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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
The prime minister was in Dublin for his first meeting with Irish PM Leo Varadkar since he entered Number 10 and after Boris spoke publicly to the press, Leo responded by saying "We'll be the Athena to your Hercules" -- this is the most Irish way to insult someone: savagely, to their face, without them even realizing it.
(Athena saved Hercules by knocking him out and restoring order after he killed his family).
Leo should be very careful about the way he uses such rhetoric in public because any reciprocol use of similar terminology could be quite embarrassing to him and I've little doubt Boris would hesitate should the opportunity arise.
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I detect a bit of pique, there, Jim.
The Irish
are allowed to have their own national interests. Note also that the new EU Commisioner for Trade is an Irishman.
What we're probably seeing is Varadker and co taking the opportunity to push for Irish re-unification (the costs of which would put Ireland back into net-receiver status rather than their current modest net-contributer one) as well as strengthening their position within the EU.
Aaaannnnd, lets be honest, how many English people
really want to hold onto Northern Ireland? How many give a fig about Scotland or Wales these days either?
Mike.