[quote Landarmygirls]**@DamnUserName21* As for the UK seeing Ireland as a 'clueless stupid idiot' it's a real shame some Irish feel we think that way. I'd argue it's the Commission that feels that way rather than the UK govt but hey ho.*
Maybe you should read the below all of which appeared on this thread alone
the Irish can lie through their teeth that they're happy and it was just a mistake, but no-one believes them. Just bit sad and makes them look foolish.
My Mum is in Ireland and I would very much like her to be vaccinated ASAP. Perhaps if your government could have procured its own vaccine it would have been a lot quicker. You had the highest rate in world a week or so ago (although much lower pop density than here so easier to get under control).
Just because you can't stand up to them, doesn't mean you're not being treated like shit though. You are nothing to them.
I'm not saying you would be better off without them. But you can allow yourself a moment of anger or even irritation at the people who are were prepared to fuck you over without a second thought the day before yesterday.
You don't need to blindly defend everything they do.
I was quite shocked but the Irish really do seem to be very pro EU and careful not to criticise them.
Yeah, but like the abused partner stood there with a black eye saying they walked into the door, no-one really believes them - blank behind the eyes.
I saw that and agree they really want to believe it, but you can almost see them flinch that they might say the wrong thing and don't want to be punished.
It is also the case that Ireland wanted to bring in Astra Zenaca vaccines to have them ready to roll out as soon as they were, approved but Brussels denied permission and said no. Increasingly Ireland is looking like the lackey of Brussels
Ireland is cravenly pro-EU to the point where they are now trying to gloss over the international humiliation of not being consulted by the EU before it reneged on the NI protocol.
Why did the Irish Times devote an editorial this week to attacking Boris Johnson? Why the obsession with the British? Why not hold your own government to account? It's baffling.
Yes "gloss over" is the wording I couldn't find! He almost looked uncomfortable when it was pointed out numerous times that A16 was a horrid move and threatened them.
The reply was simply "but they didn't" Felt very much like someone trying to argue it didn't matter that they held a gun at your head - because they didn't actually shoot and therefore your weren't harmed.[/quote]
@Landarmygirls,
It's a POV. I'd take it with a pinch of salt. Mumsnet really isn't representative of real life.