Our Leo

cfuserkildare

I will just leave this here and wait for other opinions of how badly this could go wrong?:-

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6823383/sun-says-irish-pm-leo-varadkar/

The Backwards Man

cfuserkildare wrote: »

I will just leave this here and wait for other opinions of how badly this could go wrong?:-

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6823383/sun-says-irish-pm-leo-varadkar/

Links to the Sun

Offers no opinion of their own.

Stereotype confirmed.

7aubzxk43m2sni

It's a bit mad that they can publish such an offensively obviously biased article and call it news, and not even have a name behind it, just "The Sun".

seamus

Well the UK tabloids and a large majority of their readership are very racist anyway, so any chance to have a whinge about the Irish is par for the course.

The main stream media in the UK, outside of the BBC, are controlled by a small group of oligarchs, for whom a Brexit is very much in their interests because it allows them much more leverage over the UK government without the pesky EU getting in the way.

Their aim is to convince the UK electorate that UK outside the EU is in their own best interests, so that they can then extract as money as possible from them.

Taytoland

seamus wrote: »

Well the UK tabloids and a large majority of their readership are very racist anyway, so any chance to have a whinge about the Irish is par for the course.

The main stream media in the UK, outside of the BBC, are controlled by a small group of oligarchs, for whom a Brexit is very much in their interests because it allows them much more leverage over the UK government without the pesky EU getting in the way.

Their aim is to convince the UK electorate that UK outside the EU is in their own best interests, so that they can then extract as money as possible from them.

They don't need to convince them, the majority of the electorate voted to leave in 2016. That is why Brexit is happening. And good riddance to the EU too.

seansherid

So much for being impartial in journalism.

ancapailldorcha

It's The Sun. False alarm.

riffmongous

Taytoland wrote: »

They don't need to convince them, the majority of the electorate voted to leave in 2016. That is why Brexit is happening. And good riddance to the EU too.

Not in your wee part of the country though

seamus

Taytoland wrote: »

They don't need to convince them, the majority of the electorate voted to leave in 2016. That is why Brexit is happening. And good riddance to the EU too.

Oh, you gotta keep these things on track. Gotta keep the tannoys blaring, lest any "wrongthink" creep in from foreign sources suggesting that things aren't going to plan.

Noveight

#NotMyTeaShock

cfuserkildare

So are we going to stop the use of RNLI boats and Helicopters?

If this actually happened, do you really think that the UK would allow Irish planes to fly through British Airspace?

Imagine how much extra a flight to Spain/France/Germany etc would cost if we had to fly all along the perimeter of UK airspace instead of through it!

Taytoland

riffmongous wrote: »

Taytoland wrote: »

They don't need to convince them, the majority of the electorate voted to leave in 2016. That is why Brexit is happening. And good riddance to the EU too.

Not in your wee part of the country though

Ha, it's already underway. Brexit is a reality. Time some face up to it.

JohnnyFlash

Must be playing a blinder if he winds up old John Bull that much.

Listen to the Scousers, they know:

DEFTLEFTHAND

Did Varadkar actually say that about the airspace?

Omg:o

For such a bright and competent man, every now then he seems to make a complete fool of himself.

The_Kew_Tour

He is a **** who let Women die of cancer. Call him what you want cause he all that.

The Backwards Man

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Did Varadkar actually say that about the airspace?

Omg:o

For such a bright and competent man, every now then he seems to make a complete fool of himself.

For such a bright and competent man, you're really letting yourself down if you believe anything in that . . .I was going to say rag, but rags serve a useful purpose.

Fann Linn

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Did Varadkar actually say that about the airspace?

Omg:o

For such a bright and competent man, every now then he seems to make a complete fool of himself.

A clown.

Wheeliebin30

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

He is a **** who let Women die of cancer. Call him what you want cause he all that.

Of course he did.

seamus

cfuserkildare wrote: »

So are we going to stop the use of RNLI boats and Helicopters?

If this actually happened, do you really think that the UK would allow Irish planes to fly through British Airspace?

Imagine how much extra a flight to Spain/France/Germany etc would cost if we had to fly all along the perimeter of UK airspace instead of through it!

Ah, I see you've just read the Sun's interpretation of this and haven't actually considered the facts.

Leo didn't issue any threats to block anything. It was a simple observation that the UK has to stop taking things for granted; that once it is outside the EU then it has to respect the sovereignty of other nations and things which it currently enjoys free and unencumbered use of - such as EU airspace - now has to be renegotiated. And if it fails to do that, it will lose access to EU airspace.

RNLI is a British charity, I fail to see the relevance. Why would we stop a charity from voluntarily providing their services?

And to answer your question, the "extra" is "not very much". Especially for Spain or France. Imagine if the UK couldn't use EU airspace - do you think it would cause more trouble for the UK, or for the EU? Hint: Look at a map.

Skylinehead

cfuserkildare wrote: »

I will just leave this here and wait for other opinions of how badly this could go wrong?:-/[/url]

No, you can't do that in AH. You need to provide your own opinion.

Politics anyway, closed.