RTE is an awful state ran organisation that never holds our own political parties especially Fianna Fail & Fine Gael to account. Whereas a party like Sinn Fein are constantly questioned like this FF & FG are mostly thrown soft ball questions and interviews. Fair play to the interviewer here though.
"Never interrupt the enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte - this is why Sinn Fein is remaining passive, smiling at the notion of the DUP doing their work to reunite Ireland for them.
So if Edwin Poots says that what the UK negotiated doesn't apply to NI, that must mean that NI is no longer part of the UK's jurisdiction anymore so is in effect either independent or part of an united Ireland. Nice. I always thought he was a secret Sinn Fein member. Go Ireland! 😂
I come from a Unionist background. I despair at the stupidity of the Unionist politicians. They have done more to facilitate a united Ireland in 5 years than Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness achieved since the 1970's. I'm sickened by the arrogance and indifference of the entitled English Tories. A united Ireland is now a few years away and I have ceased caring.
I live in the South by the border, am British and have a protestant background. I don't know anyone of a sane mind who thinks sabotaging the protocol is advantageous. If Brexit never happened, unification might never have come up. I know some in the South who were happy with the status quo and even thought unification wasn't worth the hassle. However, I'd imagine that sentiment probably has changed because of Brexit.
The remainder of the interview can be found at the RTE link I'll put in a comment below, as it may get deleted. Transcript: Q: "Are you working for the other guys?" A: "I don't agree with that analysis at all. Infact I think it's quite ironic that today we've heard from the Irish govt & others that we are breaching international agreement, yet the cornerstone of all of their approach seems to be about protecting the core principles of the Belfast Agreement, but it doesn't appear to matter what the position of unionists is, it doesn't seem to matter the constitutional imposition the protocol has on the relationships between NI and the rest of the UK, the Belfast Agreement is an international treaty which hasn't been respected one bit." 1. The DUP have been trying to get the BA removed since it's inception, they hate it... they have never respected it. 2. The NI protocol was written & implemented by London, why is his grievance with Ireland? Oh yeah... 3. >>>London
@Aberman some of them are the establishment, there is a revolving door of journos becoming politicians and polticians becoming journos and editors, e.g Boris Johnson.
Sky is Murdoch so no surprise. The others now have editors who think that a challenging interviews where the interviewee is fact checked and held to accounts are considered rude and disrespectful.
Farage, establishes himself on GB News, the guests he has on, simply agree with him, and he is never challenged by people with opposing views. Farce, I call it.
I know that the DUP's actions could have very serious consequences for peace in northern Ireland but you just can't help laughting at some of the drivel they come out with
All the way through, the DUP's position has been ludicrous. If May hadn't bribed them to prop up her government, and they hadn't taken the bribe, the nation might have been in a much better position as a second referendum might have been on the table.
@@nicolaramoso3286 I'd loved to have listened to more.. tbh, it seems like some of the Beebs local radio current affairs seems to 'fly under the radar' a little compared to the likes of radio 4 which seems to have turned into a 24/7 Tory propaganda channel. Would loved to have heard the guys response on this channel as well..
@@nicolaramoso3286 But not being given any kind of International or even wider UK attention. Anyone who doesn't know (Based on the way things are being reported in Britain and the DUPs position in particular being up front and center so to speak) better would be under the impression that the vast majority of people in NI are against the NI protocol. Whereas personally, I know people in NI have always been very good at being able to identify which side their bread is buttered on. As such, the vast majority of unionists with a small u will see the benefit of the protocol, but they may not be very vocal about the fact. Would I be wrong?
@@Alex-gn2rb - The sad part is he would fit in well with the Republican party in the United States since a lot of them rely on appealing to people that think the Earth is 6,000 - 10,000 years old and that Noah's flood happened 4,400 years ago.
The look on this plum’s face at 0:49 is absolutely priceless. You know you’re watching a good interview when the politician being questioned has a look on his face like his child is being held hostage. Fair play to RTE for this one.
They know they don't have a leg to stand on. Even the boss of Brexit himself, Johnson, know's it's all bullshit. But they exchanged their morality for a paycheck and are happy to repeat the lie.
Boris and all his rich friends are are going to benefit greatly when they get Brexit fully done because when their free of the EU constraints they will be able to exploit the poor fools they dubbed into voting for Brexit whose incomes will have fallen coupled with their banning of foreign workers they'll have labour dirt cheap because they'll have to feed their families, it'll take time but they can wait.
Dutch guy here. Going to order a flag of Ireland, before they sell out when the unification is a fact. Can't be long now. (Also a Scottish flag of course; the question is, should I buy a Welsh one as well? 🤔)
I only wish some of our english news and broadcasting companies would take our own political muppets to task for the specifics of the situation they have stumbled into.
The moment in a war movie, when a character steps on a landmine, and hears that "click". They know that they cannot move at all without dying. That's what this is.
*THE THING I LOVE ABOUT THE DUP* is they Olympic level BAD decision making - they rejected a deal that would have been good for them, trusted Bojo and got screwed over, suspended checks the day Bojo's aid resigns so no one noticed, collapsed the executive the day Bojo is seen in a picture at a party with a can of lager. Literally, EVERY single thing they do is a colossal home goal.
@@sid35gb - TBH - we have all been ambushed by a beer in our time haven't we LOL. when I was an alcoholic I used to get ambushed by a full bottle of whisky
The Undemocratic unionist party have never provided any solutions to any problems only a reaction rooted in bile and bigotry, the state came into being based on these principles so why change the habits of a lifetime no matter how absurd the stance may seem to outsiders as they are playing to their home audience, only problem for them now is that the younger section of the electorate are thinking for themselves and are deserting their parents party
@@thomaswilga735 I know we should not judge a book by its cover. But there are certain mental traits that show on the face. Gormlessnes is one of them. Lord Frost is an example - he looks gormless and he is, gormless is the manifestation on the face of a vacant mind. And the DUP ALL LOOK a weird kind of dim, I mean look at the thumbnail that's not a guy going home to fill in his MENSA application is it...???
