Now @thesundaytimes apes @thesun by treating English and Irish audiences to totally different opinions about Boris Johnson. Good on you Boris, says UK (and Scots) ST. Bad boy Boris, says the Ireland ST. For an apparently serious newspaper, this forked tongue stuff is lamentable pic.twitter.com/vDw1pNtRTC
— Roy Greenslade (@GreensladeR) July 28, 2019
Um.
Earlier: Priti Vacant
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I disagree with that. The front page story of the Irish edition of the Sunday Times yesterday was supposedly co-written by the London political editor Tim Shipman and the well-regarded Irish political journalist, Justine McCarthy. But as far as I could tell, the entire piece was written with a London agenda and at times it was confusing which “Cabinet” they were talking about (it was probably the British one). If the Irish edition was truly Irish, why wasn’t it just written by Justine or why didn’t Justine’s name come first in the credits?
So, instead of Rupert Murdoch riding two horses on Brexit/British-Irish relations, I think the Sunday Times in Ireland is dominated by the British viewpoint. That’s a worry because the Sunday Times has probably overtaken the Sindo as the most influential Sunday platform. But it explains why Rupert can walk in and out of Downing Street as he pleases, despite his reputation and all the hacking.
Murdoch has been pushing the anti EU line for over twenty years now so no surprise he would be pro Boris- but that wouldn’t wash with the Irish readership.
I posted this earlier- this is what no deal really means- and it is not pretty. Direct rule in the north alone will cause mayhem.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/preparing-brexit-no-deal-final.pdf
…there is effectively direct rule in the 6 counties and it is about to deliver the equality and pro-choice legislation that exists in GB…
And your much beloved United Ireland you hope. But tell me- how many lives will be lost before then eh? Do you even care?
Probably not.
Sure it’s all just a bit of craic on the internet.
Greenslade is a sanctimonious, hypocrtical fool who was happy to take the Maxwell coin even while the meglomaniac was emptying the Mirror pension funds.
As editor he even agreed to rig a competition for readers so that it was unwinnable.
British newspapers have had different front pages and different opinions in their Irish editions for as long as they’ve been selling in Ireland.Likewise in Scotland.
I’ve started seeing little fluffly kittens whenever I see your comments instead of the absolute diarrhea you seem to post.
A strange and wonderful circumstance, considering how much I like kittens.
+1
Diarrhoea is what I see though
The kind suck calves get
Scour
The late Frill was a dab hand with the use of Scoury
In fairness
It’s called scutter down our way. But we’re fierce common.
Ah no
Scutter does the job just as well
I’d never discriminate anyway
“Greenslade is a sanctimonious, hypocrtical fool”
Oh the irony of Charger saying this about someone else, spelled incorrectly to boot. Ah, bliss.
oh dear. doesn’t he believe that grammar is a direct indication of intelligence?
Yesterday he did, but hypocrisy makes him believe something else today.
He’d call it solipsism.. if only he knew..
The Sunday TImes Irish edition yesterday also had a short piece on Cassia Johnson, Boris’s daughter, being a student at TCD. The English edition wouldn’t have printed that.
Yes, those cunning rascals at The Sunday Times pulling the wool over all those Irish people who’ve never heard of that new-fangled interweb thing.
Thank goodness we have pigeons to bring us our information.
Miaow!!!!
His favourite cheese is Wensleydale.
Is that the same Roy Greenslade who used to pen propaganda for the Provies ?
oh look is another of charger’s socks
Nah. I’m not allowed to post directly so there’s a gap between me posting and it appearing.
You’re on the naughty step!!
The very same Greenslade.
Wrote for An Phoblacht under a psudonym.
Owns a holiday home in County Donegal and mates with Pat Doherty, former member of the IRA Army Council.
Loathed in Fleet Street. Even The Guardian canned his nonsense.
So he teaches journalism instead.