Comments by "Taint ABird" (@taintabird23) on "Ireland Sees U.K. Making 'Huge Mistake' on Brexit" video.

  1. Ireland has been a net contributor to the EU for a number of years - you don't subsidise Ireland. The UKs contribution can be EASILY replaced: the equivalent of asking 450 million EU citizens to cough up the price of a cup of coffee. How is Ireland a non-productive island? It exports everything it produces...
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  2. The UK. The trade surplus is thanks to EU trade deals. Do you have any trade negotiators yet?
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  3. @ coolsdon Its in all the newspapers: https://www.yahoo.com/news/brexit-tory-mp-john-redwood-170008455.html
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  4. @ coolsdon Indeed. When ideology meets reality, reality wins every time. Get used to it.
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  5. @ coolsdon 'Without subsidies from Europe your country would be further down the toilet than it already is.' Subsidies support the whole European farming sector. So what? 'Remember it was the British banks who had to step in and bail out your banks ten years ago.' Well that would be remembering a fabrication. It was the UK government who provided about 10% of the bail out, though the Britons like yourself have been taking credit for it ever since. 'Record numbers of young Irish people are leaving Ireland for jobs overseas,like I said,you'd think they'd had the decency to stay and support their nation rather than coming to the U.K.' Yes, Irish people emigrate to find work when the economy crashes, its part of our culture now. In the UK, when the economy crashes people seem to stay at home and moan about the EU. The Irish economy has recovered and with unemployment at a little over 6%, many are returning with broader minds and new skills. 'Don't worry about the U.K dear,we have the second largest economy in Europe and are about to leave the E.U and save ourselves a bundle by no longer having to prop-up lame economies like Eire...' Ireland has been a net-contributor to the EU for several years now. Your country has a higher debt to GDP ratio than Ireland, a lower GDP per capita and a slower growing economy.
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  6. The flip side of the coin is that your imports costs are increasing, leading to inflation - due to that weak sterling. If you think its bad now, and people in the UK have started to feel the pinch already, wait until you crash out without a deal. You economy will suffer a shock. Food imports, upon which you depend, will soar in price and without a trade deal with anyone there is nothing you can do about it.
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  7. You seem to be predicting the future with confidence LMAO! Does the UK have a WTO schedule yet? Does the UK have any trade negotiators yet?
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  8. I forget exactly where I heard it - a simple majority will not be accepted in the Republic, it needs to be higher with support from some Unionists. Perhaps this is why Varadkar and the government are putting in such an effort in representing the interests of NI.
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  9. The British will still be welcome in Ireland even after Brexit.
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  10. Too ambitious. There will be no united Ireland unless 80% of the population want it - it will take many decades.
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  11. Sure, but the point I'm trying to make that indications/polls will have to suggest a NI vote of well over 50% in favour of it for southerners to to for it - 80% is the figure I heard. There will also have to be serious negotiations beforehand of course - this will be a negotiated new Ireland after all - and that will see Constitutional changes, and I assume a new flag and anthem. I'm certain most southerners have ever considered that: I'd be open to a new anthem, but not a new flag, for example. Other people will feel different.
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  12. Peter, most Irish people do not suffer from your self-loathing. Get professional help if you can, you will feel better.
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  13. The war ended in 1945, Philip. Do keep up, there's a good lad.
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  14. Two Irish people talking about Brexit.
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  15. '..but allowing Ireland to have pissed up the wall all the money they received from Brussels in hand outs, just shows what sort of people we are dealing with.' Discuss.
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  16. On the contrary, the UK is being fundamentally dishonest. The argument of the hard Brexiters and the DUP that the UK does not want a border, so any responsibility for one lies with the EU is mendacious, and is regarded in Ireland as a transparent ploy to dodge blame. There will have to be a hard border somewhere because the UK is leaving the Customs Union, the fundamentals of international trade determine that. The DUP, who do not represent popular opinion in NI, will not tolerate a hard border in the Irish Sea. It is therefore impossible to maintain the status quo on the border. All of this is caused by Brexit. Brexit is British policy. Own it.
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  17. I'm still stuck on the American reference...
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  18. 'UK sees Ireland as making a huge mistake staying in the EU'. Of course it does. It just assumed Ireland would just leave with the UK.
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  19. With the weak sterling, you couldn't afford to tour Ireland again.
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  20. South Dublin.
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