I'm from Northern Ireland, I tried unsuccessfully to explain to the few Brexit supporters in Northern Ireland why their dream of an apartheid utopia without the pesky EU and their Human rights laws and regulations was never likely to happen, and even if it did, it wouldn't last long with the population swing towards Irish Nationalism increasing. They'd literally sell their own and the future of their children's quality of life down the river, just to get treating their fellow countrymen like shit for a brief stint. I just want to say also, I'm not anti-Unionist, even as a cultural nationalist I would quite happily remain in the UK, if it was better for my family's welfare and future, I'm anti these sickos who see the current level of equality in Northern Ireland as their greatest political failure.
Well said. To those who are of the entitled class, "equality" has always been seen as a diminution of their privilege. They simply abhor the idea. It gas been this way for millennia.
TBF, when you are mired in 17th Century religious hatreds and your world view is formed by a belief that every word of the Old Testament must be taken literally, it's hard to think clearly when under pressure. 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪
Try and listen to The Girl With Faraway Eyes by the Stones. Milk Jagger is classic. All about the Lawd bein' ba yaw saaaad. I always think of the DUP when I listen to it. Great comment !
Kudos to the RTE presenter but it’s easy to show how ignorant a brexiter is just by asking them a few questions - instead of just permitting them to repeat their endless generalisations and mistruths.
To all the Irish folk living in N. Ireland, I hope you guys get to leave us soon, same with Scotland. I just hope that you guys have a chance to free yourself from the shackles of this, quite frankly, embarrassing country called the "United" Kingdom and unite Ireland once again. Good luck Scotland when you hold your next independence referendum, and I hope N. Ireland gets to try to do the same soon too.
@@richardmoloney689 Well 28.4% of people are Irish, and 29.4% are Northern Irish, which is Irish, so doing some rough maths, that's about 57% of the people living there, so I guess half the country?
Why would Irish people living in N.Ireland want to leave, Ireland is their country.Ireland is and will always be an island that belongs to the people of Ireland. I draw your attention to another part of your letter, "embarrassing country called the Uk. There is no such country as the Uk, the Uk, or Great Britain is made up of a 3 countries, England, Scotland and Wales, I didnt include Northern Ireland, because I look on N.I. as a colony of england,forced on the people of Ireland, Ireland is a country, North or South, One country One people.
@@dannymitchell6839 Why would people in N. Ireland want to leave the UK? I dunno, maybe thousands of reasons? If I were living there I'd want to bail out of the UK ASAP.
If, as seems likely, Sein Fein becomes the largest party in the NI Assembly in May, it would be only the latest indication of the acceleration to Irish unification brought about by Brexit. Despite the glib question from the RTE reporter, it is true that no party's policy has done more to bring about Irish unification than the policy positions of the DUP.
The North voted to stay in EU, but DUP say, oh !! But it was a majority United Kingdom vote for brexit !! Funny there was no whole Ireland vote when it came to partition, unionists voted with gun diplomacy.
The partition was an "agreement" by governments, as in "agree or it's war". Even then that agreement was not held up by UK (surprise), as far as I am aware it was Churchill that reneged on holding votes for unification, that he promised as part of the agreement, perhaps Alexander is like Churchill?
Just remember that in the Star Trek timeline, Irish Reunification occurs in 2024. I think that the DUP are working especially diligently to ensure we stick to the timeline! :)
I grew up in the 70'a and 80's during the time the IRA were active on the mainland. I never, ever thought I'd be agreeing with sinn fein but here we are. They are the adults and being sensible here.
Here is the brutal truth about the DUP. They thought leaving the EU would emphasise the border between them and the Republic of Ireland. They saw the Good Friday Agreement and the UK's membership of the EU blurring that border and leading to a creeping Reunification. They thought leaving the EU would put an end to that and make reunification less likely. They learnt to their cost that trusting a PM who says he is going to lie when signing a legally binding international treaty is probably a mistake. He's just as likely to be lying to you. Boris couldn't care less about Northern Ireland or anything that he promised the DUP. Once he got what he wanted he didn't need them anymore. If it comes to a choice between the interests of the rest of the UK and the interests of the DUP, he's going to choose the interests of the rest of the UK. He won't back them in their current temper tantrum, it's just a useful stick to prod the EU with, but if it looks like the DUP"s actions would collapse the UK's trade agreement with the EU then those border controls in the Irish sea are going back in place. I expect the DUP leadership overpay for their double glazing. I mean fancy trusting Johnson's word, was it a 1-day only special offer, that they had to sign up to there and then and don't worry about what the words of the contract, the double glazing salesman has promised it will be different to that.
@@darkiee69 I'm not so sure he's going to choose in the interest of Boris Johnson staying in power and the trade agreement with the EU being abrogated would guarantee his removal from power, because of the disastrous economic consequences and their electoral impact on the Conservatives. In the end Boris Johnson's sponsors are just another instruments in the service of his ego. He won't deliver what they want if it doesn't serve his purposes.
The only interests Bozo has are for his own enrichment. The UK and Tory party are mere utensils en route to a lucrative post PM life. Hopefully he'll be ex PM soon!
