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

  1.  @kamachi  No, not everywhere. This is particular to Northern Ireland.
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  2.  @kamachi  I'm not justifying it, just explaining it.
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  3. What has France got to do with the failure of Brexit?
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  4. The Old Testament, what a book, eh?
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  5. You can't do that. Ulster's southern border is in the Republic. Stick to Northern Ireland.
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  6.  @brucewayne7838  wrong question. If the EU is so weak why did the UK cave in fishing? EU fishermen require access to the EU waters to fish. That has nothing to do with strength. Getting it, shows strength.
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  7.  @brucewayne7838  The EU is not a military bloc, it is a economic and political bloc - that is strength I am talking about. The EU will be fine without UK money, it was tiny anyway, while the UK will disintegrate.
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  8.  @brucewayne7838  They didnt.
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  9. Rubbish. If Unionists had supported Teresa May's deal there would be no border anywhere! There is no technology that is sufficient to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland. The EU keeps telling you that, but you are too thick to listen. Democratic decisions in the UK do not trump sovereign interests in the republic of Ireland - it has no leverage south of the border. You must live the consequence of your democratic decision like everybody else.
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  10.  @Knight6831  Why would the British have to intervene again?
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  11.  @Knight6831  What civil war?
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  12.  @alangaillard2988  'Probably thanks for the WWII support.' What support?
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  13.  @alangaillard2988  Many happy returns...
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  14. That attitude will defeat Scottish nationalism.
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  15.  @poppedweasel  Nope. The EU is not interested in ethno-nationalism, but promote civic nationalism. Civic nationalism underpins the Belfast Agreement and is the type of nationalism that informs the SNP. English nationalism is nativist and ethno-nationalist.
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  16.  @poppedweasel  I'm not worried, the Irish are more secure in their identity than the English are. This year, more immigrants came from the UK than went there...
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  17. It is too hard for them to leave now because of Brexit. The UK may have survived two world wars, but it will not survive Brexit.
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  18. @ Rural The UK will leave and there will be a hard border from the EU side. But how will the UK take it down? It will be on the Irish side of the border. The problem for the UK is that only Brexiters see the UK leaving with no deal resulting in a hard border as being the fault of somebody else. Once a hard border goes up, both the US Senate and House of Representatives has said they will block any US-UK trade deal as they will hold the UK responsible for the hard border. The Irish will hold the UK responsible. The EU will hold the UK responsible.
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  19. @ Ian Bullough The Irish and EU tactic is to watch the UK leave without the WA, protect the SM, and wait. The EU will support Ireland in finding ways around the UK land bridge - helping to expand ports in both Ireland and France. Of course there will be huge problems for Irish farmers and small businesses, but the FDI sector will remain untouched by Brexit. This will send an important signal to the UK and to all the small countries in Europe that the EU is serious about protecting its members. It will help to bolster the image of the EU across its membership Once the UK has experienced the reality of WTO, the quality of the trade deal the US is offering and the fact that it will be held up in House of Representatives and the Senate by the descendants of different generation of Irish people shafted by the English nationalists, the UK will return to the EU seeking a deal and clutching its 39 billion. The EU will hand the UK the WA and a pen. Then a proper negotiation will begin on the future relationship between the UK and the EU, with Ireland working hard with the UK to ensure it gets the best deal possible. It is curious as to what is going on with Boris and the Brexiters. They're painting Merkels comment about 30 days to come up with an alternative to the backstop as some sort of sign that the EU is blinking. And yet nobody is saying anything new.
