Yesterday.
Glasgow, Scotland.
Via Sky News.
Former President of Ireland and chairwoman of the Elders Mary Robinson becomes emotional while criticising the kidnap of Dubai’s Princess Latifah world leaders for not being in climate ‘crisis mode’ and blaming Saudi Arabia for blocking COP26.
Previously: What’s That You Say, Mrs Robinson
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Nicely done! She has zero credibility after that fiasco.
One serious error of judgement shouldn’t define her.
We all make mistakes.
Ridiculous defence.
She is enamoured by power and wealth – like many who have gone before her and like many who are to come.
Horrible trait that destroys all the gifts she obviously possesses.
True humility and charity are gifts that truly come from Above.
She has been well and truly found out.
With Mary McAleese following in her footsteps.
Patrick Hillery, the last president of Ireland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Hillery
Patrick Hillery, the last president of Ireland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Hillery
…Above…heh x 3…who had you in mind…that saintly duo of Padre Pio or Mother Teresa perhaps?
I wasn’t defending her generally, rather letting her off the hook on the Dubai fiasco for which she apologised.
Brilliant Broadsheet!
The Free Latifa campaign was disbanded in August after her cousin met her in Iceland. It seems unlikely that she’s enjoying freedom as we know it all the same.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-58156419.amp
Cheap shot Bodger.
Dunno if anyone saw her on Ch4 news the other night
but I called it a car crash at the time – ok not a total write off, but for her t’was as she’s so controlled, and fixed into the same gear all the time
t’was almost like she thought she was at a different conference
You know like when a lead singer says – how’ye all Cardiff and he’s in Salthill
She obviously pulled herself together overnight, read her notes and did her homework
but see if ye can get in on the player
Was that the one she did live from Glasgow with Matt Frei? I thought she did okay, conceded that criticism from Greta is helpful and reiterated the conference aims. She’s never been the most compelling speaker but I thought she held her own.
Mary Mary Quite Contrary!
To some Mary Robinson may be a hero, but her silence about the Gas Pipeline & Plant in Erris is an unforgivable fatal flaw. Environmental Justice for the world but not for Mayo! If she’d shown such conviction and supported Shell to Sea years ago, the world might be a different place. But no…
Environmental Justice for the World but not for Rossport and Kilcommon. Robinson watched silently as Erris became an environmental sacrifice area.
Will Mary Robinson ever admit her betrayal of Shell to Sea? Local issues are global! Local injustice is global injustice!
Not forgetting this monument to hubris
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/diarmaid-ferriter-mary-robinson-s-legacy-in-no-need-of-a-vanity-project-1.2838667