@@drewwilliams6888 no they are not, most are a bunch of west brits that always attacked sinn fein and republicans, and had their tongue so far up the unionists it was beyond a joke, also they would call fianna fail and fine gael politicans just by first names like they were their best mates in the world. Also they believe everything the Americans and Brits tell them about whats going on in the world. Irish journalism is a joke.
@@raymonddixon7603 who said anything about being a Republican it's just a fact that the free state press are a bunch of arse lickers and in many cases run by London. And it's only now that the people in the south are wakening up, that they have to change their tune to try and fit in with the public opinion .
@Razor Mouth what you laughing about RTE is well known for standing by and sticking up for the Brits over their fellow Irish men and women in the North.
Strange how U.K. journalists don’t question their politicians the same way as this RTE one. He laid out the indisputable facts and left the DUP member with a sore one. Wish ours went about their business like this.
I didn't realize that Mr. Poots was arguing that the treaties Parliament signs don't apply to Northern Ireland. It is a 180 from the Loyalists faith that they are British. Great video!
Absolutely priceless facial expression. I guess, thats what happens, when u spend years being cuddled by pro-Brexit media and forget, theres a whole world outside ur safe bubble.
It really doesn't matter a hill of beans what the UK or DUP or NI says or does because the UK is a 3rd country and will forever be treated as a 3rd country any 3rd country. If the UK ignores and violates the Belfast agreement or any other international agreement the UK will be punished severely in several ways, all of which will cause the UK to suffer greatly. For any UK inhabitant and business the least they should do is make plans, pack their bags and get out while they still can and, like my grandparents, never look back and that's the beginning of a happy prosperous life.
I find it incredible that the DUP leadership didn't even consider the challenge of taking the UK out of the EU without there being a hard border one one or other side of Northern Ireland. There had to be a border between the UK and the EU unless we stayed in the customs union and the single market. There could not be a hard border between Ireland and the EU (because duh!). So there had to be a border either between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland or between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. A border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would upset the fragile peace that was formed as a result of the Good Friday Agreement, and there was no way the EU was going to accept that. As it turned out, the USA would not let that happen either. The only remaining options were: (1) a border in the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, or (2) keeping the UK in the customs union and the single market. Or just cancelling the entire shitshow as unworkable.
We had the BBC new channel on the other day and they interviewed the Labour shadow chancellor about "leveling up" and she was asked searching difficult questions - which she answered, the next item was a government minister on some other topic and the questioning was pathetic - from the same "journalist". Clear bias.
RTE is like any other media. They have their favorite's, FG and FF in Ireland. Many journalists work as advisors and have for years to these two parties. They gloss over their relentless scandal's and crisis issue. RTE love to be seen as how you are portraying them. RTE is like the BBC, but in Ireland we don't have alternative medias to challenge this narrative. So the people working in RTE are all in a golden circle since the foundation of the Irish state. Funded by Government totally and when we've had the same two parties in power for 100 years, it leads to a cozy working relationship. Not the media holding politicians to account. Zero accountability in Ireland, a political class run the country and if you are critical of them, the media say you're mad. They'll attack a British or American politician for saying "abc" and go to town on them. In Ireland the same thing could happen and they may not even mention it on the news. The only people RTE attack in Ireland are SF and the Left. They fear change more than any establishment in Ireland. Where are all these journalists going to get cushy advisor roles on 90k a year if FG and FF aren't in power. Its nice to see the media do its job but RTE is generally disliked in Ireland. They were the sole and root cause for Sean Gallagher losing the presidential election 9 years ago now... great and shocking story. They cover up for Government and people in Ireland see RTE as a propaganda station for the Government, a Government which has always been FG or FG. Love the channel and style of messaging, keep up the great content,
I can remember the lead up to the brexit referendum here in the North and the debate was on the border and where it would go.... It was put to the DUP.... And only the DUP as the UUP wanted to remain in the EU.... That there would never be a border on the island of Ireland due to the Good Friday Agreement as the the guarantors of that agreement and significant interested parties (EU, Irish govt, and US govt) said that under no circumstances would there be a border on the island.... The DUP were fighting a losing battle but yet they still believed that they could achieve their aim of reinstalling the border and kept on the path they chose
Time for the ROI to reach out and say if a ref in the six countries votes for a UI, that it will include an option to retain Stormont within a UI for at least 30 years..Effectively replacing Dublin for London... Such an offer would most push most moderate Unionists, all anti Brexits and most nationalists including those who currently work for the NI statelet (and therefore worried abt their jobs) to vote for a UI... Such a coalition being the majority of voters in the Six Counties...
Thanks so much for these videos. All of them liked. Does anyone know who benefits from Brexit? Why was there such a push on this? Somebody is getting rich of the back of all this. Is it Rupert Murdoch?
They say they want to align themselves with the rest of Britain if it suits them. But irish language act, pro choice etc no they dont want to align with that.
It's the ultimate irony that after 100 years of struggle bloodshed suffering and tears on all sides, Ireland will be reunited without barely a murmour.
Ulster Unionists live in a very isolated community. The film ‘Belfast’ illustrates this - a family agonising over leaving NI because of ignorance that a much better life existed elsewhere.
RTE have a long history of fawning over his ilk. Only have to look back at any time Big Ian was on the late late show with Gay Byrne, sick bag stuff. As for Clare Byrne, her cluelessness knows no bounds. I happened to see where she had Andrew Trimble on her show a few months ago. She made a comment to him about how he (as someone from a u background in NI) had no problem playing for the "REP OF Ireland". Talk about cringe worthy.
@Where's Walshy do you imply, that this judge is corrupt and as a consequence the judgement is corrupt? By the way in the USA all officials are elected or political descisions. Nowhere in the world there is as much corruption and bias as in that country in legal questions.
