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Where the hell is Ireland and its EU protest? Is Cowen afraid to stand up?

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  • #62
    galwaystudent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭galwaystudent


    Eleven members of the European Council - including Britain - have agreed they will not accept any increase in the 2011 EU budget beyond 2.91%.

    The members, attending a summit in Brussels, detailed their stance in a letter set to be sent to the President of the Council.
    It was to be signed by the leaders of the UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Slovenia and Estonia.

    I hate FF as much as anyone but in fairness, what is the big deal here? Do you think the EU give a damn what Ireland thinks, with it's 4 million people and joke of government? All the big and important nations have already stated they are against this, Ireland is superfluous to requirements here. It won't make the slightest bit of difference what Cowen says so why would he even bother?

    This is a non issue.


  • #63
    Moriarty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Moriarty


    OPENROAD wrote: »
    I can see why the UK might see it that way, especially with the huge cutbacks they are going through.

    The huge - nae, end-of-the-world - cutbacks that bring the UK government budget back to where it was in... 2007.

    Oh. Hm. Maybe not then, eh?


    Also, this thread is full of lol. WHY DIDN'T COWEN PROTEST ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR IRELAND TO RECIEVE MORE MONEY FROM THE EU THE STUPID BASTARD?!"£?!"£"!£! Fùck me, we certainly get the politicians we deserve if the idiocy in this thread is anything to go by. You are not the solution, you are the problem. Clowns.


  • #64
    gonedrinking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 810 ✭✭✭gonedrinking


    agreed, I really wish biggins would actually engage his brain before posting his now daily "the guberment is bad" thread


  • #65
    meglome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,980 ✭✭✭meglome


    gonedrinking wrote: »
    agreed, I really wish biggins would actually engage his brain before posting his now daily "the guberment is bad" thread

    To be fair the government have a lot to answer for. It's this blaming the EU I don't get.


  • #66
    gonedrinking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 810 ✭✭✭gonedrinking


    meglome wrote: »
    To be fair the government have a lot to answer for.

    not in this instance, they did nothing wrong


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  • #67
    Canis_Lupus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Canis_Lupus


    A major cause of the hole we're in is the Irish peoples failure to stand up to our leaders first. We prefer to shout into the internet instead of into the streets.


  • #68
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    gonedrinking wrote: »
    agreed, I really wish biggins would actually engage his brain before posting his now daily "the guberment is bad" thread
    ...And I equally wish you would engage yours and see what I'm on about rather than just seeing one aspect (or conveniently wanting to see it).

    ...And for the record, if you add up the threads I've started or posted into in AH, you will find the majority of the non-government related. Lots of others recently I have by-passed.

    P.S If you don't like threads or posts, do us all a favour - kop yourself on and by-pass them. Even most idiots are capable of doing that - I do!


  • #69
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    flash1080 wrote: »
    ...If Cowen was making headlines about protesting...
    It would be a god-damn first!


  • #70
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,225 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    PanchoVilla wrote: »
    People saying Cowen was right for not saying anything because we depend on EU funding etc and basically saying we should keep our mouths shut if we want to see more money in the future. I'm saying we don't need their money, what we need is to stand on our own two feet for once. By saying nothing about the increase in the EU budget we'll be seen as nothing more than beggars happy to take what we're given.

    Edit: And I'm talking about all money received from the EU/ECB. Grants, loans, whatever. Let them keep their money. It's sink or swim time for Ireland and I'd rather we drown with what little dignity we have left.

    That money isn't borrowed though we don't have to pay it back so no one is suggesting that we drown our kids in debt. One thing I don't understand is that you don't want us borrowing money from the EU or anywhere but you want us to stop taking EU funding. That means we'd lose out on billions every year that we'd need to make up by borrowing. Kinda contradicts your first point a little.


  • #71
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    ...considering the beneficiaries of more EU funds will certainly include this country, its called "doing the right thing".


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