Ireland is a puppet state of UK

Pretzeluck

See the country go into economic crisis after no deal Brexit, just see. Europe prepare the bail out money.

Peregrinus

Is the UK a puppet state of the EU, then?

Pretzeluck

Peregrinus wrote: »

Is the UK a puppet state of the EU, then?

No, UK is an economic powerhouse that is self sufficient. One of the top economies in the world.

Lucy8080

Pretzeluck wrote: »

See the country go into economic crisis after no deal Brexit, just see. Europe prepare the bail out money.

"Heor" you, we bailed out the British/ European and international market speculators.

We even paid the British a handsome Premium on a short term loan!

It's time for a rebate.

Bail us out lads!

We bailed out your City/market gamblers on their Irish losses. We ,for good measure, gave the British millions in interest, on a loan.

They knew we were good for it , If we bail out speculators, we will repay a loan.

How many British financial speculators benefited on both ends?

aido79

Pretzeluck wrote: »

No, UK is an economic powerhouse that is self sufficient. One of the top economies in the world.

Feel free to come back in 2 or 3 years time to update this statement.

4068ac1elhodqr

aido79 wrote: »

Feel free to come back in 2 or 3 years time to update this statement.

2050 will be more interesting moving the uk from current 5/6th, down to 13th place beside Turkey/Nigeria for GDP. And about 1/4 the worth of the Eurozone. And that assesment was even before the brexit event.

Duckworth_Luas

Pretzeluck wrote: »

See the country go into economic crisis after no deal Brexit, just see. Europe prepare the bail out money.

Hi Ivan! How is the weather in Moscow today?

Peregrinus

Pretzeluck wrote: »

No, UK is an economic powerhouse that is self sufficient. One of the top economies in the world.

But it will go into economic crisis after a no-deal Brexit; even its own government agencies say this. The UK is far more dependent on trade with the EU than Ireland is on trade with the UK. And not even the most one-eyed Brexit enthusiasts pretend that the UK is "self sufficient"; on food alone, it only produces about half of what it consumes. Can you really be ignorant of this?

Given the test that you have chosen for "puppet state", you're delusional if you imagine that we are not going to notice when you apply it to Ireland but not to the UK.

s7ryf3925pivug

Peregrinus wrote: »

But it will go into economic crisis after a no-deal Brexit; even its own government agencies say this. The UK is far more dependent on trade with the EU than Ireland is on trade with the UK. And not even the most one-eyed Brexit enthusiasts pretend that the UK is "self sufficient"; on food alone, it only produces about half of what it consumes. Can you really be ignorant of this?

Given the test that you have chosen for "puppet state", you're delusional if you imagine that we are not going to notice when you apply it to Ireland but not to the UK.

so payback for ww1, is what you're basically saying

Sycamore Tree

Brexit will never happen.

It's the Bobby Ewing shower scene.

Peregrinus

Kasen Microscopic Beehive wrote: »

so payback for ww1, is what you're basically saying

Sorry, what?

sbsquarepants

Pretzeluck wrote: »

No, UK is an economic powerhouse that is self sufficient. One of the top economies in the world.

You'd get more sense out of that skull you were looking to buy the other day!

King of Kings

Ireland is a willing puppet of the EU..attacking our closet neighbour and trading partner.

Read some sycophantic crap in the media (esp indo) that EU was standing by ireland and a great ally.
Fcuk that..it suits them to back us as their pawn while we shoot ourselves in the foot falling out with the UK..the EU will ride us good and proper like they did in 2007 when it suits them.
They are no friend of Ireland.

Leo is a clown...no doubt angling for a EU or UN post when this Taoiseach lark falls apart.

Cockford Ollie

Our economy will definitely crash on a no deal exit.

Thatnastyboy

King of Kings wrote: »

Ireland is a willing puppet of the EU..attacking our closet neighbour and trading partner.

Read some sycophantic crap in the media (esp indo) that EU was standing by ireland and a great ally.
Fcuk that..it suits them to back us as their pawn while we shoot ourselves in the foot falling out with the UK..the EU will ride us good and proper like they did in 2007 when it suits them.
They are no friend of Ireland.

Leo is a clown...no doubt angling for a EU or UN post when this Taoiseach lark falls apart.

Ya, meanwhile the brits are being the great neighbors they always have :pac:


I suppose you get your news from the Liberal or some other highly reputable source?

King of Kings

King of Kings wrote: »

Ireland is a willing puppet of the EU..attacking our closet neighbour and trading partner.

you should try coming out of the closet then

professore

If you are going to troll at least pick something that makes a little bit of sense.

relax carry on

God what a mess of a thread with no sense much like Brexit itself.

King of Kings

Aegir wrote: »

you should try coming out of the closet then

Fair cop.
Typing on phone while on the bus is fraught with danger.

