"Why isn't he called Murphy like the rest of them?"

[GrouchoMrx]

AIBU to think that Boris Johnson is not fit to be Prime Minister?

Boris Johnson questioned why the Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar isn't "called Murphy like all the rest of them?"

www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-angela-merkel-stasi-leo-varadkar-murphy-comments-brexit-2019-7?r=US&IR=T

No doubt Johnson will have common ground with Trump and will offer the NHS on a plate as part of a trade deal.

@PhilipJennings - But I can't believe the Simon Coveney fan club hasn't arrived on the thread.

Ooh yes. He's not as obvious as the Murphys but still yum.

@PhilipJennings - "But Leo's not from Cork...?"

• @GrouchoMrx

I wouldnt understand a word out of him mouth.But who cares.

Leo from Cork..are ye mad.
Think i will organise a tour to Dail Eireann.
Ye can get to meet them all.
Cheap booze in the bar free entry and a cheap ryanair flight to Dublin.

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Bertie? @dustarr73 Pushing the boundaries there 😂

Oh yes, Simon Coveney.....brains and beauty

In the interests of good international relations, does anyone have recommendations of googleable non-Irish politicians?

Simon Coveney's intelligence is what makes him attractive and is in direct proportion to Jackie Healy-Rae.

@JaneJeffer not only is he intelligent but he is also a genuinely lovely man. He came along as guest speaker to an event I organised when I was a student and gave a talk and his time on a Saturday evening to benefit the uni and a group of high school students, and not only that but he offered to buy me a drink afterward in the student bar (although I had sponsorship tokens for that so it went the other way). He was very courteous and I like seeing him do well. Although it is of course much easier to like politicians when you don't have to live with them (I live in London now).

I remember his father was well liked and well thought-of too, and there was a lot of genuine sorrow when he died.

Yes, Philip- I met him once through an organisation thing. Impeccable manners.
I'm old enough to remember his father as being the same.

@Isthisafreename How about Pedro Sanchez?

@GibbonLover - how have I never noticed him? I need to pay more attention to non- English speaking politics.

This thread has made me reminisce about the day of Storm Ophelia; eating a full sliced pan whilst watching Eoghan Murphy on the telly in his high-vis giving out to the eejits who thought it was a lovely day for a seaside stroll.

I used to think that Justin Trudeau was quite nice (until Canada went a bit bonkers on the gender identity thing)

why are these papers quoting him, we Know what he is like, We have no choice, it isnt up to us.
the only thing up to us is when they go to a general election.

Loving this thread, and reminded of the frankly bizarre story of Bertie Ahern catfishing some young one last year

twitter.com/hai_its_sarah/status/1088561047156465665?s=21

Also here’s a picture of Willie O’Dea, just because. Thank me later.

OMG Bertie!

I love the way this thread has totally diverted from Johnson's ridiculous remark and into a discussion of the attractions of (ahem) Willie O'Dea!!!!!!

Bertie you old dog 😂😂

@EleanorReally - why are these papers quoting him, we Know what he is like, We have no choice, it isnt up to us.

I think it's important that this sort of stuff is reported so that the people who vote for him can see what he's like.

As you can see on this thread, the Irish people here are insulted because we have no respect for him to start with. He's a fecking eejit and we certainly don't hold him against normal British people. However, I would very much judge anyone who votes for him or similar.

He really is a disgusting individual. I hope he has a torrid time of it as PM and it shatters all his lifelong dreams.

I've always encountered 'bog trotter' as an insult for irish catholics from a unionist POV. Google says it can mean few things, so maybe people use it differently, but in this context its a word with bad connotations and a bad option (i.e the sort of thing johnson regularly does).

As for that scrotum, his last political job and latest joke of a relationship has shown us all we need to know.

@Patroclus - so similar to the urban/rural version in the rest of Ireland, just with a bit of religious bigotry thrown in.

A detailed analysis of Johnson's polices here - waterfordwhispersnews.com/2019/07/17/we-went-to-analyse-johnsons-policies-but-we-realised-he-didnt-have-any-so-we-took-the-day-off-got-ice-cream-everything/