To be fair, interviewing Hodor from the DUP there was never going to get much of a sensible answer. "So, you've rejected Everything, and rejected things that the British government signed up for. What Do you want?!" "Hodor... Hodor.... Hodor Hodor Hodor."
It doesn’t most of the established politicians get an armchair ride at RTÉ but I have a lot of time for RTÉ prime time investigates. This was also an excellent question broke down their support of brexit their opposition to mays deal which would have resolved this.
Your not wrong guys however during the water rates I think Rte were very pro water charges (. Privatisation) pro government at that time but you are right not getting all their own way so much nowadays great reply’s guys
Fianna Fail and Fine Gael always and have forever gotten soft touch from RTE. SF get interrupted and attacked no matter what they say or do. Its funny when the same issue happens in FG and its all cool but if SF did it, its wall to wall coverage for at least a week.
There is another party in Northern Ireland that doesn't like the UK government imposing laws on it against its will. That party is called Sinn Féin. Maybe they should consider some sort of collaboration?
Clair Fox's recent admission that NI was a sacrifice worth making to 'Get Brexit Done' was probably the most honest statement issued by the Leave side to date.
Perfect, just perfect! Irish journalist lists all the things that the DIP did to ensure that the UK would get the hardest of hard Brixits, thereby imperilling the Union they claim to love so much... DUP spokesman just stands there like a stunned rabbit, utterly unable to answer...
No Brexiteer, least the DUP, has faced such kind of questioning from the likes of the BBC and Sky in YEARS. Well done.
To be fair on BBC Radio Ulster and on the local TV programmes they are being asked these questions
RTE is better.
That's because they've been enabling them.
RTE is an awful state ran organisation that never holds our own political parties especially Fianna Fail & Fine Gael to account. Whereas a party like Sinn Fein are constantly questioned like this FF & FG are mostly thrown soft ball questions and interviews. Fair play to the interviewer here though.
@@nicolaramoso3286 You be fair I have not seen it and if it happened Phil and Max would be all over it.
"Never interrupt the enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte
- this is why Sinn Fein is remaining passive, smiling at the notion of the DUP doing their work to reunite Ireland for them.
It's bloody hard to bet a word in with the omnishambles in Westminster
To be fair, Sinn Fein could never have done as much to reunite Ireland as Brexit did. You couldn't make this stuff up.
Never truer words were spoken and exactly why Sinn Fein are loving it. That is how stupidly predictable the 17th Century bigot's are :D)))
So if Edwin Poots says that what the UK negotiated doesn't apply to NI, that must mean that NI is no longer part of the UK's jurisdiction anymore so is in effect either independent or part of an united Ireland. Nice. I always thought he was a secret Sinn Fein member. Go Ireland! 😂
Shush! 😉
Maybe the DUP leadership have been infiltrated by Irish republicans.
I come from a Unionist background. I despair at the stupidity of the Unionist politicians. They have done more to facilitate a united Ireland in 5 years than Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness achieved since the 1970's.
I'm sickened by the arrogance and indifference of the entitled English Tories.
A united Ireland is now a few years away and I have ceased caring.
I’m a unionist too, a united Ulster and a united Ireland independent of Britain.
Come on now lads we are not that bad.
@@ClannCholmain All Ulster Union, in an All Ireland Union. 👍🏼
Is united Ireland inevitable like Max says?
I live in the South by the border, am British and have a protestant background. I don't know anyone of a sane mind who thinks sabotaging the protocol is advantageous.
If Brexit never happened, unification might never have come up. I know some in the South who were happy with the status quo and even thought unification wasn't worth the hassle. However, I'd imagine that sentiment probably has changed because of Brexit.
Kudos To David MC Cullagh he puts our So Called “Journalists” to shame!
He did attend a party though
Proper journalism.
The remainder of the interview can be found at the RTE link I'll put in a comment below, as it may get deleted.
Transcript:
Q: "Are you working for the other guys?"
A: "I don't agree with that analysis at all. Infact I think it's quite ironic that today we've heard from the Irish govt & others that we are breaching international agreement, yet the cornerstone of all of their approach seems to be about protecting the core principles of the Belfast Agreement, but it doesn't appear to matter what the position of unionists is, it doesn't seem to matter the constitutional imposition the protocol has on the relationships between NI and the rest of the UK, the Belfast Agreement is an international treaty which hasn't been respected one bit."
1. The DUP have been trying to get the BA removed since it's inception, they hate it... they have never respected it.
2. The NI protocol was written & implemented by London, why is his grievance with Ireland? Oh yeah...
3. >>>London
@@MrGrifft Thanks!
Why can’t Sky,BBC , ITV ‘journalists’ do this to the likes of Farage,Gove, Raab etc?
@Aberman some of them are the establishment, there is a revolving door of journos becoming politicians and polticians becoming journos and editors, e.g Boris Johnson.
Sky is Murdoch so no surprise. The others now have editors who think that a challenging interviews where the interviewee is fact checked and held to accounts are considered rude and disrespectful.
Farage, establishes himself on GB News, the guests he has on, simply agree with him, and he is never challenged by people with opposing views. Farce, I call it.
Because they'll want a new job soomer or later. Look Laura Kunsberg.
@Drew Williams Brexshit is longest running g Co.edy farce to come along in years.
"are you working for the other guys?" I nearly choked on my tea
It’s been so long since I’ve seen a journalist do his job that almost forgot what it was like.
English ones let Politicians get away with almost everthing
I used to see it on BBC back in the days.
RTÉ be better holding their buddies to account in this country. Don’t fall for this bullshite if you are from England RTÉ are fg/ff PR Cheerleaders
@@davidclarke8750
Your claims are simply bullshit...
