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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Someone was always going to say that.
But the Irish generally still carry (to varying degree) the chip on their shoulder of the days when the country was getting a raw deal from the British. Varadkar epitomises the boot being on the other foot.
I have no hesitation in calling him the Enemy. Same goes for that duplictous and perfidious Macron.
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I have to ask, don't you have a chip on your shoulder due to the way you perceive the way the EU are treating the UK?
Is yours somehow more justified than the 'Irish' ??
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The key is in the behaviour. They are hardly friendly towards us. They are angry, not least because they no longer have our financial contribution.
However, they brought it about themselves when they sent Cameron back with his tail between his legs after he put a pretty tame list of feeble demands to them. They overplayed their hand, and now they are paying the price.
If they haven’t learned their lesson they will do the same with Northern Ireland.
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Being 'hardly friendly' does not inherently them the 'enemy'
As Hugh says, standard economic negotiation tactics