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Former British minister proposes implementing food shortages for Ireland

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    #122
    prinzeugen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭prinzeugen


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Just, if you're a Milesian, don't expect her to ask you out for, eh, dinner ...

    What is "Milsean"?

    Is this from The lord of the rings or some other crap?

    Roon 101 for my and others posts. Feck.. 1984 is a novel not a manual! Politics 2.0 is room 101. Re-education!


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    #123
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    prinzeugen wrote: »
    What is "Milsean"?

    Is this from The lord of the rings or some other crap?

    Roon 101 for my and others posts. Feck.. 1984 is a novel not a manual! Politics 2.0 is room 101. Re-education!

    It always amazes me how somebody can misspell a word that's written straight above them as they reply to that post.

    As for the complex task of googling what a Milesian is, try this:

    Milesians


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    #124
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    prinzeugen wrote: »
    She never said they should starve Ireland. Did anyone actually read the artice???

    She said that in the event of a no deal britex, Ireland COULD suffer as much as the UK and that it should have been made clearer during the negotiations and hammered home to Ireland.

    As usual the romoaners are twisting words to make it look like she is blackmailing Ireland. At no point has anyone said "give us a deal or we will starve Ireland"

    Nobody. But hey, dont let the truth get in the way of a good headline!

    She suggested using the possibility of food shortages in Ireland as leverage towards getting the EU and Ireland to drop the backstop.


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    #125
    prinzeugen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭prinzeugen


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    She suggested using the possibility of food shortages in Ireland as leverage towards getting the EU and Ireland to drop the backstop.

    Exactly. At no point did she say the UK will block food from entering Ireland as some have suggested.


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    #126
    Captain Obvious
    Registered Users Posts: 4,165 ✭✭✭Captain Obvious


    prinzeugen wrote: »
    She never said they should starve Ireland. Did anyone actually read the artice???

    She said that in the event of a no deal britex, Ireland COULD suffer as much as the UK and that it should have been made clearer during the negotiations and hammered home to Ireland.

    As usual the romoaners are twisting words to make it look like she is blackmailing Ireland. At no point has anyone said "give us a deal or we will starve Ireland"

    Nobody. But hey, dont let the truth get in the way of a good headline!


    I thought it was fairly obvious there was humour meant in the op. Unfortunately it seems someone has changed the thread title from the original. I think we are all well aware that Britain can't starve us. That's what makes it amusing.


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