@@andrewdavy9921no they don't
The DUP has done more for a united Ireland in the last 5 years, than SF have done in 50
I know that the DUP's actions could have very serious consequences for peace in northern Ireland but you just can't help laughting at some of the drivel they come out with
With Clair Byrne’s interview with Farage, and pieces by Fintan O’Toole, Irish journalists are really showing the Brits how it’s done.
All the way through, the DUP's position has been ludicrous. If May hadn't bribed them to prop up her government, and they hadn't taken the bribe, the nation might have been in a much better position as a second referendum might have been on the table.
To be fair on Radio Ulster and on the local political programming of the BBC they are being asked these kind of questions
@@nicolaramoso3286 I'd loved to have listened to more.. tbh, it seems like some of the Beebs local radio current affairs seems to 'fly under the radar' a little compared to the likes of radio 4 which seems to have turned into a 24/7 Tory propaganda channel. Would loved to have heard the guys response on this channel as well..
@@nicolaramoso3286 But not being given any kind of International or even wider UK attention. Anyone who doesn't know (Based on the way things are being reported in Britain and the DUPs position in particular being up front and center so to speak) better would be under the impression that the vast majority of people in NI are against the NI protocol. Whereas personally, I know people in NI have always been very good at being able to identify which side their bread is buttered on. As such, the vast majority of unionists with a small u will see the benefit of the protocol, but they may not be very vocal about the fact. Would I be wrong?
hello from NI, here to call the DUP tubes everyone is laughing at. Everything the DUP try to do the courts will block.....it's a geg 🤣🇮🇪
You dont need to be irish to laugh at DUP.
@@denisasokolova3800 yes, a joke the world over. Edwin Poots thinks the world is only 6,000 years old. How is he in politics?
@@Alex-gn2rb His pet dinosaur is a social media whizz kid.
@@Alex-gn2rb - The sad part is he would fit in well with the Republican party in the United States since a lot of them rely on appealing to people that think the Earth is 6,000 - 10,000 years old and that Noah's flood happened 4,400 years ago.
The look on this plum’s face at 0:49 is absolutely priceless. You know you’re watching a good interview when the politician being questioned has a look on his face like his child is being held hostage. Fair play to RTE for this one.
They know they don't have a leg to stand on. Even the boss of Brexit himself, Johnson, know's it's all bullshit. But they exchanged their morality for a paycheck and are happy to repeat the lie.
@@kirishima638 morality? The DUP? Flying pigs?
Boris and all his rich friends are are going to benefit greatly when they get Brexit fully done because when their free of the EU constraints they will be able to exploit the poor fools they dubbed into voting for Brexit whose incomes will have fallen coupled with their banning of foreign workers they'll have labour dirt cheap because they'll have to feed their families, it'll take time but they can wait.
Dutch guy here. Going to order a flag of Ireland, before they sell out when the unification is a fact. Can't be long now. (Also a Scottish flag of course; the question is, should I buy a Welsh one as well? 🤔)
Unfortunately there are too many English that live in Wales and as as such, the Welsh are stuck with the English. :(
I'm going to sell them. 😉👍
That was comical but serious at the same time.
@JZ's Best Friend .....like a "health" minister staying in a meeting after testing positive.
I only wish some of our english news and broadcasting companies would take our own political muppets to task for the specifics of the situation they have stumbled into.
G.M.B. tried and the government refused to attend the show,
Channel 4 do ask some tough questions.
Channel four is tougher but toughest is the Guardian and I news
But he won’t take our government to task just like in England they look after themselves
Many years ago with pacman eat Al they did but this fucking government have put so many placemen in that the board is stuffed with Tory twats
The moment in a war movie, when a character steps on a landmine, and hears that "click". They know that they cannot move at all without dying. That's what this is.
"Deer in a headlight" comes to mind...
The DUP would walk through a minefield with their fingers in their ears! Sorted 😜
*THE THING I LOVE ABOUT THE DUP* is they Olympic level BAD decision making -
they rejected a deal that would have been good for them, trusted Bojo and got screwed over, suspended checks the day Bojo's aid resigns so no one noticed, collapsed the executive the day Bojo is seen in a picture at a party with a can of lager. Literally, EVERY single thing they do is a colossal home goal.
Yes I so agree ! It is a total mismanagement 👎
Lol that Boris being ambushed by a beer is even better it nails Sunak as well who is in the same photo 🤣😂🤣😂
@@sid35gb - TBH - we have all been ambushed by a beer in our time haven't we LOL. when I was an alcoholic I used to get ambushed by a full bottle of whisky
The Undemocratic unionist party have never provided any solutions to any problems only a reaction rooted in bile and bigotry, the state came into being based on these principles so why change the habits of a lifetime no matter how absurd the stance may seem to outsiders as they are playing to their home audience, only problem for them now is that the younger section of the electorate are thinking for themselves and are deserting their parents party
@@thomaswilga735 I know we should not judge a book by its cover. But there are certain mental traits that show on the face. Gormlessnes is one of them. Lord Frost is an example - he looks gormless and he is, gormless is the manifestation on the face of a vacant mind. And the DUP ALL LOOK a weird kind of dim, I mean look at the thumbnail that's not a guy going home to fill in his MENSA application is it...???
I'm from Northern Ireland, I tried unsuccessfully to explain to the few Brexit supporters in Northern Ireland why their dream of an apartheid utopia without the pesky EU and their Human rights laws and regulations was never likely to happen, and even if it did, it wouldn't last long with the population swing towards Irish Nationalism increasing. They'd literally sell their own and the future of their children's quality of life down the river, just to get treating their fellow countrymen like shit for a brief stint.