King of Kings

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

Ya, meanwhile the brits are being the great neighbors they always have :pac:


I suppose you get your news from the Liberal or some other highly reputable source?

In the present they have been ...i live in the now..

As for my news source there is no point me answering that as your only line of rebutal is to try discredit me rather than the argument.
Kinda pathetic.

Thatnastyboy

King of Kings wrote: »

In the present they have been ...i live in the now..

As for my news source there is no point me answering that as your only line of rebutal is to try discredit me rather than the argument.
Kinda pathetic.

I don't know what now you are living in, but it's not the one I'm living in - UK politicians have recently threatened to cut off our food supply, (they can't - but they threatened it) is that neighborly?


Meanwhile the pesky EU have threatened to stand by us and offer any assistance needed during the mayhem of the upcoming shitstorm being caused by the UK. Not to mention negotiating with a hostile country for 2.5 years while never wavering away from the one thing we asked them to protect, real shower of crooks alright.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Cockford Ollie wrote: »

Our economy will definitely crash on a no deal exit.

Trade with the U.K. isn’t that big a percentage of gdp. More importantly they are still going to need food etc.

randd1

Pretzeluck wrote: »

See the country go into economic crisis after no deal Brexit, just see. Europe prepare the bail out money.

Given that you referred to yourself as a proud new Brit in another thread, is this post about Ireland or Britain being screwed?

seamusk84

I genuinely don’t believe people realize how much trouble we are in if the UK crashes out of the EU. Overnight our agri-food industry will be decimated. Huge ramifications for the Irish economy and yes it would send us into a tailspin.

To quote an Irish times article on our exports -

“According to Bord Bia, meat exports last year were worth €3.8 billion and accounted for 30 per cent of all Irish food and drink exports. Beef exports, some 50 per cent of which go to the UK, grew by 5 per cent to €2.5 billion, making beef the largest single component of the State's food trade.”

Under WTO rules there is up to a 60% tariff on beef exports.

I have worked with small businesses all over Ireland and in terms of export sales they are all heavily reliant on the UK market.

Genuinely we are looking at a huge hit to the Irish economy if there is no deal. Leo and co know this but just are afraid to usher the reality of it to the Irish public.

King of Kings

King of Kings wrote: »

Ireland is a willing puppet of the EU..attacking our closet neighbour and trading partner.

Read some sycophantic crap in the media (esp indo) that EU was standing by ireland and a great ally.
Fcuk that..it suits them to back us as their pawn while we shoot ourselves in the foot falling out with the UK..the EU will ride us good and proper like they did in 2007 when it suits them.
They are no friend of Ireland.

Leo is a clown...no doubt angling for a EU or UN post when this Taoiseach lark falls apart.

I love reading stuff like this.

Whenever I think of any problems in my own life, there are some things that comfort me to think about. Hope you don't mind me adding you to that list of things that make me grateful of what I've got.

seamusk84

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Trade with the U.K. isn’t that big a percentage of gdp. More importantly they are still going to need food etc.

Not that simple mate. There are tens of thousands of jobs that are indirectly impacted by our UK trade. It’s not just about the % of GDP UK trade encompasses.

Franz Von Peppercorn

What I see is 65% for beef and 40% for milk.

All the rest of the world will have a similar tariff though

RobMc59

Peregrinus wrote: »

Is the UK a puppet state of the EU, then?

More a puppet state of the US.

King of Kings

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

I don't know what now you are living in, but it's not the one I'm living in - UK politicians have recently threatened to cut off our food supply, (they can't - but they threatened it) is that neighborly?


Meanwhile the pesky EU have threatened to stand by us and offer any assistance needed during the mayhem of the upcoming shitstorm being caused by the UK. Not to mention negotiating with a hostile country for 2.5 years while never wavering away from the one thing we asked them to protect, real shower of crooks alright.

One politican did...a back bencer at that....ONE out of 650 MPs....wasnt even Prince Phillip but a back bench MP..get over your dramatics...

Hostile? Not saying the UK have been gracious but the hostile ones have been the EU aptly described as the ex girlfriend who keyed your car and stole your cat.
Purposely made it really hard for UK to leave in to make a stance and warn any others off considering leaving.

You are barking up the wrong tree.

King of Kings

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I love reading stuff like this.

Whenever I think of any problems in my own life, there are some things that comfort me to think about. Hope you don't mind me adding you to that list of things that make me grateful of what I've got.

Happy to help.

You are genuinely one of favourite posters as your threads tend to be interesting ..so all good.

P_1

It's the feckin Tories coming back to shaft us.

Not content with destroying their own country to feather their nests they now want to destroy ours.

Theyll be grand in a trade war. If we stop sending them the food and medicine we produce here it wont be them going hungry and sick, it will be your average punter in the UK. Usually I'm not a fan of political assassinations but there are quite a few people sitting in Westminster who could do with getting one