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15-09-2019 4:14pm#1So, this picture, among others, has been used in various pieces of Brit bashing over the last while. Some deserved, some not. Dealing with Brexiteers (in particular) is really difficult for many people. Today, they and some British newspapers have been having a go at the RNLI for saving lives in other countries (passports not checked to avail of this service).
RNLI reponse:
https://twitter.com/RNLI/status/1173153355897679874
Most RNLI money is spent locally - if they have a collection in Galway, it gets used in Galway. Only 2% is spent outside Britain and Ireland, much of that donated specifically for that purpose. For those claiming to withdraw purported funding, I wonder will they accept an offer for the RNLI to save them? Or will they stand by their principles?
Let's show the Brexiteers that ordinary people are better than them. I've donated €50 to the RNLI. Join me, with whatever you can afford to give. https://rnli.org/support-us/give-money/donate
On a more personal level.
On 23 June 1985, my mum's friend went to work as an A&E ward nurse in the local hospital, what is now CUH. By the end of the day, there were more than 100 bodies in the hospital - passengers that had been on Air India Flight 182 when it was bombed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_182 While the plane crashed off the Irish coast, a large part of the rescue effort was carried out by RAF & USAF crews, it being too far for lifeboats - they didn't say 'not our responsibility'. The RNLI has been an international organisation for almost 100 years, serving Britain, Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
While people in Ireland might not say the 'Royal' bit out loud & might just refer to 'The RNLI' or 'The Lifeboats', they know of the importance of the work. I used to row. When I visit my nieces in England, I go by ferry. My sister & her family sail - their boat named for my deceased niece. It is the work that is important, not the name, location or person's identity.
Saving lives at sea is everyone's job, everywhere.12
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Brexiteers and some British newspapers have been having a go at the RNLI for saving lives in other countries.hatrickpatrick wrote: »Hang on a second, what exactly is the link between Brexit and the RNLI, and what are people getting mad about? I'm 100% not clicking a Daily Fail clickbait link and The Times is paywalled O_o
Soz. I rearranged the OP.RandomName2 wrote: »It would have been helpful for the OP to actually include it.
It spends 2% abroad, much of it from donations for that specific purpose.It seems that the RNLI does work abroad, and pro-Brxit people say that the RNLI should spend its time locally instead of abroad.
The counter argument is that it spends most of its time/money locally. That's not really a counter argument, but okay.
Well one of the projects was to keep toddlers in creches in Bangladesh, to stop them drowning.Church on Tuesday wrote: »But but... How do you know if they are actually kids?
You are confusing The Commissioners of Irish Lights https://www.irishlights.ie/ (and it's British equivalents) who do lighthouses, with the RNLI, who do lifeboats. Preventative rather than reactive work. CIL funding is topped up by the Irish Government. CIL lighthouses also benefit ships bound for elsewhere, but receive no funding from them, as only habour dues are collected. The arguments over funding seem to be more related to whinges from UK ports losing super-sized container ships to Rotterdam / Antwerp than reality.Capt'n Midnight wrote: »AFAIK most of the funding for our Lighthouses comes from the UK because they are funded by fees on shipping and that's were most of it goes.0 -
So, this picture, among others, has been used in various pieces of Brit bashing over the last while. Some deserved, some not. Now, some British newspapers have been having a go at the RNLI for doing work abroa.
Dealing with Brexiteers (in particular) is really difficult for many people. Today, they've been having a go at the RNLI for saving lives in other countries (passports not checked to avail of this service).
https://twitter.com/RNLI/status/1173153355897679874
Most RNLI money is spent locally - if they have a collection in Galway, it gets used in Galway. Only 2% is spent outside Britain and Ireland, much of that donated specifically for that purpose. For those claiming to withdraw purported funding, I wonder will they accept an offer for the RNLI to save them? Or will they stand by their principles?
Let's show the Brexiteers that ordinary people are better than them. I've donated €50 to the RNLI. Join me, with whatever you can afford to give. https://rnli.org/support-us/give-money/donate
On a more personal level.
On 23 June 1985, my mum's friend went to work as an A&E ward nurse in the local hospital, what is now CUH. By the end of the day, there were more than 100 bodies in the hospital - passengers that had been on Air India Flight 182 when it was bombed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_182 While the plane crashed off the Irish coast, a large part of the rescue effort was carried out by RAF & USAF crews, it being too far for lifeboats - they didn't say 'not our responsibility'. The RNLI has been an international organisation for almost 100 years, serving Britain, Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
While people in Ireland might not say the 'Royal' bit out loud & might just refer to 'The RNLI' or 'The Lifeboats', they know of the importance of the work. I used to row. When I visit my nieces in England, I go by ferry. My sister & her family sail - their boat named for my deceased niece. It is the work that is important, not the name, location or person's identity.
Saving lives at sea is everyone's job, everywhere.
OP , you might be a little off with your facts regarding the Air India bombing , RAF and RN aircraft supported the recovery of bodies, of the 130 or so bodies recovered ,40 were recovered by the Irish navy, the rest by trawlers and merchant navy craft.USAF were not involved.
Its generally recognised that the Irish navy led the recovery operation with a number of naval personnel repeatedly entering shark infested waters to recover bodies.0 -
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