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[WiseOwl182 10]

2 minutes ago, Top Cats Hat said:

Have you never heard of the Channel Tunnel?

 

It's been around for a couple of decades now. 😉

A transportation method has no relation to a national sense of identity. And 20 years (nearer 30 now) is a blink of an eye in the scheme of things.

 

And didn't Ireland vote against the Lisbon Treaty before getting asked again to give the "right" answer?

Edited February 11, 2019 by WiseOwl182

[Penistone999 10]

4 minutes ago, Top Cats Hat said:

Have you never heard of the Channel Tunnel?

 

It's been around for a couple of decades now. 😉

If i had my way id brick it up at our end 

[Mister Gee 813]

Just now, Penistone999 said:

If i had my way id brick it up at our end 

That's because you're daft.

[I1L2T3 10]

7 minutes ago, Penistone999 said:

If i had my way id brick it up at our end 

Shall we shut down the ports as well?

[L00b 441]

19 minutes ago, WiseOwl182 said:

And didn't Ireland vote against the Lisbon Treaty before getting asked again to give the "right" answer?

That old rubbish again? Really?!?  

 

Are you Leavers incapable of learning anything?

Edited February 11, 2019 by L00b

[Mister Gee 813]

8 hours ago, I1L2T3 said:

Shall we shut down the ports as well?

It seems that's what  Kim Jong Penistone wants.

 

Edited February 12, 2019 by Mister Gee

[WiseOwl182 10]

19 minutes ago, L00b said:

That old rubbish again? Really?!?  

 

Are you Leavers incapable of learning anything?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2008

[L00b 441]

2 minutes ago, WiseOwl182 said:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2008

And so? Did you even read your link?

 

Jump to "Second Referendum", right at the bottom:

In the meeting of the European Council (the meeting of the heads of government of all twenty-seven European Union member states) in Brussels on 11–12 December 2008, Taoiseach Brian Cowen presented the concerns of the Irish people relating to taxation policy, family, social and ethical issues, and Ireland's policy of neutrality. Effectively Ireland's position was renegotiated, and the revised package was approved by the electorate in 2009.

[WiseOwl182 10]

5 minutes ago, L00b said:

And so? Did you even read your link?

 

Jump to "Second Referendum", right at the bottom:

 

 

Ireland voted against the Lisbon Treaty. Top Cat's Hat was implying they're a nation of raging Europhiles. Hardly the reality is it?

[L00b 441]

12 minutes ago, WiseOwl182 said:

Ireland voted against the Lisbon Treaty. Top Cat's Hat was implying they're a nation of raging Europhiles. Hardly the reality is it?

 

Didn't Ireland vote against the Lisbon Treaty before getting asked again to give the "right" answer? No, they voted against the first Lisbon Treaty out of ignorance mostly (read your own link), and when their concerns were presented to -and taken on board in the draft Treaty- by the EU, they voted again on a different, slightly amended Treaty.

 

Democracy in action, right there.

 

As for being 'raging Europhiles', the EU is polling 82% approval rate with them currently. I don't know if that measure qualifies for 'raging' in your book (it very probably does), but it's 'Europhile' beyond a shadow of a doubt.

 

I happened to bump into a charming example, very recent arrival, at the townhall no later than last Saturday morning, as we were registering to vote at the upcoming EU elections. No different to all the other Irish people I've known for over 15 years now, in the Republic and beyond.

 

They know what the EU has done for them over the years, and which side their bread is buttered. They did the austerity bit after 2008, moreover under the ECB cosh, and have rocketed their way out if it since (offerring to repay the UK loan early as well, but the UK didn't accept as it wanted the full interests).

 

The UK hasn't, and you are where you are.

 

That's the reality. 

Edited February 11, 2019 by L00b

[Phanerothyme 12]

7 minutes ago, L00b said:

 

Didn't Ireland vote against the Lisbon Treaty before getting asked again to give the "right" answer? No, they voted against the first Lisbon Treaty out of ignorance mostly (read your own link), and when their concerns were presented to -and taken on board in the draft Treaty- by the EU, they voted again on a different, slightly amended Treaty.

 

Democracy in action, right there.

 

As for being 'raging Europhiles', the EU is polling 82% approval rate with them currently. I don't know if that measure qualifies for 'raging' in your book (it very probably does), but it's 'Europhile' beyond a shadow of a doubt.

 

They know what the EU has done for them over the years, and which side their bread is buttered. They did the austerity bit after 2008, moreover under the ECB cosh, and have rocketed their way out if it since (offerring to repay the UK loan early as well, but the UK didn't accept as it wanted the full interests).

 

The UK hasn't, and you are where you are.

 

That's the reality. 

Neat!

[Mister M 1,609]

30 minutes ago, WiseOwl182 said:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2008

Quoting Wikipedia. Oh dear....