Comments by "Taint ABird" (@taintabird23) on "euronews" channel.

  1. Hauliers in NI usually travel to the continent or GB via Dublin because its shorter. When the UK leaves and diverges, NI goods will have to be checked when they cross the border. This is a hard border.
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  2. About 13% of the population of the UK was born outside the country. The figure for Ireland is 17%. Granted, nearly have of these immigrants come from Poland and the UK, but immigrants integrate well here and we have no right-wing anti immigration parties that don't fail to lose their deposit when they run in elections. The concept of multi-layered identity is part of the Irish national identity now. In the Irish constitution, the definition of the Irish nation includes the notion that you can have more than one identity by including people of Irish heritage as part of the Irish nation: you can be Irish and British, Irish and American, Irish and European, Black, Muslim, Jewish and so on. You don't have that type of civic nationalism in England - its an ethnic nationalism. There's no mention anywhere of conscription into an EU Army - except in the UK right-wing media. In any case, Ireland has an exemption from the EU Army in the Lisbon Treaty, which is what the Irish people had included as a protocol in the Treaty and voted for in that second referendum that Nigel Farage believes is an example of the Irish being 'made to vote again'. Ireland voted for its membership of the EEC and later the EU. The Irish people vote on every single treaty change and so we 'own' our membership in a way British people never did. The Irish people never voted to be part of the United Kingdom in 1801. I won't give you a history lesson, but Ireland experienced real oppression under British rule and we know what real oppression looks like. Its the same in Europe: between the ambitions of Hitler, Franco, Mussolini, Salazar and Stalin, Europeans know what real oppression looks like. Our country is still dealing with the consequences London made in the interests of an establishment which spoke a different language, practiced a different religion, culture and customs than the natives. English oppression within the EU is merely a product of the English imagination. It would appear that some English concluded that if the English are not ruling the EU, then the EU must be ruling them. Brexit is seem as a very English tantrum. When you have to shoot your way out of the union you want to leave, perhaps we can compare the Irish independence and with the UK leaving the EU... You don't get taught much Irish history in the UK. Mores the pity.
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  3. 'The missing part is the key fact the boarder with the uk and northern island would be in the sea effectively keeping northern island in the customs union.' Everybody in NI except the DUP want NI kept in the customs union.
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  4. There is a serious democratic deficit at the heart of all this, but there won't be another deal on offer.
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  5. BoJo is the wild card in the pack - he could do anything. The EU is aware of this but is prepared for a hard Brexit. The EU thinking seems to be that once the UK experiences the reality of WTO rules it will be back seeking a trade deal.
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  6. Demand for cars in the UK will decline sharply as your unemployment rises, especially as the tarrif will be passed on to you in the price of that car. It will simply be part of the negative price shock you face from the 1st November. Seriously, if WTO tariffs were so brilliant, why do other countries strive to negotiate trade deals or set up trading blocs?
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  7.  @doniehurley7634  I totally agree.
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  8.  @nigeljohnson9820  What countries export into the EU and ignore EU standards? Why has the UK business refused to change its standards for the UK government? They want to stay with EU standards. Why, if there is an advantage for the UK in adopting new standards?
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  9.  @nigeljohnson9820  No they don't. There is no business sense in holding TWO sets of standards. British business have made that clear. They have EU standards and the UK is maintaining them for that very reason.
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  10. Nobody wants here job before the UK leaves. Then she's toast.
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  11. Why is Varadkar 'leading Ireland into a recession once again' a bad thing when a Johnson leading the UK into recession once again is okay?
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  12. Nigel, its not the EU that is myopic, it is UK. Read what Sam Hartford has posted over and over again until you understand it.
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  13. @ Nigel Yes, but you will not last long...a country that throws an international peace treaty under a bus and walks away from a €39 billion commitment to the EU will be something of a pariah on the international stage. And you will have to come back. You will find that trading on WTO without trade deals alongside Somalia, South Sudan, East Timor, The Vatican, Serbia, Monaco, Sudan and Western Sahara comes at a cost you cannot bear. You will come crawling back when the City decides it wants a deal with the EU, the worlds largest trading bloc, on its doorstep. You will cough up the 39 billion and return to Customs Union and Single Market in order get a quick deal. The humiliation will be complete. You will have discovered the limitations of independence in a world of interdependence. You will leave, and you will return. Which part of that do you not understand?
