I thought we were friends

GhostyMcGhost

buckwheat wrote: »

I'm not your buddy, pal :cool:

Your only allowed bring 200 smokes back from Belfast

indioblack

pickarooney wrote: »

We used to be friends a long time ago but, to be honest I haven't thought of you lately at all.

"Gone, gone - and never called me mother".

ToddyDoody

I think France will provide them with more difficulties than we will.

OldMrBrennan83

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Del.Monte

Widdershins wrote: »

My experience is slightly different. I found some of the upper classes very snide about Ireland, and they do view it as inferior in every way. I had an argument with one idiot who thinks of Ireland as barren and windswept. She insisted the soil is practically sterile. She 'kindly' conceded that the Irish may celebrate/acknowledge the 100 year anniversary of the Rising, last year, but decreed that it was not on to mark the occasion on other years. Divorced from reality, like many snobs. She was pro-Brexit.

I can't that class comes into your example - more a case of an ill educated gob****e and there's plenty of those at all levels of British and Irish society.

dd972

Spare a thought for the second generation Irish, coming here to visit their folks and being called,..ugh, Eng-lish, it must be like a cheese grater on their ears, it would irritate the f**k out of me.

Tylerdurex

Patww79 wrote: »

Nothing has changed for me anyway. I still don't really like them.

I bet you thought you'd get a load of thanks for that comment

OldMrBrennan83

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Tom Mann Centuria

Patww79 wrote: »

I just don't really like them.

So you like us a bit? Just not REALLY like us?

OldMrBrennan83

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Tom Mann Centuria

Patww79 wrote: »

In very small doses and not when you're on home turf.

So you're saying there's a chance?

OldMrBrennan83

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Tom Mann Centuria

Patww79 wrote: »

I doubt anyone really cares. I just replied again because of Mr smarthole above making his little funny.

I wouldn't take it as a huge issue though.

Ah yeah, I don't care really.

Well, maybe a bit :pac:

smurgen

storker wrote: »

They're not taught about it in school. Actually I'm not sure what they're taught in school. When I worked in the UK I had a better knowledge of UK geography and history than most of my colleagues.

Here's the thing.if you don't know much about something you're meant to keep your mouth shut.english people claiming ignorance is a bit much seems as they're still quiet loud when voicing an opinion on Ireland.

topper75

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

English peoples knowledge of Ireland is slim to none.

Correct and I've always found that expectation that it be otherwise a bit much.

I mean the Paddy on the street doesn't know who the Tolpuddle martyrs were or where Dorset is on a map. Nor should they for that matter.

I don't worry about egomaniac politicos or ****stirring journo opinions. I only care about the relationships between the average citizens. Right now, things between Ireland and UK are very good indeed.

smurgen

topper75 wrote: »

Correct and I've always found that expectation that it be otherwise a bit much.

I mean the Paddy on the street doesn't know who the Tolpuddle martyrs were or where Dorset is on a map. Nor should they for that matter.

I don't worry about egomaniac politicos or ****stirring journo opinions. I only care about the relationships between the average citizens. Right now, things between Ireland and UK are very good indeed.

Dorset is a county of less than a million people.far less significant that the U.K's only land border.

lightspeed

Pat Mustard wrote: »

In the UK, the voters know best. They kick the politicians in the arse and the politicians scramble to do their bidding. Boris Johnson is trying to carry out the will of the British people, knowing that a kick in the arse awaits him if he does not deliver.

The people who write for The Sun are angry because Simon and Leo do not want to give Boris and Teresa what The Sun wants:
So we have a stalemate with both sides agreeing that they had very constructive meetings, with nothing very constructive having been done.

Welcome to Borisland.

Boris Johnston was not and is not a politician. He has always been a politician by title but everyone always knew him to be nothing but a mascot to cheer people up and distract them from politics.

When Brexit occured, he was thrown into the political life and exposed as a fraud. He shat himself at the thought of going for the PM job.

Galwayguy35

I don't think Arlene Foster wants to be our friend anymore

OldMrBrennan83

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Del.Monte

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Any link to back up this statement or is it just bs?

OldMrBrennan83

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Del.Monte

Patww79 wrote: »

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So it's just fantasy, and there was me thinking that Republicans wanted to embrace their Unionist brothers or is it to smother the life out of them?

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indioblack

topper75 wrote: »

Correct and I've always found that expectation that it be otherwise a bit much.

I mean the Paddy on the street doesn't know who the Tolpuddle martyrs were or where Dorset is on a map. Nor should they for that matter.

I don't worry about egomaniac politicos or ****stirring journo opinions. I only care about the relationships between the average citizens. Right now, things between Ireland and UK are very good indeed.

The original name was Tolpiddle - it was changed for some reason.