Hibernating from Britannia-Avoiding the coverage

A.Tomas

Yesterday, I saw that the Irish Times are doing a "royal supplement".

An orgy of fawning no doubt- Paul Bew (or Lord Bew) will be telling us about our shared something or other.

Dara O Briain will be telling us how good Britain has been to him.

...something else about how the Queen just loves horses!

And some other ****.


Meanwhile the station that gave a recent pro-loyalist "history lesson", has
David McWilliams of "robo-paddy/breakfast-roll man" fame will be presenting a programme on Sunday entitled "What have the Brits ever done for us".:roll:



The gardaí are in the city centre actually on the beat! Do I dare hope policing. Something they were not able to do for decades, now suddenly it's no longer impossible! Of course, now they have to listen to tourists and ordinary people and avoiding making eye contact with junkies, alcos and beggars in case they might actually do their job!


Also, according to yesterday's Liveline, they are asking people on the royal procession route, "what do they think of the Queen?" ...
when they're not looking in bins that is.


Why couldn't Mary McAleese invite the Queen to her own hometown?:D




Anyway, (quite like the over the top coverage of British national anthem in Croker), there will be a ridiculously high cringe factor associated with the next week with some scanger-related acrimony, possibly some well made points on negative British policy in the last few decades, and huge, huge!,
amounts of fawning!





I'm attempting to avoid watching or listening to the news or the coverage of it all.

I can't see any other solution. Wish me luck!:)

Is anybody else?

PatsytheNazi

A.Tomas wrote: »

Yesterday, I saw that the Irish Times are doing a "royal supplement".

An orgy of fawning no doubt- Paul Bew (or Lord Bew) will be telling us about our shared something or other.

Dara O Briain will be telling us how good Britain has been to him.

...something else about how the Queen just loves horses!

And some other ****.


Meanwhile the station that gave a recent pro-loyalist "history lesson", has
David McWilliams of "robo-paddy/breakfast-roll man" fame will be presenting a programme on Sunday entitled "What have the Brits ever done for us".:roll:



The gardaí are in the city centre actually on the beat! Do I dare hope policing. Something they were not able to do for decades, now suddenly it's no longer impossible! Of course, now they have to listen to tourists and ordinary people and avoiding making eye contact with junkies, alcos and beggars in case they might actually do their job!


Also, according to yesterday's Liveline, they are asking people on the royal procession route, "what do they think of the Queen?" ...
when they're not looking in bins that is.


Why couldn't Mary McAleese invite the Queen to her own hometown?:D




Anyway, (quite like the over the top coverage of British national anthem in Croker), there will be a ridiculously high cringe factor associated with the next week with some scanger-related acrimony, possibly some well made points on negative British policy in the last few decades, and huge, huge!,
amounts of fawning!





I'm attempting to avoid watching or listening to the news or the coverage of it all.

I can't see any other solution. Wish me luck!:)

Is anybody else?

And don't forget we'll have to be told about " our maturity as a nation " :rolleyes: Even Gerry Adams is in on it " Adams hopes for stronger ties between Ireland and the UK " That will go down well with the Disso's ( Dissident IRA groups)

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/adams-hopes-for-stronger-ties-between-ireland-and-the-uk-504979.html

Knight990

A.Tomas wrote: »

I'm attempting to avoid watching or listening to the news or the coverage of it all.

I can't see any other solution. Wish me luck!:)

Is anybody else?

Luckily for me, i'm over here in Germany so I can just turn www.rte.ie off and not hear a word about it.

A.Tomas

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

And don't forget we'll have to be told about " our maturity as a nation "

No doubt about it.

Everybody, stay the f.cuk away from the British media!!!:D

Maybe a few historians (and the BBC's Fergal Keane OBE, Eoghan Harris maybe) will get in on the act...yikes...gonna be a long week.

HRH_The_Queen

A.Tomas wrote: »

No doubt about it.

Everybody, stay the f.cuk away from the British media!!!:D

Maybe a few historians (and the BBC's Fergal Keane OBE, Eoghan Harris maybe) will get in on the act...yikes...gonna be a long week.

I thought I'd respond to your thread because it doesn't seem to be attracting much interest !

later12

A.Tomas wrote: »

Of course, now [the Gardai] have to listen to tourists and ordinary people and avoiding making eye contact with junkies, alcos and beggars in case they might actually do their job!

Sorry, let me stop you briefly on your tirade, what do the Gardai have to do with alcoholics and beggars in particular? Anymore than tourists?

PatsytheNazi

A.Tomas wrote: »

No doubt about it.

Everybody, stay the f.cuk away from the British media!!!:D

Maybe a few historians (and the BBC's Fergal Keane OBE, Eoghan Harris maybe) will get in on the act...yikes...gonna be a long week.