I just want to say also, I'm not anti-Unionist, even as a cultural nationalist I would quite happily remain in the UK, if it was better for my family's welfare and future, I'm anti these sickos who see the current level of equality in Northern Ireland as their greatest political failure.
Well said. To those who are of the entitled class, "equality" has always been seen as a diminution of their privilege. They simply abhor the idea. It gas been this way for millennia.
TBF, when you are mired in 17th Century religious hatreds and your world view is formed by a belief that every word of the Old Testament must be taken literally, it's hard to think clearly when under pressure.
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Try and listen to The Girl With Faraway Eyes by the Stones. Milk Jagger is classic. All about the Lawd bein' ba yaw saaaad. I always think of the DUP when I listen to it. Great comment !
Kudos to the RTE presenter but it’s easy to show how ignorant a brexiter is just by asking them a few questions - instead of just permitting them to repeat their endless generalisations and mistruths.
Good morning Max and all here. Thank you for sharing this "moment" with us. Johnson keeping his word??? And the Dup looking for trouble?
Morning Candida, mind how you go... 😁
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It's a pity that the DUP response isn't included in this footage.
To all the Irish folk living in N. Ireland, I hope you guys get to leave us soon, same with Scotland. I just hope that you guys have a chance to free yourself from the shackles of this, quite frankly, embarrassing country called the "United" Kingdom and unite Ireland once again. Good luck Scotland when you hold your next independence referendum, and I hope N. Ireland gets to try to do the same soon too.
Who are these Irish folk living in Northern Ireland?
@@richardmoloney689 Well 28.4% of people are Irish, and 29.4% are Northern Irish, which is Irish, so doing some rough maths, that's about 57% of the people living there, so I guess half the country?
Why would Irish people living in N.Ireland want to leave, Ireland is their country.Ireland is and will always be an island that belongs to the people of Ireland. I draw your attention to another part of your letter, "embarrassing country called the Uk. There is no such country as the Uk, the Uk, or Great Britain is made up of a 3 countries, England, Scotland and Wales, I didnt include Northern Ireland, because I look on N.I. as a colony of england,forced on the people of Ireland, Ireland is a country, North or South, One country One people.
@@dannymitchell6839 Why would people in N. Ireland want to leave the UK? I dunno, maybe thousands of reasons? If I were living there I'd want to bail out of the UK ASAP.
Thank you. Scottish liberation is now inevitable. Just a matter of time. The 'occupation' kingdom is over
Cognitive dissonance disorder caught in the headlights.
Wisest words I have heard so far today: don't be surprised if a pathological liar lies to you.
If, as seems likely, Sein Fein becomes the largest party in the NI Assembly in May, it would be only the latest indication of the acceleration to Irish unification brought about by Brexit. Despite the glib question from the RTE reporter, it is true that no party's policy has done more to bring about Irish unification than the policy positions of the DUP.
A proper journalist, great to hear one, we don't have them in the UK any more.
RTE journalists or interviews never seen on uk TV or in the uk media, I wonder why???
The North voted to stay in EU, but DUP say, oh !! But it was a majority United Kingdom vote for brexit !!
Funny there was no whole Ireland vote when it came to partition, unionists voted with gun diplomacy.
The partition was an "agreement" by governments, as in "agree or it's war".
Even then that agreement was not held up by UK (surprise), as far as I am aware it was Churchill that reneged on holding votes for unification, that he promised as part of the agreement, perhaps Alexander is like Churchill?
not mentioned enough this point Frank
Thank you for sharing max, the dup time is up, they just dont realise it yet, andrew from ireland, love your videos by the way, 👍👍👍
Just remember that in the Star Trek timeline, Irish Reunification occurs in 2024. I think that the DUP are working especially diligently to ensure we stick to the timeline! :)
We’ll done David MC Cullagh 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 This is the sort of Journalism that’s missing from our main media channels.
One of the few cases of a journalist asking tough question. Chapeau to the journalist asking a politician unconfortable questions
I grew up in the 70'a and 80's during the time the IRA were active on the mainland. I never, ever thought I'd be agreeing with sinn fein but here we are. They are the adults and being sensible here.
Here is the brutal truth about the DUP. They thought leaving the EU would emphasise the border between them and the Republic of Ireland. They saw the Good Friday Agreement and the UK's membership of the EU blurring that border and leading to a creeping Reunification. They thought leaving the EU would put an end to that and make reunification less likely.
They learnt to their cost that trusting a PM who says he is going to lie when signing a legally binding international treaty is probably a mistake. He's just as likely to be lying to you.
Boris couldn't care less about Northern Ireland or anything that he promised the DUP. Once he got what he wanted he didn't need them anymore. If it comes to a choice between the interests of the rest of the UK and the interests of the DUP, he's going to choose the interests of the rest of the UK.
He won't back them in their current temper tantrum, it's just a useful stick to prod the EU with, but if it looks like the DUP"s actions would collapse the UK's trade agreement with the EU then those border controls in the Irish sea are going back in place.
I expect the DUP leadership overpay for their double glazing. I mean fancy trusting Johnson's word, was it a 1-day only special offer, that they had to sign up to there and then and don't worry about what the words of the contract, the double glazing salesman has promised it will be different to that.
He's going to chose in the interests of his donors, no one elses.
@@darkiee69 I'm not so sure he's going to choose in the interest of Boris Johnson staying in power and the trade agreement with the EU being abrogated would guarantee his removal from power, because of the disastrous economic consequences and their electoral impact on the Conservatives. In the end Boris Johnson's sponsors are just another instruments in the service of his ego. He won't deliver what they want if it doesn't serve his purposes.
