Comments by "Taint ABird" (@taintabird23) on "EU Debates | eudebates.tv" channel.

  1. The idea to put the checks in the Irish Sea came from London, not Dublin or Brussels. Own it. You gave Boris a landslide victory on the back of it.
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  2.  @martinmold1051  There has never been vote on partition in Ireland. It came about through an agreement by Unionists who were a minority in Ireland and the British government. The majority were not consulted. Democracy has nothing to do with it.
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  3. Let us be clear about who this person is. Huhtasaari believes that the European Union is going to collapse and Finland should leave it. She also wishes for Finland to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty and Paris Agreement, as she is a climate change denier. She is a creationist and has stated that the theory of evolution is a 'totally impossible theory'. Huhtasaari is a supporter of United States President Donald Trump.
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  4.  @janeeire2439  The UK has form in this, as they banned the Irish from using their own language. The EU has yet to do that to any member state.
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  5. She's an anti-EU, creationist, climate change denier from Finland.
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  6.  @Cactuskid118  Except that no scientist claims that God is responsible for the Big Bang, while creationists believe in the Biblical origin of species.
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  7.  @zaftra  You are making a false equivelance. Science is based on fact based evidence while articles of faith are based on belief.
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  8.  @kellykordzinski8854  I'm glad you rest your case, I have no interest in a discussion on your pseudo-scientific beliefs. My comments were in the context of Brexit. If you have any light to shed on the subject, I look forward to hearing about them.
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  9.  @zaftra Well you went to alot of trouble. Thank you.
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  10.  @zaftra  Your post puzzled me. For the record, reading back on my posts, Im not sure how you thought i assumed science provided all the answers...
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  11. Finished with the UK.
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  12.  @scotsmanmike  Of course you do!
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  13. Stupid comment. Everybody has benefitted, any inequality is down to internal governance and policies.
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  14. According to unionists, it is no longer part of the UK.
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  15. @Rallan You have evidence he kicks puppies?
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  16. @Rallan Was he accused of it? He's right though - Brexiters blame others for their failure of the EU to give them cake.
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  17.  @anasjudge1937  It came from London. I KNOW you would like to think otherwise, but the movement on the Irish backstop came from Boris. Ireland has no say on such a matter.
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  18.  @anasjudge1937  Boris wanted a deal. The Tories wanted to get past the NI Backstop and get on with the trade negotiation. Johnson had already been to Dublin to discuss the issue with Varadkar, so when he decided to put the Customs and Regulatory border in the Irish Sea, he asked Varadkar to spare him the humiliation of travelling to Dublin again and instead they agreed to meet in Liverpool to discuss it. Varadkar agreed to Johnson's solution to the backstop and gave Barnier the nod to begin negotiations. The EU was not going to negotiate with the UK on a future relationship without the support of its member state. The EU did not use Ireland, Ireland used its membershop of the EU. It is impossible for you to accept this because it is contrary to your belief that the EU does not care about its members and it highlights that a small country inside the EU has more clout with the Brussels and a large country outside. That's not a good look for Brexiters. The only people who forgot NI were Brexiters. They never considered the border the in Ireland, perhaps because the assumed the EU would have ignored Irish concerns because they consider Ireland an non-entity. They may have taken it for granted that Ireland would have decided to leave the EU with the UK because many Brexiters think Ireland is economically dependent on the UK. This deep ignorance of Ireland is a significant factor as to why you are in this position. The other factor are the DUP. They saw Brexit as an opportunity to put a hard border in Ireland against the will of the Irish people on both sides of the border. The Irish government were alive to threat and was then that Varadkar became more vocal. The DUP never anticipated that voting down the backstop would lead to Johnson throwing the Unionists under a bus and making some unionists feel more distant from the UK. The reason the DUP is kicking up such a fuss about current arrangement is because they are losing support to either more moderate or more extreme unionist parties. London is just cranking up the tensions. If there had been no Brexit there would have been no problems, but we are where we are. It is not clear as to why you think it required the EU to put Ireland 'up to' standing up for its own interests.
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  19. Do you want them in alphabetical order?
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  20.  @mediaguyberlin  Is that what it's called now?
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  21.  @kellykordzinski8854  Well she has certainly made up her mind...but does somebody who believes in creationism have an open mind? Is it logical for a scientist to disbelieve the 99% of scientists who believe that global warming is manmade are wrong, and that evolution is an 'impossible theory'? Incidentally, she was also found guilty of plagerizing large portions of her M.Sc. Can a cheater be trusted? I think most rational thinkers would consider her an oddball.