I actually think the British commentary might be less cringe worthy than the ' Irish ' one. I mean who can forget FG's John Bruton's pathetic, sniveling, display of brown-nosing of Prince Charles a few years ago :rolleyes:

A.Tomas

later10 wrote: »

Sorry, let me stop you briefly on your tirade, what do the Gardai have to do with alcoholics and beggars in particular? Anymore than tourists?

They're meant to stop them harrassing people, injecting themselves,
drug dealing, public drunkenness i.e not avoiding them.

LordSutch

Its going to be a great week, a visit long overdue by Her Majesty who is loved by all her subjects here in Ireland, to many Irish people she is our Queen too! Crowds will gather from far & wide, we've waited fifty years for this historic event, it will be great for Ireland in soo many ways, can't wait > Remember how Roman Catholics felt when JPII visited in 79, well to many of us the visit of Her Maj will be just as welcome & just as moving if not more so . . .

A.Tomas

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

I actually think the British commentary might be less cringe worthy than the ' Irish ' one. I mean who can forget FG's John Bruton's pathetic, sniveling, display of brown-nosing of Prince Charles a few years ago :rolleyes:

The Irish correspondents of the British channels ,BBC,Sky, always struck me as a bit plankish.

alan85

LordSutch wrote: »

Its going to be a great week, a visit long overdue by Her Majesty who is loved by all her subjects here in Ireland, to many Irish people she is our Queen too! Crowds will gather from far & wide, we've waited fifty years for this historic event, it will be great for Ireland in soo many ways, can't wait > Remember how Roman Catholics felt when JPII visited in 79, well to many of us the visit of Her Maj will be just as welcome & just as moving if not more so . . .

You make me laugh. If I were you when you go into town be careful where you wave your jacks. I'm avoiding town next week and the only flag I'd wave is the tricolour.

áth mór is all I have to say to you...

later12

A.Tomas wrote: »

They're meant to stop them harrassing people, injecting themselves,

With what, exactly, would alcoholics be injecting themselves, or the homeless for that matter?

You seem to be confusing the homeless and the alcohol dependent with drug addicts, when actually a reason why a lot of these people refuse to attend homeless shelters is because of the prevalence of drugs. I suggest you educate yourself on this issue.

The Gardai have the same duty to protect the homeless as they do to protect tourists. You still have not explained this statement, so again, I will ask you to explain it

[the Gardai] have to listen to tourists and ordinary people and avoiding making eye contact with junkies, alcos and beggars in case they might actually do their job!

meglome

Every single day people are in here going on about her visit. I'm so sick of the talk about it, I couldn't care less about her visit.

Jim236

LordSutch wrote: »

Its going to be a great week, a visit long overdue by Her Majesty who is loved by all her subjects here in Ireland, to many Irish people she is our Queen too! Crowds will gather from far & wide, we've waited fifty years for this historic event, it will be great for Ireland in soo many ways, can't wait > Remember how Roman Catholics felt when JPII visited in 79, well to many of us the visit of Her Maj will be just as welcome & just as moving if not more so . . .

http://youtu.be/VLnWf1sQkjY

A.Tomas

later10 wrote: »

With what, exactly, would alcoholics be injecting themselves, or the homeless for that matter?

You seem to be confusing the homeless and the alcohol dependent with drug addicts, when actually a reason why a lot of these people refuse to attend homeless shelters is because of the prevalence of drugs. I suggest you educate yourself on this issue.

The Gardai have the same duty to protect the homeless as they do to protect tourists. You still have not explained this statement, so again, I will ask you to explain it

No, drug addicts would be injecting themselves.

I'm not confusing homeless people with junkies. And they should be protected.

I don't know if you live in Dublin, but go to the boardwalk and you'll see what I mean. And it's not alright for drunks to be lying on O'Connell St.

Clearly you know nothing about Dublin.

Sunnyisland

I am going to watch fox news for an impartial view of the world

later12

A.Tomas wrote: »

I don't know if you live in Dublin, but go to the boardwalk and you'll see what I mean. ...

Clearly you know nothing about Dublin.

I lived in Dublin most of my life. I worked with the homeless. I am telling you that in throwing beggars, alcoholics and drug abusers into the same vague heap you are confusing the issue. Where they do belong in the same broad heap is that the Gardai have a duty of care to all of them, and no less to them than they do to tourists from abroad.

For a third time, what job are you talking about here in relation to beggars and those who are dependent upon alcohol, specifically?

[the Gardai] have to listen to tourists and ordinary people and avoiding making eye contact with junkies, alcos and beggars in case they might actually do their job!

KeithAFC

LordSutch wrote: »

Its going to be a great week, a visit long overdue by Her Majesty who is loved by all her subjects here in Ireland, to many Irish people she is our Queen too! Crowds will gather from far & wide, we've waited fifty years for this historic event, it will be great for Ireland in soo many ways, can't wait > Remember how Roman Catholics felt when JPII visited in 79, well to many of us the visit of Her Maj will be just as welcome & just as moving if not more so . . .