The only interests Bozo has are for his own enrichment. The UK and Tory party are mere utensils en route to a lucrative post PM life. Hopefully he'll be ex PM soon!
I love the "deer caught in headlights" look.
Just like pouring the salt onto a slug.
Well, that got my Saturday morning off to a good start.
Wonderful, this is why I get my News from RTÉ and never from the BBC which has become a mouthpiece of the Brixiteers and Tory Government.
RTE News: Journalism At the Top of its Game! 👍🙂
Irish journalists are head and shoulders above anything, on this side of the Irish Sea.
@@drewwilliams6888 no they are not, most are a bunch of west brits that always attacked sinn fein and republicans, and had their tongue so far up the unionists it was beyond a joke, also they would call fianna fail and fine gael politicans just by first names like they were their best mates in the world. Also they believe everything the Americans and Brits tell them about whats going on in the world. Irish journalism is a joke.
@@michealkelly1414 LIke the Telegraph you need to stop reading An Poblacht.
@@raymonddixon7603 who said anything about being a Republican it's just a fact that the free state press are a bunch of arse lickers and in many cases run by London. And it's only now that the people in the south are wakening up, that they have to change their tune to try and fit in with the public opinion .
@Razor Mouth what you laughing about RTE is well known for standing by and sticking up for the Brits over their fellow Irish men and women in the North.
The slow break up pf the UK 😂 that’s what we voted for 🇨🇮🏴🏴🇪🇺
Strange how U.K. journalists don’t question their politicians the same way as this RTE one.
He laid out the indisputable facts and left the DUP member with a sore one.
Wish ours went about their business like this.
@Where's Walshy please stop spamming this channel with your messages. There’s no point as they are deleted anyway. Thank you.
Yes our people in RTE dont flip flop around.
And now the end is near and so you face the final curtain
Comes to mind
Great Interview 👍
Morning all.
Morning Adam :)
I didn't realize that Mr. Poots was arguing that the treaties Parliament signs don't apply to Northern Ireland. It is a 180 from the Loyalists faith that they are British. Great video!
Brilliant work.
Sadly it still feels like waking up in the morning and finding the nightmare was the bit before you went to bed.
Perfect. Just nailed it.
Absolutely priceless facial expression. I guess, thats what happens, when u spend years being cuddled by pro-Brexit media and forget, theres a whole world outside ur safe bubble.
"Are you working for the other guys?" ROFL 🤣🤣🤣
The DUP pushing ahead with a united Ireland, who would have thought. lol
Good morning Max 👍😁🌻
Max excellent work again.
Rabbit Caught in the Headlights Gavin Williamson’s face says it all !
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It really doesn't matter a hill of beans what the UK or DUP or NI says or does because the UK is a 3rd country and will forever be treated as a 3rd country any 3rd country. If the UK ignores and violates the Belfast agreement or any other international agreement the UK will be punished severely in several ways, all of which will cause the UK to suffer greatly. For any UK inhabitant and business the least they should do is make plans, pack their bags and get out while they still can and, like my grandparents, never look back and that's the beginning of a happy prosperous life.
That was brilliant. Nothing like having your party’s stupidity exposed in such clear terms on TV. 😂🤣😂🤣
The UK could do with journalists like this!
I find it incredible that the DUP leadership didn't even consider the challenge of taking the UK out of the EU without there being a hard border one one or other side of Northern Ireland.
There had to be a border between the UK and the EU unless we stayed in the customs union and the single market. There could not be a hard border between Ireland and the EU (because duh!).
So there had to be a border either between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland or between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
A border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would upset the fragile peace that was formed as a result of the Good Friday Agreement, and there was no way the EU was going to accept that. As it turned out, the USA would not let that happen either.
The only remaining options were: (1) a border in the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, or (2) keeping the UK in the customs union and the single market.
Or just cancelling the entire shitshow as unworkable.
We had the BBC new channel on the other day and they interviewed the Labour shadow chancellor about "leveling up" and she was asked searching difficult questions - which she answered, the next item was a government minister on some other topic and the questioning was pathetic - from the same "journalist". Clear bias.
Ridiculous situation! Hope this gets sorted.
RTE is like any other media. They have their favorite's, FG and FF in Ireland. Many journalists work as advisors and have for years to these two parties. They gloss over their relentless scandal's and crisis issue. RTE love to be seen as how you are portraying them. RTE is like the BBC, but in Ireland we don't have alternative medias to challenge this narrative. So the people working in RTE are all in a golden circle since the foundation of the Irish state. Funded by Government totally and when we've had the same two parties in power for 100 years, it leads to a cozy working relationship. Not the media holding politicians to account. Zero accountability in Ireland, a political class run the country and if you are critical of them, the media say you're mad. They'll attack a British or American politician for saying "abc" and go to town on them. In Ireland the same thing could happen and they may not even mention it on the news. The only people RTE attack in Ireland are SF and the Left. They fear change more than any establishment in Ireland. Where are all these journalists going to get cushy advisor roles on 90k a year if FG and FF aren't in power. Its nice to see the media do its job but RTE is generally disliked in Ireland. They were the sole and root cause for Sean Gallagher losing the presidential election 9 years ago now... great and shocking story. They cover up for Government and people in Ireland see RTE as a propaganda station for the Government, a Government which has always been FG or FG. Love the channel and style of messaging, keep up the great content,
I think the DUP's stance is, if the mainland is burning, suffering from leprosy, being swallowed by a black hole... We want that too!
LOL
Not fully understanding the NI situation, thanks for fully explaining it clearly and concisely. I wish more journalism was like this !
