NDC campaign - is it too partitionist?

[Gadjodilo]

You know the one. Basically, the idea is that you boycott dairy products from Northern Ireland and only buy things containing RoI milk.

I'm not a member of Sinn Féin and wouldn't claim to be the most nationalistic person around but I would like to see a united Ireland and am a little uncomfortable with this approach which treats NI as being just another foreign competitor.

Am I alone in this?



PS. I've looked for a thread on this and can't find one.

[Panopticon]

That's the nature of protectionism, I'm afraid. The solution is a brotherhood of man - why should we seek special protection for a Northern Irish farmer from this measure, while denying that protection to his English or French counterpart?

[cricket]

Catholic milk from Catholic cows for Catholic people in a Catholic state , that's what I say

[charley]

a lot of creameries in border areas source their milk from both sides of the border, NI farmers have the advantage that they are not restricted by milk quotas as the UK quota is so large.

[Gadjodilo]

That's the nature of protectionism, I'm afraid. The solution is a brotherhood of man - why should we seek special protection for a Northern Irish farmer from this measure, while denying that protection to his English or French counterpart?

Because the English or French counterpart isn't Irish. Obviously, not all NI farmers regard themselves as Irish or might tag on a British epithet to their identity but I do believe that this island can be regarded as an economic unit to some degree so a euro that goes north of the border is more likely to return in part than one that goes to England or France.

[Gadjodilo]

a lot of creameries in border areas source their milk from both sides of the border, NI farmers have the advantage that they are not restricted by milk quotas as the UK quota is so large.

So, the whole thing is a bit pointless anyway?

[Panopticon]

Because the English or French counterpart isn't Irish. Obviously, not all NI farmers regard themselves as Irish or might tag on a British epithet to their identity but I do believe that this island can be regarded as an economic unit to some degree so a euro that goes north of the border is more likely to return in part than one that goes to England or France.

Well, indeed. The power of magic Irish blood means we should give our money to people who share our magic Irish blood. A fine state this country would be in if every American multinational denied us investment because we didn't have magic American blood.

What good it is to spend more on staples just to have a fraction more money come back to us in the circular flow, I will never understand.

[charley]

So, the whole thing is a bit pointless anyway?

its a bit muddled at certain times of the year when milk production is low it is necessary for creameryies to source milk from northern suppliers ,in winter especially . strathroy dairy in omagh also has a plant in dublin they are part of the reason for this campaign
the NDC have tried before to stop strathroy selling south of the border
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they seem to be the ryanair of milk producers

[martino]

Charleville cheese carries a UK origin sticker-Charleville is in County Cork. I rang their customer help line about this and a polite young man with an American accent expained to me that the cheese is made in Charleville but then transported to the North where it is packaged. This is odd, no?

[charley]

Charleville cheese carries a UK origin sticker-Charleville is in County Cork. I rang their customer help line about this and a polite young man with an American accent expained to me that the cheese is made in Charleville but then transported to the North where it is packaged. This is odd, no?

belongs to the kerry group they have plants in coleraine and portadown, you get coleraine cheese as well so they probably pack it there