Who is Laura Perrins and where is she from?

TommyRiordan

Can't find much about her online. She's on Question Time atm and I can see online she has made some books and went to ucd.

Ulysses Gaze

TommyRiordan wrote: »

Can't find much about her online. She's on Question Time atm and I can see online she has made some books and went to ucd.

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/wanting-the-credit-for-staying-at-home-1.1464218

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conservative_Woman

me_irl

Who is your daddy, and what does he do?

TommyRiordan

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/wanting-the-credit-for-staying-at-home-1.1464218

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conservative_Woman

Thank you, assumed Dublin. Getting tore to shreds by social media now by actual British people atm for being so conservative.

mikeoneilly

that eejit from countdown loves the sound of his own voice

ballsymchugh

TommyRiordan wrote: »

Thank you, assumed Dublin. Getting tore to shreds by social media now by actual British people atm for being so conservative.

she's rightly getting torn to shreds. she stated that in WW2, the holocaust was the german state acting on its own citizens. kinda forgot about the invasions of different independent countries.
british people know very little on irish history (esp norn irish history). you'd think she'd be a little more aware of what happens when you marginalise a community. although, she does run a conservative woman website, keeps talking about 'we' when talking about the british, so she just needs to lose the accent to be fully assimilated.

TommyRiordan

ballsymchugh wrote: »

she's rightly getting torn to shreds. she stated that in WW2, the holocaust was the german state acting on its own citizens. kinda forgot about the invasions of different independent countries.
british people know very little on irish history (esp norn irish history). you'd think she'd be a little more aware of what happens when you marginalise a community. although, she does run a conservative woman website, keeps talking about 'we' when talking about the british, so she just needs to lose the accent to be fully assimilated.

Met many Dubliners like this when i used to work in a call centre part time at qub speaking to ppl living in England. Referred to themselves as we in regards to being English, too. Mostly women. Often would moan about Ireland as well (how slow things were done there was the most frequent complaint). Always seemed to have moved to London, like her, no other city.

I have little doubt she cares about us in the north, and if she does, it's undoubtable which side she would defend.

Kermit.de.frog

I misread the thread title as about Lee and Perrins.

*steps out*

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Booterstown

YoungRogerian

Let's just be thankful this far right attention seeker chose to emigrate and inflict her off the wall Thatcherism on the Brits instead.

pickarooney

Skunk Sense... straight out of Brass Eye

gormdubhgorm

I looked this ones name up because she was on Sky News Vehemently defending Winston Churchill.
I had to switch off when I heard her accent I felt sick.
The debate was about whether the statues of Churchill, Cromwell and Nelson be taken down.

I have heard the term 'West Brit' overused unfairly on many occasions for some Irish people.
But in this case it is 100% justified they should have her picture in the dictionary definition of it as well.

I assume she gets more attention over there because of her accent.
Similar to the craze British people have over any comedian with an Irish accent.

Annasopra

TommyRiordan wrote: »

Thank you, assumed Dublin. Getting tore to shreds by social media now by actual British people atm for being so conservative.

She is from Dublin

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Perrins

Your Face

7 month mystery solved by internet.

ballsymchugh

Your Face wrote: »

7 month mystery solved by internet.

she was on channel 4 news tonight defending the empire. she was asked if she was proud of britain's colonial past.

it appears she's just the token conservative commentator that news outlets now turn to when the bottom of the barrel is scraped through.

Your Face

ballsymchugh wrote: »

she was on channel 4 news tonight defending the empire. she was asked if she was proud of britain's colonial past.

it appears she's just the token conservative commentator that news outlets now turn to when the bottom of the barrel is scraped through.

Whatever.

ballsymchugh

Your Face wrote: »

Whatever.

Grayson

I think we can all be grateful she's not in this country.

topper75

TommyRiordan wrote: »

Met many Dubliners like this when i used to work in a call centre part time at qub speaking to ppl living in England. Referred to themselves as we in regards to being English, too. Mostly women. Often would moan about Ireland as well (how slow things were done there was the most frequent complaint). Always seemed to have moved to London, like her, no other city.

Moved to London? Where the English live, eh?

She'll need more than Stena Line or Ryanair ticket - she'll need a time machine that takes you back several decades.

Hammer89

No Worcestershire joke yet? SMDH. Ya'll n*ggaz done fell off.

A Little Pony

Good to see her defending the genius of Lord Nelson, thank you Laura.

Water John

And we've got Mary Ellen Synon back again!!!

Spider Web

Conservative fair enough. It's the lickspittling re the British Empire that reeks of edgelord attempt.

The_Valeyard

She's right about the whole statue thing. UK should not be jumping on the US bandwagon taking down statues because they offend some groups.



No idea what else she is on about though.

LordSutch

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I misread the thread title as about Lee and Perrins.

*steps out*

1st thing I thought of was Sunshine Desserts

cryptic.

Beechwoodspark

I've met a surprising amount of Irish people in London who become "more English than the English themselves".

Faux English accents, going for afternoon tea, love the Tories etc. Mainly women and also a few gay men. Often they would denigrate Ireland subtly. Sometimes it's comical other times there's more a bitter edge to it.

I remember one classic went along the lines of "let's go to Nando's, you poor Irish guys probably never heard of it yeah?" I was like, ehhh, there's about 10 of them in Dublin and they're hardly fine dining...

Arsemageddon

Saw her on Channel 4 News last might, pretty sure she said that Irish people have a very simplistic attitude to attitude to history before waxing lyrical about the glory of empire. She is an utter hypocrite, and don't get me started on the whole self hating paddy routine.

The woman she was debating with about taking Nelsons statue down from Trafalgar Square was also a clown.

Fred Swanson

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Dubcelt

Just seen this bint on sky news. As a Dubliner I'd be ashamed to say that this westbrit bull****ter is from my city.

YoungRogerian

ballsymchugh wrote: »

she was on channel 4 news tonight defending the empire. she was asked if she was proud of britain's colonial past.

it appears she's just the token conservative commentator that news outlets now turn to when the bottom of the barrel is scraped through.

She's moderately attractive too, which always helps TV companies take an interest in you.

its_steve116

Is this her?
https://newsfile.photoshelter.com/image/I0000CT0MY9MVJAE