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SOME SAY THE news is the first draft of history. Others might think of it as watching pub quiz questions unfold in real-time.
It was a rare week in Irish news. Not often do we get a major drug bust and a Status Orange storm all in one week, but when it rains it pours. Hopefully you were paying close attention to those events, as well as all the other newsworthy events of the week, because you are about to be raked over the coals for answers. Enjoy.
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Well done .keep it up!!!!
@Frantz Harband: while babies and children die in Yemen let’s protest at not being able to drive our 2 litre diesel cars to the local pub.
Or am I wrong?
@: so all protests must be reported on how important they are?
Go back to bed
@neilo: only time will tell….
@: Off to Yemen with you so .
@neilo: With out farmers and diesel cars this dictated to little country would stop.
The Climate change hoax is big business for the likes of Germany who want to sell their climate change electrical gadgets to fools.
Our country side is been destroyed with useless wind turbines cables and substations.
Nuclear power is needed in Ireland not bull….
Yes, you are wrong.
In Ireland the people fear the government.
In France the government fears the people.
Speaks volumes for the so called Fighting Irish.
@tommytukamomo:
That’s right, and in turn Fine Gael themselves are:
Afraid of the banks.
Afraid of the insurance cartels.
Afraid of the Eurocrats.
Afraid of the IMF
Afraid of the Vulture funds and big business.
When mice are in charge everyone gets bullied.
@tommytukamomo: People here are afraìd of change. even the courts are backing FG on the broadband issue. they all go to the same schools
@tommytukamomo: do you really fear the government? I don’t.
@Paddington C.:, I most certainly do not, nor would I trust one of them as far as I could throw one.
@tommytukamomo: but do you fear them?
@tommytukamomo: fighting irish me arse. We are great while sitting on bar stools talking about what we would do and should do but come Monday morning it’s business as usual
@Milk The Drones: ..and wealthy landlords… and rich farmers
@Dan public: except the over 65’s.
The only ones with the balls (and time probably) to protest. Govts are afraid of them
It’s all fine and well tackling climate change but when extra taxes are foisted on the same people who’ve carried the can for the banking gambling scam and expecting a quiet compliance is pure elite and out of touch which describes Macron perfectly.
Hard to take a protest seriously in France. National pastime.
@DaisyMay: the Irish yellow vest movement used to involve queuing up for greasy breakfast roll and twenty blue. Times change.
@Greg Blake: now the suit wearing snowflakes que for a hazelnut choca mocha bullshit and avacdo toast.
Just back from a week in France and had constant delays driving through large towns. They are angry with the government but end up just inconveniencing people going to work, supermarkets, school. The movement is already losing support there and is being hijacked by more extreme elements looking for an excuse to cause trouble. Act 3 as they call it is planned for Paris today
@lelookcoco: @lelookcoco: losing support? Only 8 out of 10 voters support
@lelookcoco: That’s not at all true! I live in France and EVERYONE in my village supports this! If you had paid attention you would of seen many people will yellow vests on the dash of their cars so they can be seen by others while driving. This is a symbol of support! People here aren’t mad and blaming others for protesting, they are mad and blaming the government for their endless propaganda, taxes, and Royal lifestyle while the overwhelming majority of us barely get by! I own a home and a business here and I pay more than my fair share of tax yet get very little from it! There’s no bus or train service here and it’s 40 mins by car to the closest major city! This is reality! Not the lies the French government is trying to tell!
@Lennon: agreed. it’s just wishful thinking on the parts of people who hope this will go away and the middle classes will just go back to quietly suffering and paying taxes..that most important of all…you see it here all the time with their own government spin machine where what they are reporting seems to be largely contrasted with popular opinion and they’re just hoping that by presenting their side of the narrative it will all just go away. water charge protests or take back the city are perfect examples of this….
@JimmyMc: it’s easy not to like climate change and economics but what’s the answer ?
@Lennon: symbol or support or forced to have one just to get to work in the morning ?
@JimmyMc: Your article from Le Figaro dates from 22nd Nov just four days after the first demonstrations and before the more serious disturbances in Paris last Saturday (and again today). Here’s something a bit more recent and as I said support is falling.
https://www.sudouest.fr/2018/11/27/gilets-jaunes-quelle-suite-pour-le-mouvement-5603342-710.php
@Lennon: I also live in France and pay my taxes. I also know that everyone as you claim does not support the movement. You say if I paid attention I’d seen people displaying their safety vests on the dashboard. I absolutely am paying attention and count about one car in three where I live and many of those doing so to avoid being hassled by protestors at roundabouts and toll booths. As I said I have no objection to people being angry at government policy and taxation but why hassle those of us who want to get on with our daily lives.
@lelookcoco: like the minister elements in the water protests here? Bahahaha.
People are sick and tired of Macron and his wife Merkel throwing away Europe. Rise up all
Allez les jaunes ?
@Dominic Leleu: Who are Jill et Joan anyway??!!
An explainer? How condescending…..people are waking up all over the world…..the elite calls this populism while throwing in some racial undertones however they can’t say this about the french…..
7.5 cent rise in the price of diesel not exactly going to bankrupt anyone, every country is going to have to face climate change anyway
@Peter Byrne: except that French price has already increased this year. For years the price in France was much cheaper than here for instance but not any more. This is the straw that’s broken the camels back.
@Peter Byrne: look around at what’s happening here the exact same s*** is happening to the squeezed middle in France… if you seriously think that this is all about fuel prices then you’re kidding yourself this is a symptom of a much larger disease…
@neilo: you don’t think they exist do you?
In Ireland we too are been ripped off with fuel charges.
Oil hit US$80 a barrel recently and Irish pump prices rose instantly.
Oil is trading below the US$60 Mark and there has been ZERO drop at Irish pumps…….
The French aren’t afraid to let their feelings be known when their not happy with their governments decisions and I say good on them
Most are there for a good time, some are there to loot, and some are there to riot.
Protesting is fine but starting already with wearing balaclava’s is pointing out that they want mayhem.
@Hans Vos: I’d go, and wear a balaclava too. Nothing to do with mayhem. Protection fromantic targeting.
Crush the rebels
Great bunch [rolls eyes]
https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2018/1201/1014508-france-protests/
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