HouseBuyer wrote:
catbear wrote:
Priti Patel says the threat of starvation in Ireland should be used as leverage to go back to Brussels.
Do millions have to starve in Britain for them to finally understand how millions starved in Ireland under direct London rule?
Even for a Tory politician, I didn't think a statement could be possibly true. I had to Google it to make sure.
In the real world though,
Ireland is the 2nd most food secure country in the world.
I too didn't believe that was the substance of it, but here it is - I looked for for a source that I though wouldn't be a mouthpiece for some view or other, initially picking
https://truckerworld.uk/2018/12/priti-p ... -backstop/, but settling on MSN (somebody has to read it sometime):
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/p ... ar-BBQDd8zQuote:
“This paper appears to show the government were well aware Ireland will face significant issues in a no-deal scenario,” Priti Patel, who was International Development Secretary until last year, told the Times.
“Why hasn’t this point been pressed home during the negotiations? There is still time to go back to Brussels and get a better deal.”