British MP: “What are Irish people’s view of Ireland “rejoining the UK”?
Bertie Ahern: “I’ll just be kind and say ‘not very well’”
Brexit select committee
— lisa o’carroll (@lisaocarroll) February 13, 2019
It is “constitutionally incorrect” to say that parts of Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom currently have no divergence, former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern told a Brexit select committee today. https://t.co/HTDDqDSb0z
— the Irish World (@theirishworld) February 13, 2019
This morning.
House of Commons
Belfast and Finchley “cannot be seen” as identical places constitutionally, the Exiting the European Union Committee heard today from Mr Ahern, a co-architect of the Good Friday Agreement.
“The argument that [parts of] Northern Ireland are precisely the same as Finchley is incorrect, it’s constitutionally incorrect as per the Good Friday Agreement and I think people need to understand that,” he said.
Former Taoiseach says Belfast and Finchley ‘not the same’ (Irish World)
Meanwhile…
In fairness to Sammy Wilson if I had to sit and listen to Bertie Ahern I too would have a face like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle. pic.twitter.com/JtVzMKqqvd
— Jim Daly (@psneeze) February 13, 2019
British MP: “What are Irish people’s view of Ireland “rejoining the UK”?
Bertie Ahern: “I’ll just be kind and say ‘not very well’”
Sock it to them Bertie, describe a noun with an adverb!
Our view is, indeed, not very well. It’s positively poorly.
His oratory skills are superb.
While I dislike him on a personal level (gives me the creeps) it’s good they can get to hear this from the horses mouth. The lucky horse that came in at 7/1.!!
Was he getting a ‘dig out’ up there. Weasel.
Never thought I’d see the day when Sammy Wilson takes his orders/colludes with a papist….
Meanwhile in the Daily Banana Republic Gazette ..
Former political filthbag Bertie Ahern who was named by the Mahon Tribunal found that he did not “truthfully account for” payments of £165,000 made to accounts connected to him.
Irish people expected to listen to this incompetent liar. Part of the great rehabilitation of the disgraced former Taoiseach
The thick Irish Paddy voter laps it all up because, well they are a thick Irish Paddy.
How much more stupid can the Irish electorate go? Seems we haven’t hit rock bottom yet.
Ireland, the laughing stock of the world
No, this is a British committee who invited Bertie.
Ron’s a loose cannon, he can’t be bothered with details like which country is which.
It’s like a wrong channel on the radio which keeps drifting in and out.
who cares who invited him.. why is this liar even being reported on in Irish media. all you thick Irish Paddys salivating over Bertie Ahern. Have ye all no self respect?
He should be ashamed of himself for what he did.. instead he is paraded around as some authority on matters that should be listened to and all you clowns entertain it
You have a lovely turn of phrase, Ron.
thank you
The post is based on an article from a UK-based newspaper about the goings-on in a committee which is also in the UK.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I agree with you Ron, for what it’s worth.
Ron. I like the term “filthbag” as it accurately describes dirtbird Ahern.
True but he’s invited on to discussion panels here in Ireland all the time. Both Newstalk and RTE have him on regularly.
Take your bovril Ron and go and sit by the sunny window, Mildred will be over shortly with a biscuit and you can reminisce about a world war you weren’t even remotely involved in…
I’m sure that sounded more funny and clever in your head… it’s like you have a full 6 pack but your missing the plastic bit that holds them all together.
Try harder next time clown
I didn’t make biscuits. Lemon buns today.
IF you’re nice, I’ll share.
I’d love a lemon bun and I haven’t acted at all like Ron. That crazy, maverick, shootin from the hip and, waiiiit a minute….he’s that Terry McMahon chap!!!
You do you, Ron/Terry, it’s our little secret.
Are they iced finger buns? They’re my favourite, though I’ve never made them as I have never used yeast. Which is surprising as I’m full of it DOWN THERE.
Heh. Joking. God, I’m disgusting.
My brother did a study trip to a hospital in Texas and was told a yeast story that would literally stop your heart.
Ah, come on. You can’t leave us hanging…
Did it involve being able to remove it by the spoonful? I’ve heard of that.
*gag*
Worse.
LICK IT?!?
Oh, hang on. It was a hospital. GO ON!!!
No one is getting lemon buns now. I can’t unread this.
Final line in the story was
” You cant do that, my husband loves the taste”
Lemon buns? I’d only love a couple of lemon buns with a big mug of tea…
Meanwhile in the Daily Banana Republic Gazette..
Restoration work on Leinster House is going to cost more than the estimated €15m, but the responsible minister does not yet have a final figure.
The State paid €15.8m in rent and service costs for the new headquarters for the Department of Health from December 2016, but the building remained unoccupied up to April 2018, according to the latest report of the State’s financial watchdog.
Nice one Harris you incompetent a***ole
Wrong thread dear.
They say it happens to everyone at some stage or other!
Always wondered why Bertie hasn’t been more vocal in defending the GFA amid this Brexitshambles, given that he was a co-architect of it. Then again, maybe that’s a good thing when you read his eloquent contributions at the Magill Summer School, 2018;
‘Drawing laughter from the crowd, the former Fianna Fáil leader also said: “As good Irish people we’re always there to help and support the British in their hour of need.’
Ahern said it’s unlikely that the UK would have a rerun of the Brexit referendum given their reaction to Ireland rerunning the Lisbon treaty referendum.
“They slagged us so much in Britain for doing that, so it’s unlikely they’ll do that,” he said.
Why hasn’t he been more vocal? Because he hasn’t been paid to be.
Belfast is a twilight zone is some respects. They all look the same, talk the same, dress the same and yet, a big invisible divide is driven by fear. It is changing, but IMO way too slowly.
Then you take it down a level by walking into a pub in the city centre and the craic is good, trad music maybe, and you discover it is a pub ran by people who identify as British. Nothing wrong with that but a bit WTF?
Down another level and you see that people build their own communities based on professions or interests. Social workers all know each other, young hungry business , LGBT+, and so on. But it has its problems which emerge coming up to the 12th where some have the time and money to display the right wing nationalism of flags, especially in the south of the city.
Finchley has high % of Jewish people and they were never a problem in Belfast, even during the worst excess. So yes, Bertie is stating the obvious. If Belfast was like Finchley, London, there would not have been a problem in the first place.