The Brits claim Katie Taylor.

El Guapo!

This is ridiculous. Can they not give us anything?!!
What do you think? Is this just lazy journalism or is it the Brits trying to add more medals to their tally by claiming Katie?


Source

Katie Taylor has joined the ranks of Andy Murray and Gareth Bale.

She is winning, so apparently she is British.

The Daily Telegraph is playing a blinder today.

After posting a picture of the Dutch bronze medal winning equestrian team under a headline relating to the British gold medal winning equestrian team (easy mistake to make, sure don’t Britain wear orange too?) they have now gone and claimed Katie Taylor is British.

http://admin.newstalk.ie/wp-content/files/2012/08/brit.png


Ehhh no...

She hails from Bray, not Britain.

Them across the water can keep their hands off.

They have received plenty of medals so far in London.

Katie is our 4-time World champion, 5-time European champion and soon to be Olympic champion.

cometogether

Lazy journalism

Hardonraging

How's she gonna box with that flag sticking out of her chest !!!

murpho999

I heard Ireland's Sir Chris Hoy is really angry about it.

AnonoBoy

It's quite obviously just lazy and/or stupid journalism.

MidlandsM

This happens every olyhmpics.........some dumbass journo messes up nationalities.

Adamcp898

It's just lazy work, it's the consequence of people in the sports department at papers been forced to write about sports they've never heard of or like simply because the olympics are on and noone else has a knowledge of them.

mike65

She's still Irish here

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/boxing/9459940/London-2012-Olympics-pioneering-pugilists-win-hearts-and-minds-in-boxing-ring-after-long-struggle-for-acceptance.html

but not here! (scroll down to the list at the bottom)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/boxing/

however when you click the link she's definitely Irish again

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/international-athletes/9427389/Katie-Taylor.html

alastair

AnonoBoy wrote: »

It's quite obviously just lazy and/or stupid journalism.

On the other hand - it's a one-time opportunity to sneakily offload Bray to the UK. Win!

Duggy747

What's next, they'll say she's from Dublington?

Washington Irving

I, for one, couldn't give a fcuk

Boombastic

Maybe they meant West Brit?


/gets coat

Hande hoche!

It happens from time to time.

RikkFlair

The British can claim Jedward instead.

OldGoat

Katie Taylor has joined the ranks of Andy Murray and Gareth Bale.

She is winning, so apparently she is British.

Hehehe. Did the nasty British steal the Scotsman and the Welshman too?

LordSutch

Its beginning to look like the mistake was made because her dad is British, or maybe it was just ignorance or mischief by the Telegraph?

GSF

Its a mistake, not so deep plot. Papers are put together to such tight deadlines it is inevitable. Try writing 30,000 words each & every day.

Both the Daily Mirror and the Express both printed pictures of the Dutch show jumping team instead of the GB team today by mistake.

BigFatGiant

I suppose we did take Conlon from them!

/Hides behind couch.

nbar12

Down with this sort of thing

Anyone

GSF wrote: »

Both the Daily Mirror and the Express both printed pictures of the Dutch show jumping team instead of the GB team today by mistake.

Well thats an easier mistake to make tbh, I mean all those horses look the same.

Washington Irving

OldGoat wrote: »

Hehehe. Did the nasty British steal the Scotsman and the Welshman too?

I hope that's sarcasm

godtabh

Saul-Goode9 wrote: »

I, for one, couldn't give a fcuk

You are a national hero, oh wait

OldGoat

Saul-Goode9 wrote: »

I hope that's sarcasm

Irony. The article claiming the British took the Irishwoman in the same way they took a Scotsman and a Welshman.
Unless I've mistaken being Scots or Welsh IS being British hence the article fingerpointing the mixing up of geopolitical national bounderies opens up with a blunder by implying that the Welsh and the Scots are not British.

Funglegunk

Wouldn't catch the Guardian at that sort of thing.

Hannibal

LordSutch wrote: »

Its beginning to look like the mistake was made because her dad is British, or maybe it was just ignorance or mischief by the Telegraph?

Her dad boxed for Ireland and won the Irish amateur light heavyweight title in 1986.

Roadend

Dotsey wrote: »

Her dad boxed for Ireland and won the Irish amateur light heavyweight title in 1986.

Was easier to get on the team and win the irish title......

mikemac1

The Brits just love Bray

They tempted over Ed Joyce too

Basq

Anyone wrote: »

Well thats an easier mistake to make tbh, I mean all those horses look the same.

You sir, are a racist..

Colmustard

The Brits claim Katie Taylor, so fukcen what, honestly who gives a siht. Besides right now they are not short of Olympic heroes. So OP just go to sleep and don't lie awake all night fretting about this.

GSF

mikemac1 wrote: »

The Brits just love Bray

Bray in Berkshire is just round the corner from Eton Dorney where the rowing and canoeing is being held

WindSock

Why do people get so friggin wound up about this stuff.

Colmustard

mikemac1 wrote: »

The Brits just love Bray

They tempted over Ed Joyce too

Bray:rolleyes: Bray???

