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

  1. The great reset?
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  2. Pollocks to that.
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  3. A coup! lol! That would put the tin hat on it alright! Goodbye British democracy, hello banana republic.
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  4. The protocol is going nowhere. The British government have accepted it long ago - indeed it was their suggestion - all that remains is for the British government to iron out some issues in relation to it with the EU. If the protocol was to be scrapped, there will need to be a hard border in Ireland - the EU will not agree to that, and neither will the US. This is why the UK will not walk away from their obligations. What is required for unionism is for the whole of the UK to return to the Single Market. Brexit is the problem.
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  5. The far right may well rise in the UK, but across the EU? I think Brexit will have the opposite result.
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  6. The is no majority for leaving the EU on either side of the border in Ireland.
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  7. The ECB/IMF provided a loan of €65 Billion in 2010, the UK a mere €3 billion, which has been paid back. Ireland never asked anybody for a loan - it was bounced into the bailout to protect the Euro and the British economy.
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  8. A lot of us do care Kevin, especially as events on the other island may bring it forward for us to have to deal with whether we would like it, or not sooner rather than later.
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  9. The Irish don't use voting machines.
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  10.  @JohnSmith-mk4nf  Ideologues.
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  11. Might need to bring in Proportional Representation to help with that.
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  12. Well then it is in your interests to get a trade deal with the EU, lest they rot in the back of a truck while some truck driver somewhere is trying to find out what form to fill in, assuming his licence to driving in the EU is recognised and he has insurance.
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  13.  @applesandpairs5460  If I were I'd dismiss him too, but on the grounds of his accent? I suppose it is better than dealing with the shame.
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  14. War with who? Brussels, who upheld the argreement with the UK, or London, who suggested a border in the Irish Sea, negotiated it, agreed to it, signed it and then adopted it only to renege on it.
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  15. Ah yes, Sean of Iran. The Persians could not pronounce his first name and it became 'Shah'. His people were the O'Iran's of Muckanaghederdauhaulia, County Galway. He gave his name his name to country. Not a lot of people know that.
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  16. Who cares what 1.5 million Irish think? 400 million Europeans.
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  17. What is a 'Lepricorn'?
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  18.  @SidFredrickson  Obviously.
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  19.  @SidFredrickson  A misspelling based on a mispronunciation.
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  20. Somebody has to be the grown up when dealing with the Tories.
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  21. 'I was just following orders' was discredited as a defense at Nuremberg. Nobody told Phil.
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  22. So would the British.
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  23. The UK is planning to diverge from EU regulations, so, no thanks from this Irishman.
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  24. In Ireland, evidence was required in order to jail IRA men - and hundreds were indeed jailed. Stop telling lies.
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  25. It doesn't come close to replacing the market the UK has just lost in Ireland.
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  26. Brexiters actually want to be lied too. They like it.
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  27. The UK is the only union under threat from Brexit. Ireland is faced with political, economic and social instability on its doorstep for years to come.
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  28. @ Pat McDonald Its the fundamentals of international trade that determines a hard border is required.
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  29. It depends on what you are getting in return.
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  30. Yes. And smuggling is usually carried out by paramilitary organisations historically in Ireland.
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  31.  @johnhobbes2268  That is the fault of successive UK governments, not the EU.
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  32. In my opinion Bruton's analysis is simplistic.  There is no certainty that a united 32 county republic could have been achieved had the Rising not happened.  Ulster Unionists have never willingly conceded anything ever. The President's response makes more sense to me - that the Rising should be seen in the context of the nature of Imperialism and that it was the British response to it that turned Ireland from a country awaiting Home Rule to one seeking Independence.  Because of the Imperial context it is significant (in my opinion) that armed groups that claim a legacy to the ideals of 1916 have failed to change the hearts and minds of Irish people and if anything have re-enforced partition.  I doubt their day will ever come.
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  33.  @SidFredrickson  Unelected by whom? The British?
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  34.  @SidFredrickson  When was a British Prime Minister ever elected by the general public?
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  35. No, the Irish will be responsible for border controls.
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  36. The people who live on the border did that, clown.
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  37. The UK put the border in Ireland in the first place, creating Northern Ireland and the subsequent problem.
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  38.  @kaba_me  The French attitude reminds me of Britain's attitude to Ireland.
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  39.  @eM-ed5pz  The Danes? The Moors?
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  40. 1500 hundred years? The country was only partitioned in 1920.
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  41.  @eM-ed5pz  The Danes never controlled Ireland, their political power never extended before the cities of Dublin, Limerick and Waterford and were eventually defeated in 1014. The English on the other hand, had a different experience...
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  42. In other news: Davis is 'working against the EU'.
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  43. it is part of a negotiation, give and take. The UK does not have much to offer, but it does have fish.
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  44. lol!
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  45. Stupid comment.
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  46. How is the EU trying to destroy the NI economy? This is a consequence of Brexit, suggested by London and supported by the DUP.
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  47. It only became common knowledge in Ireland since 1995, following research by historians marking the 150 anniversary of the start of the Great Famine.
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  48. Why would anyone try to 'starve Northern Ireland into a united Ireland'? The GFA has settled matters. Priti Patel is the only person to have mentioned starving anyone, and that was in relation to the Republic of Ireland.
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  49.  @thet1375  It's is certainly not a fact. It is a conspiracy theory.
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  50.  @thet1375  I think your the lad who is under his bed, not me.
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