Years and years ago at a house party, some woman from Cork and a friend of mine from Belfast were joking and they said, “Because Ulster says”, and I had no idea what they were talking about.
Ulster Says No was the name and slogan of a unionist mass protest campaign against the provisions of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement which gave the government of the Republic of Ireland an advisory role in the governance of Northern Ireland.
pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
Years and years ago at a house party, some woman from Cork and a friend of mine from Belfast were joking and they said, “Because Ulster says”, and I had no idea what they were talking about.
khannie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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All these years later I can still hear his voice saying it.
voluble@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This seems interesting. What’s the context here?
khannie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
From the wiki page:
Page here if you want some more reading.
As I recall (and I was young at the time so this may be wrong) it got rolled out for various other stuff.
Catchy slogan in fairness.