I am sure you mean Queenstown.

steddyeddy

I think Samual L jackson summed up the British attitude to claiming other people's achievments as their own:

Anyway in answer to your question, similar comments were indeed made on the TV Special ‘SWAT – The Movie’. In the programme Colin is considered a very successful ‘fish out of water’ in LA and the line of questioning was exploring how the Americans view him. Kate was ‘claiming’ Colin as our own in an ‘inclusive’ It went like this.
KATE THORNTON: Now lets talk about Colin because in the UK he’s become the man of the moment.
SAMUEL L.JACKSON: Really? Only in the UK?
KT: Well everywhere but we kind of claim him as our own because he’s from Ireland.
SLJ: You can’t claim him because he’s from Ireland.
KT: Well we do because it’s close by. (laughter)
SLJ: Ok. That’s the source of all the conflict over there. You people always claiming the Irish as yours. We got a little problem just like that here called slavery but that’s ok we don’t need to talk about that so lets go. (more laughter)
KT: Well Colin is a very well paid slave.
SLJ: Ok good.
KT: As are you.
SLJ: Yeah all right.
KT: What did you know about him before you came to work with him on this project?
SLJ: I knew he was a hot, young, Irish actor who was good looking and I talked to a couple of people about him. I talked to Bruce about him and I talked to some script supervisors that had worked with him on a couple of things and they all loved him.
KT: So you checked him out?
SLJ: Yeah.

ejmaztec

mikemac1 wrote: »

The Brits just love Bray

You mean Great Braytown? No wonder the journos slipped up.

Dravokivich

WindSock wrote: »

Why do people get so friggin wound up about this stuff.

There was quite an animated discussion last night over a few sign posts.

wicklowbiker

steddyeddy wrote: »

I think Samual L jackson summed up the British attitude to claiming other people's achievments as their own:

Beat me to it

Jester252

Can we claim Bolt?

Guy:Incognito

Jester252 wrote: »

Can we claim Bolt?

The one on your garden gate? Yeah, knock yourself out.

GastroBoy

Sure we claim British people as our own all the time even if they only have a whiff of Irish about them,

Dermot O' Leary,
The Beatles,
The Gallagher brothers
& countless UK football players

etc...........

fishy fishy

steddyeddy wrote: »

I think Samual L jackson summed up the British attitude to claiming other people's achievments as their own:

that was an excellent post - show that interview up as being slightly ignorant.

fakearms123

Brits claim? Let's not generalise, one person claims.

Anyone

Basq wrote: »

You sir, are a racist..

It will be a cold day in hell as well before I ever recognise dressage as a sport!!

wicklowbiker

GastroBoy wrote: »

Sure we claim British people as our own all the time even if they only have a whiff of Irish about them,

Dermot O' Leary,
The Beatles,
The Gallagher brothers
& countless UK football players

etc...........

" We " ....... speak for yourself.

FatherLen

what i don't understand is the the title of this thread. the british people, team gb or the british parliament have not claimed katie as being british. some rag did. that is all.

GastroBoy

wicklowbiker wrote: »

" We " ....... speak for yourself.

pointless comment there, well done

4zn76tysfajdxp

steddyeddy wrote: »

I think Samual L jackson summed up the British attitude to claiming other people's achievments as their own:

I've seen multiple varients of that Samuel L. Jackson/Kate Thornton interview pop up over the years yet I've never met anyone who's seen it and it's not up on Youtube. How odd.

The_B_Man

GastroBoy wrote: »

Sure we claim British people as our own all the time even if they only have a whiff of Irish about them,

Dermot O' Leary,
The Beatles,
The Gallagher brothers
& countless UK football players

etc...........

When have we ever claimed the Beatles or oasis?
FYI, dermot said live on big brother a few years ago that he's Irish, not English.

Fishooks12

GastroBoy wrote: »

Sure we claim British people as our own all the time even if they only have a whiff of Irish about them,

Dermot O' Leary,
The Beatles,
The Gallagher brothers
& countless UK football players

etc...........

Thankfully I've never heard any Irish person trying to claim either of those clowns, same with O Leary

Never heard anyone try and claim the Beatles though, who are the definition of Liverpudlians

steddyeddy

Jacob Noisy Neck wrote: »

I've seen multiple varients of that Samuel L. Jackson/Kate Thornton interview pop up over the years yet I've never met anyone who's seen it and it's not up on Youtube. How odd.

Here Samual talking about it on the late late show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm0GecqUr_o

murpho999

GastroBoy wrote: »

Sure we claim British people as our own all the time even if they only have a whiff of Irish about them,

Dermot O' Leary,
The Beatles,
The Gallagher brothers
& countless UK football players

etc...........

What are you on about?

Never heard of The Beatles being deemed Irish.

O'Leary is actually Irish.

The Gallaghers are British but of Irish background.

As for the footballers, they are not countless and they claim to be Irish not the other way around.

GastroBoy

The_B_Man wrote: »

When have we ever claimed the Beatles or oasis?
FYI, dermot said live on big brother a few years ago that he's Irish, not English.

wouldent know, never watched big brother.

And any media here in Ireland, TV or published word has referred to the above mentioned as Irish.
Any one of those people, in an interview in Ireland always gets the "tell us how Irish you are so we can love you more" question!!