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  • Tobypixmo@mastodon.ie
    Oct 1, 2026, 11:50 AM

    Something that’s interesting about social media and Drumcree is we’re seeing video and updates from folk protesting, seeing singing and dancing and “good vibes”. For example one of my favourite bands at the moment are heading down to support the residents.

    I presume this also happened in the 90s, but because we relied on the news, you’d never see it; either because they wanted to paint one side a certain way, or because it isn’t newsworthy when more serious stuff is happening.

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  • Tobypixmo@mastodon.ie
    Oct 11, 2026, 9:52 AM

    Ruh-roh - reports folk want #CarlaLockhart to run for #DUP leadership off the back of this.

    I foresee more returning to the 90s with the UUP being the dominant unionist party.

    Which, given the alternative is a move towards TUV populism, isn’t the worst thing.

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  • Tobypixmo@mastodon.ie
    Oct 12, 2026, 11:49 AM

    I think the call for a vote of no confidence in the First Minister is fair (and it is fair that of course it will not succeed), but all this talk of having the Deputy step down just to force a collapse is gross.

    Any politician in NI that openly wants to collapse Stormont shouldn’t be allowed to be a politician.

    We all need to work with each other for goodness sake.

    #NIPol #Stormont

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  • Tobypixmo@mastodon.ie
    Oct 13, 2026, 7:09 AM

    I’m not a fan of all this running to and from the courts. Such a waste of time and money.

    The residents when reading out the verdict (predictably, it was found to be lawful, unsure why anyone thought it wouldn’t be a lawful decision) they mentioned it’s academic. Which is true, but why bother then?

    Ditto the OO trying to go through the courts to quash a thing that is clearly fine, and they’ve said they only have a slim (spin for fuck all) chance.

    Gah!

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