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DOWNING STREET HAS been accused of failing to understand the North after mistakenly adding an Irish flag to a social media post celebrating the region.
The post on Instagram shows photographs of a showcase of the region’s culture during an event at 10 Downing Street attended by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The initial post included an Irish flag emoticon.
It is understood that the flag was included in error and was quickly deleted.
a hasty edit pic.twitter.com/QMLSf4mmbn
— Adam Payne (@adampayne26) November 21, 2023
Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the incident is the latest which shows that Westminster “doesn’t understand” Northern Ireland.
“I’m not one of these people who get all wound up about flags or whether someone has put something on by mistake,” he told the BBC.
“It doesn’t make sense that they would do that – if they felt the need to put a flag up, it should have been the union flag.”
The mistake came after Northern Ireland was left out of the latest round of Levelling Up funding.
Beattie said: “There are people out there who want to hand all of the devolved power we have back to Westminster, and here is what Westminster is doing.
“They got rid of our Levelling Up funding, they brought us the Northern Ireland Protocol, they brought us the Windsor Framework, and now they’re firing out things on Instagram where they are using the wrong flag.
“These people don’t understand us, they don’t know us. We are better served with devolved government.”
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Can infect the brain but the body still works………is that not Facebook !!!
We have these in Ireland already they’re called the government, only they feed on other peoples money!!!
I detest the government too, but for the love of Jaysis that was poor.
@les rock: but true
So basically some mad scientist could actually create the RAGE virus from 28 days later or the t-virus in resident evil…
…on the plus side the wouldn’t have to just be hit in the brain. Anywhere will do.
The government should send sports accessories and garden utensils for the coming zombie apocalypse. Make sure you store them with your iodine pill and government cheese.
Better get out my copy of Don’t Stop Me Now and my snooker cues. Bring it on!!!
Have you seen the specimens dragging themselves around the Liffey boardwalk! The Walking Dead don’t have a patch these dudes. Since they closed the section of boardwalk along Eden Quay it’s let them wander!!!!
Take a walk around Kilkenny on a Saturday night after 1am and you can see one quite clearly ;-)
i remember walking around a lingerie shop a few years back in stephens green shopping centre near valentines day looking for a gift for the mrs. a lot of lads were doing the same thing. as i was browsing i saw the cashier say to her colleague with a look of digust “look at them, walking around with their mouths open like a bunch of f*%kin zombies…animals” jaysus.
for those outside the capital…We have thousands of these zombies wandering the street. it amazing how they defy gravity and stay on there feet..while stringing a few words together takes them minutes….aaaaahhhhh heeeeerrrreeee buuuuud,leeeend uuuuuuussssss aaaaa feeeeewwww eeeeeeuuuurrrrrooooooooo
I have my axe and chainsaw ready. Bring it on you undead motherf***ers
There’s a zombie apocalypse at every bus stop/school/ workplace every Monday morn. B grand sure.
Half the passengers on red line LUAS have had this for years
Setup the cameras in the point village. Best location ever for a zombie movie!
I see a lot of Zombies going around in pajamas lately actually I think the Zombies would have more brain power
Ive got an idea for when the zombies attack! We get the car drive to the Winchester get a cup of tea and wait for it to all just blow over
It’s not a question of IF but a question of WHEN
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