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  20. @ Rural Rebel Tory Ireland will not put up a hard border. It simply cannot be done, politically or physically. It seems to me that the Irish government and the EU are working on some other arrangement, an imposition on Ireland caused by Brexit, that will protect the EU and prevent a hard border. Tactically, Dublin knows that “no deal” is only “no deal” for now. The UK must eventually do a trade deal with the EU because of all of that trade you listed with EU countries in your post. No matter what the political and economic fallout, the UK will be back at the table soon. The more chaos at British ports, the shorter the self-imposed mercantile lockout. The suppression of the Impact Assessments indicate that this chaos will be more serious than Brexiters can admit and they don't trust their divided society to accept whats coming to them. When the UK returns to the negotiating table, they will be handed the WA and a pen. Ireland has been far more successful in diversifying from the UK than the UK has been in diversifying from Ireland. Today, Ireland remains the UK’s fifth largest export market and as you can see from your list, the UK exports more to Ireland than it does to China with its population of 1.4bn. Furthermore, the UK runs a large trade surplus with Ireland — in fact, its second-largest trade surplus after the US. Strangling Ireland would hurt UK business much more than the other way around. What Brexiters don't understand is that the EU is not all about the big countries and what they want. Most of the countries in the EU have smaller economies and even populations than Ireland. They are watching how the EU behaves when one of its smaller members is confronted by a larger bully. Standing up to the UK is the greatest PR coup the EU has had and it will help to strengthen the bloc going forward. Trading on WTO rules is a primitive form of trade, a mere safety net. No advanced economy depends on it. With India and other emerging economies prioritising their pending trade deals with the EU and the United States engaging in national chauvinism, the UK will not have its choice of trade deals. Other countries will copy the USA and take the opportunity to hit up the UK for a trade deal at time when it is weak. Any deal the US gives you will see the UK as rule taker. Democrats in the Senate will get enough Republicans of Irish extraction to back blocking the deal and its a Democrat House already. Meanwhile, the UK will be in turmoil, politically, socially, economically and probably constitutionally going forward. While the UK is deeply divided over Brexit, there is consensus in Ireland and across the EU in relation to the UK leaving. The Troubles will erupt again in Northern Ireland as Brexit has removed all the ambiguities that the Belfast Agreement put in place. Peace was possible because of those ambiguities. The first bomb exploded on the border in Fermanagh this week. By the way, can you think of any promises Brexiters made that actually came to pass?
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  21.  @IanBullough  Tell me Ian, what is the politics of the republic, What per centage of the Irish economy is agri-based? Why do you think the EU would want the spoiled brats back into the bloc? It remains the case that the UK needs a trade deal with EU more than the EU needs a trade deal with the UK.
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  22.  @IanBullough  The simple fact is you can't answer my questions and you don't know what you are talking about.
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  23. 'once we've left, we won't be coming back, so that isn't an issue'. So why mention it then? The Irish economy is much less dependent on the UK than many Brexiters imagine. Tactically, Dublin knows that “no deal” is only “no deal” for now. The UK must eventually do a trade deal with the EU because 46 per cent of UK exports go to the EU and 53 per cent of UK imports come from the EU. The UK will be back for a trade deal with the EU sooner rather than later, and the EU will hand them the WA and a pen. Ireland has been far more successful in diversifying from the UK than the UK has been in diversifying from Ireland. Today, Ireland is the UK’s fifth largest export market. Britain exports more to Ireland than it does to China with its population of 1.4bn. Furthermore, the UK runs a large trade surplus with Ireland — in fact, its second-largest trade surplus after the US. Brexit will hurt UK business much more than the other way around, but Brexiters will tell you that 90% of Irish exports go to the UK - some of them are in your government.
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  24. This would never have happened if Brexiters only Believed in Britain harder.
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  25. 'Why don't we let Ireland sort it's own borders out?' Ireland has only one border, and it was sorted out. Brexit seeks to control the UKs borders AND simultaneously leave it open. 'They can have a hard border between Northern Ireland and Eire.' Nobody in Ireland wants a hard border. 'Northern Ireland cane leave the Unite Kingdom.' Northern Ireland does not wish to leave the United Kingdom. 'Eire can JOIN the United Kingdom.' Why would Ireland give up its sovereignty to accommodate Brexit? It has all the democratic deficits it had when Ireland left a century ago - as Brexit demonstrates. The fact is, the UK needs to accept the WA, and negotiate a new relationship with the EU.
