Professor Wall and the Secession Minstrel discuss the announcement by former mixed martial arts star and vocal Irish populist Conor McGregor that he is running for President of Ireland in 2025 and what this likely means for Ireland’s future relations with the European Union. What is the main issue which has driven McGregor to take this step? What are the odds of McGregor winning and what obstacles stand in the way of him even being a candidate in the election? What signals have been sent by McGregor which seems to point to him having a long-term plan of pulling Ireland out of the European Union? How could this campaign effect the effort to re-unite Northern Ireland with the rest of the Emerald Isle?
Links:
(Conor McGregor teases news of an Impending Presidential Bid): https://x.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1731464053740966113?lang=en
(Ireland: McGregor for President?): https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/ireland-mcgregor-for-president/
(Conor McGregor Blasts Mass Migration After...
Professor Wall and the Secession Minstrel discuss the proposal put forward by a Missouri state legislator from St Louis that the Gateway City and it’s surrounding counties should become their own state. What are the issues driving this proposal? What potential does St Louis have if they were to become the American continent’s first official ‘city-state’? Could this St Louis statehood proposal in turn help make the success of the Illinois Separation Effort across the river even more plausible?
Links:
(Could St. Louis become the 51st state? Missouri lawmaker floats secession idea): https://archive.is/JuBOW
(Missouri legislature passes state takeover of St. Louis police department): https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2025-03-12/missouri-st-louis-police-department-state-takeover-passes
(State takeover of St. Louis police clears legislature, heads to Missouri governor): ...
Professor Wall and the Secession Minstrel discuss the proposal put forward by an Iowa State Senator that the state of Iowa could offer to take in the nine southern Minnesota counties bordering Iowa. How plausible is this proposal? What does this say about Minnesota’s steadily worsening domestic and political situation? How does this fit when considered with the other proposals put forward for rural Minnesota counties to split from the Twin Cities? What kind of pressure can the Iowa state government bring on the Minnesota state government to treat this proposal seriously?
Links:
('Make Minnesota Iowa Again': Senator proposes bill to let Iowa buy 9 Minnesota counties): https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/14/iowa-senator-mike-bousselot-proposes-bill-to-let-state-buy-9-southern-minnesota-counties/77698708007/
(Secession Speakeasy #83 {Public House Edition}: East Dakota seeks to escape Minnesota!): ...
