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Only one columnist could implicitly characterise the politicians on Derry City and Strabane District Council in the following terms. due to passing a motion demanding the government’s of the Republic and the UK boycott the St. Patrick’s Day meeting at the White House.
To give them their due, far-left politicians in Ireland are at least consistent in their willingness to inflict economic damage on the country to show their disapproval of Uncle Sam.
That’s why grown-ups are generally put in charge of these things instead.
That’d be a council with 18 Sinn Féin councillors, 8 SDLP, 5 DUP, 3 UUP, 1 PBP and 5 Independent. Far-left, so.
Brexit? Apparently it is ‘our’ fault that it turned out badly for the UK.
Much of Ireland might be relaxed about the idea that the UK got too much of a battering. It hardly insults the Republic to suggest everyone underestimated Irish strength and British weakness.
Almost everyone in the UK, whatever their position on Brexit, would welcome an acknowledgment that it could have been handled better from the EU side. The Republic is more likely to be thanked than blamed if it volunteered this suggestion, ideally from a contemporary political leader. Bassett said a Jim O’Callaghan-led Fianna Fáil could change the conversation on a united Ireland.
Being posh should be a protected characteristic
If we’re going to outlaw class discrimination in the interests of fairness, no one should be exempt
How droll.
When my friends asked me why I preferred TikTok to Reels, their short-form platform of choice, I said, “My TikTok algorithm knows me better than I know myself.” With minimal “training” (watching and liking videos), I curated the perfect digital space, filled with cute animals, Broadway stars, and countless Heated Rivalry edits. It was my refuge from the horrors, my disassociation drug of choice, and, yes, everything you see on Reels was on TikTok weeks ago, so it was my way of feeling tuned into culture ahead of my friends.
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