Every single Tory and DUP MP voted in favour of the protocol.
DUP stands for "don't understand politics".
Absolutely brilliant interview.
This should be put on TV news :)
RTE is Raidió Teilifís Éireann, this is their news show but you are correct the same questioning should happen in GB.
the dup thought that brexit would mean a hard border on the island that's why they alone backed it.
I can remember the lead up to the brexit referendum here in the North and the debate was on the border and where it would go.... It was put to the DUP.... And only the DUP as the UUP wanted to remain in the EU.... That there would never be a border on the island of Ireland due to the Good Friday Agreement as the the guarantors of that agreement and significant interested parties (EU, Irish govt, and US govt) said that under no circumstances would there be a border on the island.... The DUP were fighting a losing battle but yet they still believed that they could achieve their aim of reinstalling the border and kept on the path they chose
I think the DUP knew exactly what Brexit would do to the border. That's why they made sure their signatures were not on it.
Time for the ROI to reach out and say if a ref in the six countries votes for a UI, that it will include an option to retain Stormont within a UI for at least 30 years..Effectively replacing Dublin for London... Such an offer would most push most moderate Unionists, all anti Brexits and most nationalists including those who currently work for the NI statelet (and therefore worried abt their jobs) to vote for a UI... Such a coalition being the majority of voters in the Six Counties...
Thanks so much for these videos. All of them liked. Does anyone know who benefits from Brexit? Why was there such a push on this? Somebody is getting rich of the back of all this. Is it Rupert Murdoch?
They say they want to align themselves with the rest of Britain if it suits them. But irish language act, pro choice etc no they dont want to align with that.
Max, your clear-cut at 0:50 is well appreciated.
Who was it that said here on RUclips that DUP stands for “Don’t Understand Politics”
If only we had reall journalist's like this guy I might watch main stream now and then havnt done for 6 years
RTÉ are very careful about when they do or do not pull punches.
It's the ultimate irony that after 100 years of struggle bloodshed suffering and tears on all sides, Ireland will be reunited without barely a murmour.
The Irish are politically astute.
Politics is discussed daily over dinner.
The DUP as they always do Blame Dublin
@Where's Walshy You Don’t have to advertise it in every comment.
Well done to RTE for showing some backbone.
DUP... Didn't Understand the Protocol.
Merci M. Robespierre. Johnson would throw Niron under the £350 million NHS bus just as easily as that.
Fabulous video. As always.
Ulster Unionists live in a very isolated community. The film ‘Belfast’ illustrates this - a family agonising over leaving NI because of ignorance that a much better life existed elsewhere.
The "Enemy of my enemy, is my friend?" The "DUP" now known as the "Duped Party?"
How do you know it embarassed him if you didn't find him responding? Don't become them.
Killer question - spat my coffee when I heard it.
Max, Clare Byrme had Sammy Wilson on yesterday morning trying to gaslight us as usual, you'll find it on the RTE Radio1 player
RTE have a long history of fawning over his ilk. Only have to look back at any time Big Ian was on the late late show with Gay Byrne, sick bag stuff. As for Clare Byrne, her cluelessness knows no bounds. I happened to see where she had Andrew Trimble on her show a few months ago. She made a comment to him about how he (as someone from a u background in NI) had no problem playing for the "REP OF Ireland". Talk about cringe worthy.
I love the DUP they're always entertaining..
The high court in Belfast has ordered to continue the checks
@Where's Walshy do you imply, that this judge is corrupt and as a consequence the judgement is corrupt? By the way in the USA all officials are elected or political descisions. Nowhere in the world there is as much corruption and bias as in that country in legal questions.
@@harrybruijs2614 Walshy is a spammer
@@nightraven7904 he is gone
The DUP are like an abused wive that won’t leave for their own good
To be fair, interviewing Hodor from the DUP there was never going to get much of a sensible answer. "So, you've rejected Everything, and rejected things that the British government signed up for. What Do you want?!"
"Hodor... Hodor.... Hodor Hodor Hodor."
Hodor 😂🤣😅
Hodor from Mordor
Guys some people may have the perception that RTE does not always give Irish politicians a hard time on air
It doesn’t most of the established politicians get an armchair ride at RTÉ but I have a lot of time for RTÉ prime time investigates. This was also an excellent question broke down their support of brexit their opposition to mays deal which would have resolved this.
Your not wrong guys however during the water rates I think Rte were very pro water charges (. Privatisation) pro government at that time but you are right not getting all their own way so much nowadays great reply’s guys
Fianna Fail and Fine Gael always and have forever gotten soft touch from RTE. SF get interrupted and attacked no matter what they say or do. Its funny when the same issue happens in FG and its all cool but if SF did it, its wall to wall coverage for at least a week.
For years the brexit gravy train has been rolling along on buckled biscuit wheels now the wheels are coming off....chooooo fuckin chooooo
There is another party in Northern Ireland that doesn't like the UK government imposing laws on it against its will. That party is called Sinn Féin. Maybe they should consider some sort of collaboration?
The dumbfounded look on Gavin Robinson's face at the end says it all!
Dear Max, if you find Gavin's reaction please send it. I am soooo curious to know what he said.
Clair Fox's recent admission that NI was a sacrifice worth making to 'Get Brexit Done' was probably the most honest statement issued by the Leave side to date.
Superb- wish he could interview Johnson!
Sarah McInerney would be the woman for that job. David McCullough would be tame in comparison.
Perfect, just perfect!
Irish journalist lists all the things that the DIP did to ensure that the UK would get the hardest of hard Brixits, thereby imperilling the Union they claim to love so much...
DUP spokesman just stands there like a stunned rabbit, utterly unable to answer...