Cameron calls Kenny a friend of the UK

Boreas

In response to a rather hostile question from Labour MP Kate Hoey, David Cameron described Enda Kenny as a friend of the UK who spoke up strongly for Britain at the European Council.

There may have been a time in Ireland where that would have been seen negatively, but will comments like that have any impact on Irish politics today?

hmmm

Yes. SF supporters will redouble their efforts to use words like "West Brit traitor" and "sleeveen" (whatever that is), while the rest of us will be glad that we have good relations with our closest neighbour and biggest trading partner.

BoJack Horseman

Boreas wrote: »

There may have been a time in Ireland where that would have been seen negatively, but will comments like that have any impact on Irish politics today?

people don't really care about PMQs.

Kate Hoey is in an interesting spot.....
She's one of the very few 'out' labour MPs.
So, she shares the leadership's unofficial position, just not the official one.

Boreas

hmmm wrote: »

Yes. SF supporters will redouble their efforts to use words like "West Brit traitor" and "sleeveen" (whatever that is), while the rest of us will be glad that we have good relations with our closest neighbour and biggest trading partner.

I hope most SF supporters have moved on from that sort of attitude but I suppose there are a few who still think that way.

listermint

Boreas wrote: »

In response to a rather hostile question from Labour MP Kate Hoey, David Cameron described Enda Kenny as a friend of the UK who spoke up strongly for Britain at the European Council.

There may have been a time in Ireland where that would have been seen negatively, but will comments like that have any impact on Irish politics today?

No.


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pablomakaveli

Boreas wrote: »

In response to a rather hostile question from Labour MP Kate Hoey, David Cameron described Enda Kenny as a friend of the UK who spoke up strongly for Britain at the European Council.

There may have been a time in Ireland where that would have been seen negatively, but will comments like that have any impact on Irish politics today?

What was the question she asked?

Nodin

hmmm wrote: »

Yes. SF supporters will redouble their efforts to use words like "West Brit traitor" and "sleeveen" (whatever that is), while the rest of us will be glad that we have good relations with our closest neighbour and biggest trading partner.

Britain is not our biggest trading partner.

You'll find that people worry more about Kenny involving us too closely with the British attitude towards Europe.

hmmm

Nodin wrote: »

Britain is not our biggest trading partner.
.

Eh what?
http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/irl/#Destinations

Manach

Well to echo other posters, it is a good thing to have a positive appraisal from a peer in another state. However, offhand, the Chinese state have also praised Kenny and as for Frau Merkel: well Enda is one her specials.

View

hmmm wrote: »

Eh what?
http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/irl/#Destinations

I suspect that he is using CSO statistics and is referring to Belgium which gives us:

Exports in Billions (Jan - Oct 15)

1) Belgium € 12.0
2) Great Britain € 11.4
3) Northern Ireland € 1.4

Technically Belgium pips Great Britain to be our largest export market (not that you'd think it from our news coverage) but the combined UK total pips Belgium. And it is of course the UK, not just Great Britain, that could exit.

hmmm

View wrote: »

Technically Belgium pips Great Britain to be our largest export market (not that you'd think it from our news coverage) but the combined UK total pips Belgium. And it is of course the UK, not just Great Britain, that could exit.

There's definitely some transfer pricing/tax scam effect there. Belgium in no way is our largest export market in reality

whatstherush

View wrote: »

I suspect that he is using CSO statistics and is referring to Belgium which gives us:

Exports in Billions (Jan - Oct 15)

1) Belgium € 12.0
2) Great Britain € 11.4
3) Northern Ireland € 1.4

Technically Belgium pips Great Britain to be our largest export market (not that you'd think it from our news coverage) but the combined UK total pips Belgium. And it is of course the UK, not just Great Britain, that could exit.

Does it not the say US is the biggest export market at 22.2Bn?

Skylinehead

whatstherush wrote: »

Does it not the say US is the biggest export market at 22.2Bn?

Have to look at imports too, which the UK dwarfs.

View

whatstherush wrote: »

Does it not the say US is the biggest export market at 22.2Bn?

It does indeed. I had focused on European countries.

Boreas

pablomakaveli wrote: »

What was the question she asked?

Sorry for the late reply. She asked Cameron to criticise Kenny for commenting that a Brexit could endanger the peace process, she characterised Kenny's comments as interfering in UK politics and as being insulting to the people of Northern Ireland.

Boreas

hmmm wrote: »

There's definitely some transfer pricing/tax scam effect there. Belgium in no way is our largest export market in reality

Have a look here we export mainly chemicals and pharmaceuticals to Belgium.

Thomas_..

Boreas wrote: »

In response to a rather hostile question from Labour MP Kate Hoey, David Cameron described Enda Kenny as a friend of the UK who spoke up strongly for Britain at the European Council.

There may have been a time in Ireland where that would have been seen negatively, but will comments like that have any impact on Irish politics today?

That´s what I call real progress, given that Cameron meant what he said.

golfball37

I wouldn't read too much into platitudes given by the PM towards a Taoiseach. It wasn't that long ago Tony Blair put a certain man from Drumcondra in the same league as Mandela and Clinton in terms of International Statesmen he had the pleasure of working with.

Thomas_..

golfball37 wrote: »

I wouldn't read too much into platitudes given by the PM towards a Taoiseach. It wasn't that long ago Tony Blair put a certain man from Drumcondra in the same league as Mandela and Clinton in terms of International Statesmen he had the pleasure of working with.

I regard Cameron and Blair of not being of the same league. That means that I deem Blair to be the lesser in compare to Cameron. Two very different characters.

YerMan420

Boreas wrote: »

In response to a rather hostile question from Labour MP Kate Hoey, David Cameron described Enda Kenny as a friend of the UK who spoke up strongly for Britain at the European Council.

There may have been a time in Ireland where that would have been seen negatively, but will comments like that have any impact on Irish politics today?

cameron´s a ****ing retard, but good relations with england are important. i certainly don´t want that mess up that was the anglo-irish trade war repeated (not that it ever will).

ancapailldorcha

YerMan420 wrote: »

cameron´s a ****ing retard, but good relations with england are important. i certainly don´t want that mess up that was the anglo-irish trade war repeated (not that it ever will).

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