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  14. @ Nigel Johnson No country in the EU is dictated to by anybody - this the myth your Brexit is based upon. It is not like the US State Department, which has dictated your country's foreign policy since 1945, for example. The EU is its membership - Ireland IS the EU, just like the UK and the other members are. You owe bills to the EU that you will pay either now or later. You will have to put a customs check on your border in Ireland in accordance with WTO regulations - the unelected bureaucrats in Switzerland will set you straight on that in a few weeks time. It was the Irish who brought the issue of the British border in Ireland in the context of the Belfast Agreement to Brussels and Irish diplomats who got it placed at the top of the EU agenda alongside money and freedom of movement. The fact is, Ireland has the UK by the balls and it is your own fault.
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  15. @ Nigel Johsnon We shall see indeed. Given that every single Brexiter prediction has failed to materialise, your confidence is heroic.
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  16. There is 90% support for EU membership in Ireland; it got the customs border in the Irish Sea and tariff and quota free access to the UK market; Brexit has pushed Ireland into establishing independent access to the Single Market, bypassing the UK landbridge. Ireland will not be leaving the EU no matter how much you 'hope' for it.
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  17.  @jintarokensei3308  The other way around? I don't understand.
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  18.  @jintarokensei3308  Yes, I could see that happening.
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  19.  @mikepost8965  I think you have hit the nail on the head. I too was wondering why the obsession with others leaving the EU, and belief that the EU will collapse: it would bring validation to a act that will otherwise be self-inflicted harm.
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  20.  @jayroberts4926  Oh I don't know. He would fit in well alongside Trump and Johnson wth their attitudes to women and the 'me too ' movement.
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  21.  @jayroberts4926  Diarmuid McMurrough, King of Leinster, was a man of his time. Trouble is, Trump and Johnson are both of his time too.
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  22. Nope, very little has been spent on Rosslare so far. Most of the expenditure was at Dublin port.
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  23. In Ireland dual citizenship is perfectly legal, and is an expression of the values in articles 2 and 3 of the Irish constitution.
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  24.  @robharris8844U  the third what?
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  25.  @robharris8844U  That's a double negative. What's a reek?
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  26.  @robharris8844U  Leave what?
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  27.  @brutallyhonest9140  What?
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  28.  @Andrew-is7rs  I didn't lose anything Andrew. I'm Irish, living in an independent country and a citizen of the European Union.
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  29. Its not 16 sailings per week, it is 30 sailings per week. Furthermore the capacity on the Rosslare-Cherbourg route has been doubled. More ferries will be provided if required, or if the Dover crossing proves to be more beneficial, the landbridge will be used again.
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  30. Ireland will have to put a customs border up between it and the EU - nobody is saying that, but it is sticking out a mile that this is the only alternative option. Irish people will resent the UK for this, but I suspect it will be temporary. A few years without any trade deals and exposed to WTO will see UK delusions evaporate. The UK, perhaps under a labour government, will be ready to discuss a future relationship with the EU in a more grown up manner.
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  31. @ Archie Andrews Yes there is a group calling for a referendum on membership - it has zero support and represents only itself - it was founded by an acolyte of Nigel Farage who thinks that the Irish were ordered to voted again in during the Lisbon treaty referendum saga. Support for EU membership is running at 92% and has actually increased since Brexit. I am unaware of the EU being painted as the land of milk and honey - that's a new one on me I must admit.
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  32. @ Archie Andrews I could also point to Leavers who have regretted their decision now that they know the truth about Leaving. Things change over time, and once leaving is seen as making no difference to the sense of inequality many leavers felt when making the decision to vote against membership, it is likely that a more mature approach towards EU neighbours will be seen as appropriate. Reading online it is clear that forces in some EU countries that wished too Leave the EU are less certain about it now. In many ways, Brexit has brought its members together in solidarity. At the same time, reading the UK media you would swear that the EU is gripped by a sense of panic at the UK leaving and that the rest of Europe is looking to the UK to path-find a way out of the EU. The main problem in many countries is that, like UKIP, populist parties present simplistic solutions for internal problems, many of which have nothing to do with the EU.
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  33. Immigrant? He's Irish and lives in Ireland you fuckwit. He was elected by his Dublin West constituency and topped the poll. He was elected Taoiseach by the Dáil just like every Taoiseach in history
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  34. Sorry, I don't believe you have any close Irish connections - you are far too ignorant for that. For example, you claim Varadkar is 'mixed race' and is therefore not Irish. Who do you think you are? We Irish do not define our nationality along such binary terms. There is nothing in the definition of the Irish Nation in the Irish constitution that mentions race as a defining factor. You can be any race in Ireland and still be Irish under the parameters outlined in the constitution. The English, being insecure and possessing a binary notion of identity, take race into account when considering identity. The Irish and the English do not share the same values. That makes you a racist, but I'm sure you know that already.