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  22.  @boudecia22  'You cannot cancel out someone's valid comments on one subject simply based on previous comments.' I'm not 'cancelling' any comments. However, I would question the 'validity' of comments from any person with a Masters in Science who also thinks 'evolution is an impossible theory' and that creationism - an article of faith for which there is no scientific evidence - is the answer to life on earth. Just because she and I might agree on certain political, social or economic views also, it would not avert my suspicion of her.
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  23.  @scotsmanmike  Way out of what?
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  24.  @boudecia22  Yes, I know. Einstein believed in God. Or god as you prefer. So what? It does not mean they should take the Bible literally in the face of scientific evidence.
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  25.  @Cactuskid118  I made my point previously. Creationism is not based on scholarly research. And while Einstein believed in God, he was not a creationist. This lady has an Masters in Science which it appears she partially plagerised, and so has less than stellar credentials as both a scholar and perhaps in terms of her character. Therefore, any rational person is inclined to be suspicious of opinions and motives.
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  26.  @zaftra  No. Theories and hypothesies are based on rational deductions that have yet to be scientifically proven, or unproven. An article of faith, by its nature, cannot be proven scientifically and frequently are not based on reason.
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  27.  @craig581  I never heard anyone claim that climate is man made.
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  28.  @zaftra  I agree wlth much of what you say. However, the origin myth of creationism has no scientific basis, it is a human construct for which there are many examples across cultures as any anthropologist will tell you. The biblical version is the Jewish one. As for climate change, it has been known for a century that C02 causes global warming. The overwhelming evidence, accepted by the vast majority of scientists, is that human activity is the cause of todays global warming episode. Unlike with the first Neanderthal theory you mention, which was first put forward not very long after Darwins theory was published, we have been studying this subject matter for much, much, longer... This is one of the reasons i consider the speaker in this video to be a charlatan.
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  29. It is not a wise option. Any repudiation of the Irish Protocol would cause serious problems for the UK in its desire to get a trade deal with the United States. It would also damage the UKs reputation abroad. It would be seen as a country that cannot be relied upon to uphold an international agreement.
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  30.  @rosshilton  Yeah, the UK tried that earlier in the departure process and it didn't work, the UK.was out flanked by Irish diplomatic nous. The thing is, the UKs antics in changing an arrangement democratically agreed between the people of Ireland north and south in 1998 is obvious, as well as the fact that the UK will be undermining an international treaty lodged at the United Nations. Everyone knows that Northern Ireland had voted to remain in the EU. Irish-America will know what the British are doing and you can wave goodbye to any UK -US trade deal. Brexiters have failed to come up with a perfect solution to anything so far.
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  31.  @rosshilton  Sure. Its not like Brexiters dont like shooting themselves in face...
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  32.  @rosshilton  Dont kid yourself. The rest of the world understands the art of negotiation, it!s give and take. They also know the UK has a long history of take and no give. You built an empire on it. Not much sympathy out in the world for you lot.
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  33.  @ProfileP246  I think they will rejoin in a generation possibly as independent states.
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  34.  @aredub1847  They can pretend its like 'during the war'!
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  35.  fus149 Hammer  You referring to the Channel Islanders? I dont think they had much choice, do you?
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  36. As it turned out, it was.
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  37.  @craig581  And the scam is...
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  38.  @Keepingitrespectfulmostly.  The question was in reference to climate change.
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  39. Because it would be an oxymoron.
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  40.  @boudecia22  Why do you think the UK is a democracy?
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  41.  @Poultrymad  "The mother of parliaments" is a phrase coined by the British politician and reformer John Bright in a speech at Birmingham on 18 January 1865. It was a reference to England. His actual words were: "England is the mother of parliaments". The UK is not the mother of all democracy, as you claim - credit for democracy lies with the Greeks who invented the concept and coined the word Demos from which we get the word Democracy. I notice that your claim that the UK is 'certainly 100 times more democratic than the EU' is not supported by any evidence. I think if you were to examine this claim in detail you would be inclined to quietly withdraw it.
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  42. Its all in the Withdrawal Agreement that the UK signed up to - how is the EU not negotiating in good faith?
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  43. Brexiters love liars. They elected one PM.
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  44. Australia deal? The Australians have a few sector deals with the EU, which is more than what the UK will have. Afghanistan-style deal, more like.
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  45. No thanks. I don't like poverty.
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  46. Wtf are you ranting about?
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