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  26. This is the kind of stuff that the British establishment used to say about the Irish when they strove for independence. Today, Scottish and Welsh nationalists look to Ireland with some envy as it is secure in the EU where it is treated as an equal member. For a small country, Ireland has a high profile cultural identity, embassies all over the world, and knows how to uses its sovereignty better with the EU than the UK does. There is no reason why the Welsh and in particular the Scots cannot have the same The Irish average income is almost double its UK counterpart, and Ireland has flexible and dynamic open economy that is more global than the UKs. Exports from Ireland account for 178% of GDP - considerably higher than the EU average. And independent Wales and Scotland within the will experience some years of economic restructuring as Ireland did, but will ultimately enjoy all the benefits of EU membership. If Northern Ireland leaves the UK it will immediately rejoin the EU with Irish unity. Scotland should be able to join the EU within a few years of independence, as should Wales - though Welsh nationalism has a lot of development to do.
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  27.  @ShahidKhan-ke8fe  Yeah, that's fine and correct. The experience however, is somewhat different for some Irish people. Many are returning Ireland because the values that underpin Brexit are not those that they share. The UK seems to have become very foreign since June 2016.
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  28. 'I don’t understand why Scots would leave the UK due to leaving the EU.' Because Scotland will be equal to the other members within the EU. This differs from the democratic deficit within the UK. In any case, Brexit weakens the UK on the international stage. 'Spain, Portugal and France have already said if Scotland leave the EU then it won’t be accepted into the EU!' None of them have said that. All Spain said was that an Scotland would have to leave the UK and apply to join the EU - it cannot remain in the EU as a separate country without applying first. It is commonly understood that while the Spanish would be nervous about the Catalans, they would not veto an independent country joining the EU. Indeed, Scotland could be fast-tracked into the EU as it already meets much of the criteria to join. 'Why leave a nation that you’re highly dependant on (78% of your trade 82% of jobs ) you couldn’t afford your share of national debt - crippled from the get go!' Because the UK is dominated by the English and their view of the world, their values (which are different to the Scots) and because the Scotland voted to remain in the EU. The national debt has yet to be negotiated. 'I just don’t understand how you can argue independence from a economical prospective. A patriotic one yes, but you’d be a much much poorer country with literally no standing in the world!' Scottish nationalists look at Ireland as an example. It was in the same position as Scotland in 1922 but joined the EEC in 1973, became an equal member of the EU and made a success of it. Now Irish people have a higher income than British people and have a more globalised economy. They're even able to stand up the Brexit Britain because they have 26 other countries behind them. Ireland has a higher international footprint, greater national confidence, an independent foreign policy and its culture punches way about its weight in terms of profile across the world.
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  29. Except in Ireland, the young people do too.
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  30. Yes, but will have lower taxes and be outside the EU, with no trade deal. Ireland on the other hand will be able to offer full access to the EU to all English speaking investors and freedom of movement for employers.
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  31. A hard border has been avoided between Northern Ireland and Ireland - it has been placed between the island of Ireland and the island of Britain for customs purposes.
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  32. Everybody is a loser with Brexit. Its just that Brexiters think they won something.
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  33. Quebec.
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  34. I agree, she's a great beauty.
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  35. That would be the Republicans. The Democrats are more supportive of the EU.
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  36. Why would the EU not fund it?
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  37. Of course they would. It would be a huge and positive success story for the EU.
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  38. Why?
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  39.  @BreakerBreakerYeo  Never say never....
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  40.  @jdfiend  Brexit was supposed to have consequences. Did you think they would only be for others?
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  41.  @jdfiend  If you didn't vote, then you forfeit your opinion.
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  42.  @jdfiend  Yes, its their opinion. Was there a protocol before Brexit?
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  43. Because it is outside the EU?
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  44. How is that 'realistic'?
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  45. For now. The EU will now undermine London over time, attracting businesses away from the City.
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  46. Its not a contradiction. Scotland requires independence from the Westminster in order to do what is best for the Scotland. Scotland will be doing what is best for Scotland and will be prepared to pool some of its sovereignty with the other EU nations to amplify its power, particularly with regard to its future relationship with England. The idea that small or medium sized countries that are fully independent can be better off alone will be seen to be folly once the UK leaves the EU.
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  47. They're British.
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  48.  @bushtrash2286  They call themselves British. Has the British army lost its love of shooting civilians in the back?
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  49. Brexiters should put on videos showing the wins of Brexit. If they can find any.
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  50. There is no good side to Britain leaving.
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