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  35. I'm neither liz, but you are a racist.
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  36. @ Bazil McBazil Sadly, there is a majority in NI that disagrees with you.
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  37. Nostradamus?
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  38. How do you know he is an EU puppet?
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  39.  @jmcc8156  Your reconciliation may not be required.
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  40.  @jmcc8156  Why do you think anyone would need to be reconciled with Ireland?
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  41.  @jmcc8156  Reconiliation is required between the two traditions in NI, as you well know.
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  42. He represents the majority of Irish people, except for those who think he is soft on the British government.
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  43. Irish truck drivers have been paying UK road tax since 2014.
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  44. I'm afraid you will need Irish food for sometime to come.
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  45. No, he's right. The UK is finished, there is too much division in your polity and in your society, there is no strong British Demos anymore, and nine of the ten most deprived parts of the EU are in the UK. The UK needs to leave without a deal so that in a year or two, after the reality of Brexit is understood, it can come back to the negotiating table and accept the EUs terms for a comprehensive trade deal. When that happens, Ireland will be your biggest supporter in the EU.
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  46. ;if you are right about the most deprived areas being in the UK, they were created while a member of the EU and while the UK is the second or third highest contributor to the EU budget. Now why is that?' Poor domestic policies by successive British governments of all hues. The Richest part of the EU is also in the UK. Now why is that? 'The UK needs to leave to have the freedom to rebalance its economy' It will not work. It will only succeed in increasing economic inequality. Unless that is of course the plan. 'If we were to stay the EU should be paying the UK from the EU budget. Given your analysis I suggest the UK should be receiving the maximum amount.' Yes, but you have to apply for it like everyone else. 'I like the delay if it means taking part in EU elections, it gives the UK longer to damage the EU and more time to prepare for a no deal Brexit' More damage? The UK has done no damage yet. Get back to me when you have something approaching a coherent argument.
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  47. 'try this, the EU is negotiating with the most corrupt, incompetent and duplicitous UK govenment.' The EU has not begun to negotiate yet. The EU has simply set out its terms, while the UK has done nothing but negotiate with itself. Brexit, as promised, cannot be delivered but the slow learners think they are being betrayed. 'Any inconsistencies can be ascribed to the dichotomy between the UK political elite and the UK people.' Your problem is your own entitled, privately educated, confident but deeply ignorant elite - not the EU. They are out of touch with many of British, mainly English, citizens. Blaming the EU is simply displacement. 'The UK has slowed the federalisation of the EU and could still veto the next EU budget' Perhaps, but the UK has overplayed fears of a ferderal Europe in their own Project Fear, as really only the French and Germans want it. The future of the EU is not as a superstate, but as a multi-speed bloc. 'A budget that will be difficult anyway, if the UK leaves without a deal and no agreed payment to the EU.' The UK contribution to the EU budget is tiny when compared to the EUs GDP. Currently members pay 1% of their GDP into EU coffers, and raising this to a whooping 1.1% will cover the UK contribution. Let go of this 'they need us more than we need them' rubbish, it is mere hubris.
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  48. 'you are confusing the EU budget with the GDP of the EU, not he same.' The EU budget comes from the contributions each member makes annually - their 1% of GDP pay-in The UKs contribution is easily replaced by increasing these payments by .1% per member. I'm not confusing anything. 'Multi speed Europe, don't be stupid.' I'm not. Progress in the EU can only occurred if all are agreed; the Italians and the Dutch are two of the original members who have already become skeptical about the Superstate; there is no way the EU is will be able to agree to much further integration when you have 27 countries with 27 different aspirations and agendas. Brexit is not only a learning curve for the UK, you know. 'You will all be paying EU income tax in no time.' Is this a feeling or a fact based statement? 'Super state EU is really a French project supported by the eurocrats. The Germans are not so keen given they are begining to realise they are going to pay for it while losing much of the control they once had.' The Germans and the French will make the core of the multi-speed EU. '...they have just issued demands and expected the UK to comply, well that is not going to happen.' We will see. So far the UK has managed to deliver none of its promises based on its trade with the EU, and the UK has rolled over on a regular basis. I think the UK will crash out, a hard border will go up in Ireland the UK will return to the negotiating table once the economic reality of Brexit hits the ordinary people. Unfortunately, its up to the EU to be adult in the room. I give it two or three years.
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  49.  Pyro  Gammon alert.
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  50. It looks like Boris blinked and is leaving NI inside the Customs Union now. What are your thoughts?
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