Right you are my brethren.

Thomas828

Well, I'm going to ignore it, just as I ignored the monstrously and flagrantly over-hyped wedding a couple of weeks ago, and just as I'm going to ignore the monstrously and flagrantly over-hyped Eurovision Song Contest. I don't think I'll hear too much about it on Raidió na Gaeltachta, though I could be wrong...

A.Tomas

later10 wrote: »

I lived in Dublin most of my life. I worked with the homeless. I am telling you that in throwing beggars, alcoholics and drug abusers into the same vague heap you are confusing the issue. Where they do belong in the same broad heap is that the Gardai have a duty of care to all of them, and no less to them than they do to tourists from abroad.

For a third time, what job are you talking about here in relation to beggars and those who are dependent upon alcohol, specifically?

"beggars, alcoholics and drug abusers into the same vague heap you are confusing the issue. Where they do belong in the same broad heap is that the Gardai have a duty of care to all of them, and no less to them than they do to tourists from abroad. "

Thanks for that. Knew it already though.



For the last time, I'm talking about people, particularly women and the elderly, being harrassed on the street, at ATM's and at Luas machines. I'm pretty sure aggressive begging is illegal.

(I'm sure if Queen Lizzie was approached, they'd be ushered off, and trolls like yourself would get all menstrual over Ireland being a kip and what not!) LOL

ejmaztec

A.Tomas wrote: »

"beggars, alcoholics and drug abusers into the same vague heap you are confusing the issue. Where they do belong in the same broad heap is that the Gardai have a duty of care to all of them, and no less to them than they do to tourists from abroad. "

The Guards will probably do what they did a few years ago, when Ireland had EU presidency, and a bunch of high-powered EU people arrived in Tralee for a meeting. All of the drunks, junkies and general homeless were rounded up and taken to another town a few miles away until it was all over.

Nodin

A.Tomas wrote: »

Anyway, (quite like the over the top coverage of British national anthem in Croker), there will be a ridiculously high cringe factor associated with the next week with some scanger-related acrimony, possibly some well made points on negative British policy in the last few decades, and huge, huge!,
amounts of fawning!

Some people will have to do their fawning at home.

Author and journalist Ruth Dudley Edwards said she was disappointed that Kevin Myers and Eoghan Harris had not been invited to the event.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/antiira-figures-not-on-royal-list-2647528.html

Ruth isn't on the list herself...

Seanchai

LordSutch wrote: »

Its going to be a great week, a visit long overdue by Her Majesty who is loved by all her subjects here in Ireland, to many Irish people she is our Queen too! Crowds will gather from far & wide, we've waited fifty years for this historic event, it will be great for Ireland in soo many ways, can't wait

The sad thing is that this Lord Sutch character is not trolling. If he's nothing else, he's an apologist for all things British imperial, from Armagh to Amritsar, from calling the Irish in the Easter Rising "terrorists" to being a fully signed-up member of the poppy brigade that lauds all those who fought for the British Empire against the freedom of small countries. "My country right or wrong" is the order of the day for this poster.

Nevertheless, if he really does want to go into Dublin, Ireland, this Tuesday wrapped in the butcher's apron and screaming God Save the Queen, he's a sure contender for a Darwin Award.

Latchy

Except for a few , It's not like any of the public are going to get much of a view of her except from a tv screen . I would imagine anybody who isin't interested and wishs to avoid it but can afford to fly out of the country for a few days while it's on , might do as as much . The ordinary Joe , as in any event they are not interested in will just switch off ......simples .

Seanchai

Nodin wrote: »

Some people will have to do their fawning at home.


http://www.independent.ie/national-news/antiira-figures-not-on-royal-list-2647528.html

Ruth isn't on the list herself...

"leading peace campaigners such as Chris Hudson". Is that the former Stickie who was funded by the British state in the 1990s to establish "peace" groups which focused entirely on IRA violence? Oh, what do you know: it is. :rolleyes:

The Sunday Independent is still the most consistently abysmally trashy newspaper ever produced in Ireland.

Nodin

Seanchai wrote: »

"leading peace campaigners such as Chris Hudson". Is that the former Stickie who was funded by the British state in the 1990s to establish "peace" groups which focused entirely on IRA violence? Oh, what do you know: it is. :rolleyes:

The Sunday Independent is still the most consistently abysmally trashy newspaper ever produced in Ireland.

The British and Irish governments have snubbed prominent anti-terrorist figures who fearlessly campaigned against the Provisional IRA.

.........this, referring to Kevin Myers, Edwards and Harris tops it all though.

Course they couldn't invite Myers, because you can only have one bunch that think they've a divine right to pontificate in the room at the same time....I'd say they'd keep him away from the Pope for the same reason.