tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post9182342980906643480..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: Pushing the British-Irish Council onto the next stepO'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-41709981022879090552009-02-23T20:09:00.000+00:002009-02-23T20:09:00.000+00:00Tim,I think Fakey's given you your answer, at the ...Tim,<BR/><BR/>I think Fakey's given you your answer, at the minute it's basically a talking shop. However......there are one or two things not covered by Brussels which could be managed by an all-islands' body and simply because that wasn't the future decreed for it by the pan-nationalist front, it doesn't mean that we necessarily have to fall in line with.O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-33957446925214933042009-02-23T16:05:00.000+00:002009-02-23T16:05:00.000+00:00Don't we have the EU as the preferred, erm, Su...Don't we have the EU as the preferred, erm, Supra-National, pooled-sovereignty entity between Ireland and the UK?<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, you're forgetting the make up of the BIC between to States (IRL & UK), and the devolved entities of one of those states constituent nations (NI, WA, SC), never was it meant to be some 'Federation'.<BR/><BR/>The BIC is a nice little concept, JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532261779298756038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-96818682230373992009-02-22T10:18:00.000+00:002009-02-22T10:18:00.000+00:00Only one nation missing then eh? As usual.Only one nation missing then eh? <BR/><BR/>As usual.Wyrdtimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16640021224868439090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-87470819156122988852009-02-21T16:58:00.000+00:002009-02-21T16:58:00.000+00:00To be honest, I haven't been scrutinizing the affa...To be honest, I haven't been scrutinizing the affairs of the BI Council much.<BR/>Does anyone know what has been achieved by it since its inception? What sort of agenda does it pursue?<BR/><BR/>TimTimothy Belmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com