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2019-09-05 Britain

Miriam Lord: How Mike Pence shat on the new carpet in Ireland's spare room

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[Irish Times] Pence, after all, is Irish American and wastes no opportunity to go misty-eyed about his love for the "Old Country" as he lards on his Mother Machree schtick on both sides of the Atlantic. He couldn’t praise Ireland enough on Tuesday ‐ "deeply humbled" and "honoured" to be going to the hometown of his mother’s grandmother and so on.

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But, after he said all these nice things about the "Emerald Isle" and how much his boss Donald Trump ‐ he sent his best wishes, by the way ‐ appreciates us and all we do to help American security in Shannon, he delivered a very strong endorsement of Boris Johnson and Brexit.

No room left for doubt. As Pence read from the autocue and Irish eyes definitely stopped smiling, it was clear he was channeling His Master’s Voice. Trump is a fan of Brexit and of Boris.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-09-05 07:18|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Miriam Lord might have reacted favorably had Pence and his wife announced their conversion to Islam. Failing that, it's bitc* on as usual.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-09-05 07:34|| 2019-09-05 07:34|| Front Page Top

#2 The Irish really are lucky. They have England to serve as the scapegoat for all their troubles.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-09-05 11:20|| 2019-09-05 11:20|| Front Page Top

#3 I suspect that if the UK leaves the EU and Ireland stays that the Irish economy will take a substantial hit given the enormous trade back and forth with the UK.

Probably the Irish believe this also.

Of course, we don't really know how this will all play out.

Posted by lord garth 2019-09-05 12:56|| 2019-09-05 12:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe Trump should look into buying Ireland.

Posted by ruprecht 2019-09-05 15:16|| 2019-09-05 15:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe Trump should look into buying Ireland.

Being mostly Irish myself, I would recommend against this idea.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-09-05 16:05|| 2019-09-05 16:05|| Front Page Top

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