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'All sides made mistakes in handling Brexit' - Varadkar [Ireland PM]
RTÉ News ^ | Tuesday, 3 Jan 2023 15:20

Posted on 01/03/2023 12:38:01 PM PST by Olog-hai

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said mistakes were made on all sides in the handling of Brexit, but vowed to be “flexible and reasonable” when attempting to solve issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol.

He conceded that the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol is “too strict” and said he understands unionist concerns that the treaty has made them feel less British.

Mr. Varadkar, who became Taoiseach for a second time in December, has become deeply unpopular within some sections of unionism and loyalism who claim he was an instrumental figure in the creation of the contentious protocol. His name and image have recently appeared in threatening graffiti and posters in loyalist areas of Northern Ireland. Despite this, he has insisted he is looking forward to traveling to the north early this year. […]

The EU and the UK are involved in negotiations to reduce the impact of the protocol. It remains to be seen if any deal struck by London and Brussels will be enough to convince the DUP to lift its block on power-sharing. …

(Excerpt) Read more at rte.ie ...


TOPICS: Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: brexit; europeanunion; eussr; fartyshadesofgreen; fourthreich; homosexualagenda; ireland; leovaradkar; northernireland; taoiseach; uk; unitedkingdom; varadkar

1 posted on 01/03/2023 12:38:01 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

TRANSLATION: “We &#$# up, but we are going to pretend it was you.”


2 posted on 01/03/2023 12:44:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████.)
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To: Olog-hai

We elected Trump.

The UK Brexited.

Now both countries are ruled by their respective Deep States.

And we’re being made to pay...and pay...and pay.


3 posted on 01/03/2023 12:49:00 PM PST by mewzilla (We wwonder what percentage ofill never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Olog-hai

By design…. Nothing is by coincidence nothing. If we’ve learned anything these past few years, nothing is coincidental. It’s always fixed that way by the powerful globalist resetters!


4 posted on 01/03/2023 12:51:16 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: mewzilla

Disjointed narrative with missing conclusion.

And JFTR, the EU is the UK’s deep state, as it is in the USA to a large degree.


5 posted on 01/03/2023 12:58:28 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

So much for Brexit...

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1719199/brexit-news-northern-ireland-protocol-cleverly-sefcovic-ben-habib#conversation-wrapper

Note to the UK: When will you lot realize that you are in the same damn mess we are for the same damn reason.

Our Deep States.


6 posted on 01/10/2023 8:51:03 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: mewzilla

Our deep state is intertwined with the EU, and both are intertwined with Red China as they were with the old USSR.


7 posted on 01/10/2023 9:02:11 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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