been independent for l03 years, they forget about the structural issues in the North....
Donegal, the poorest county in the Republic in per capita terms, is wealthier than the vast majority of the North.
Donegal, the poorest county in the Republic in per capita terms, is wealthier than the vast majority of the North.
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
They see that 26 county Ireland has been independent for l03 years, they forget about the structural issues in the North....
Donegal, the poorest county in the Republic in per capita terms, is wealthier than the vast majority of the North.
Donegal, the poorest county in the Republic in per capita terms, is wealthier than the vast majority of the North.
Reform would absolutely love that!
Well, the Greens would as well.
Well, the Greens would as well.
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Reform would absolutely love that!
Well, the Greens would as well.
Well, the Greens would as well.
We can’t help it here. Ireland got to where it is precisely because of British colonialism.
It led to partition, Catholic Church influence, neutrality, IFA influence, the orange state in the north and so on.
The North is not sharing the spoils of peace as a deceased journo put it.
It led to partition, Catholic Church influence, neutrality, IFA influence, the orange state in the north and so on.
The North is not sharing the spoils of peace as a deceased journo put it.
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We can’t help it here. Ireland got to where it is precisely because of British colonialism.
It led to partition, Catholic Church influence, neutrality, IFA influence, the orange state in the north and so on.
The North is not sharing the spoils of peace as a deceased journo put it.
It led to partition, Catholic Church influence, neutrality, IFA influence, the orange state in the north and so on.
The North is not sharing the spoils of peace as a deceased journo put it.
Don’t worry some of us know you are cool.
The online Irish left is a little naive about the geopolitical reality of the world, is all.
America‘s foreign policy is very very very bad (Western hemisphere). It’s just that they are not the ones doing bad things in Europe…
The online Irish left is a little naive about the geopolitical reality of the world, is all.
America‘s foreign policy is very very very bad (Western hemisphere). It’s just that they are not the ones doing bad things in Europe…
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Don’t worry some of us know you are cool.
The online Irish left is a little naive about the geopolitical reality of the world, is all.
America‘s foreign policy is very very very bad (Western hemisphere). It’s just that they are not the ones doing bad things in Europe…
The online Irish left is a little naive about the geopolitical reality of the world, is all.
America‘s foreign policy is very very very bad (Western hemisphere). It’s just that they are not the ones doing bad things in Europe…
So what made him “see the light”?
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
So what made him “see the light”?
Great shout Darach.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Great shout Darach.
Robert F. Chew in particular. He deserved much more.
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Robert F. Chew in particular. He deserved much more.