Neil McCarthy

writer, teacher and occasional piano player / @News_Letter columnist / also found @spikedonline and @TheConWom

[Neil McCarthy @NeilMcCarthy99]

Michel Houellebecq has said that “Annihilation” is his last novel .. this is my review of it in @spikedonline

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Michel Houellebecq's “Annihilation” is an unlikely antidote to modern nihilism:
https://t.co/IsMsgTx4ls

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@McKinleyAn The Order did actually oppose the 1801 Union I think?

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@McKinleyAn Old school Irish nationalists like Ernest Blythe would have seized upon any distance opening up between Orangism and Unionism … there is no danger whatsoever of any modern Irish nationalists - Northern ones anyway - of doing that … very interesting article

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@McKinleyAn Think that should be Orangeism ;)

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@Lux1090 This is great rhetoric… could you give some examples though?

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@LucidTalk @AlexKane221b Yes, but PM’s are not elected at a GE either .. they are in fact never elected full stop

[Maya Forstater @MForstater]

It's the 5 year anniversary of being worthy of respect in a democratic society ☺️

(Thanks @MrMennoTweets for the cake and the forthcoming podcast)

Fear is contagious, but so is courage.

Freedom of speech is so important. Use it or lose it!

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@madadh Loyalists are Irish citizens

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@tomhfh In what way is that significant?

Also “Great Britain” is not just a geographical term

It has political and constitutional meaning also

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@brianjohnspencr Good point. It’s also worth observing that some unionists now believe that it’s legitimate for them to object to parades they don’t like going through “their” areas … wonder where they got that idea from…

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@IDevoncop22 @JamieBrysonLLB Since when has the UUP ever defined itself as a “Protestant” political party??

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@id26938 @ArinsProject Did you read the paper?

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@GoodwinMJ @spirit_63 Definite requirement for future perfect here …

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@tim_brannigan Nature’s cruelties strike us all… and we’re all human

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@CMDMCarr Irish Protestants celebrate Paddy’s Day too, not every Irish road is tinged with green

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@KJH19322252 @na_croi That’s another day’s work

Both British and Irish governments redeemed a lot of their earlier negligence and blunders with all the hard work they put in to getting Northern Ireland to where it is today

Maybe that’s all we can be thankful for for now

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@KJH19322252 @na_croi It’s for that very reason - the sheer tide of unnecessary misery the island has endured .. that I think it’s important to distinguish good men and good politics from bad men and bad politics .. Martin put the boot firmly into IRA savagery here .. good for him

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@KJH19322252 @na_croi Irish affairs are often exasperating

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@KJH19322252 @na_croi Of Ireland … or there is the Scottish soccer team based near Edinburgh or there are the Hibs .. the A.O.H. …
Your use of the word is entirely your own … it reeks of condescension and doesn’t add anything to your arguments

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@KJH19322252 @na_croi All his moral censure was reserved for the IRA … he merely noted the complicity of the British State

You’re being unfair on the man and using him as a doll in which to pin your own oversimplifications

Hibernia is just the Latin word for the island