The British journalist got a crash course in Anglo-Irish history.
During a recent interview on Ireland Unfiltered, Andrew Maxwell made an incredibly important point with regards to Anglo-Irish relations and Brexit.
“There are maybe 68 million people in the UK. There’s more super-cool, sweet, creative, compassionate, funny, charming, sporting, great craic, generous, and just sound English people than there is actual people on the island of Ireland. These are people you would share your life with. It’s just that they’re – up to this moment – been utterly outgunned by the right-wing press,” Maxwell said.
This is a point always worth remembering when it comes to Anglo-Irish relations.
There aren’t many Irish people that don’t have some strong ties to Britain, which is why some of the more infuriating comments made about Ireland and the backstop – of which there have been many – continue to irritate.
On that note, Andrew Lilico, a journalist, author and economist who has ties to the ERG, argued that if the UK leaves the EU with a No Deal scenario, it will constitute a major economic and geopolitical failure on the part of the EU and the Irish government.
In response to this view, another Twitter user stated that the UK has treated Ireland appallingly throughout the process.
https://twitter.com/dscullylimerick/status/1158705072697745408
Lilico then asked if there were any examples of Britain treating Ireland in an “appalling” way.
Granted, he was asking about the Brexit process, but plenty of people couldn’t resist.
https://twitter.com/andrew_lilico/status/1158723213628706816
Andrew is there a genuine issue with your computer that means you can't access google?
— Ross McCafferty (@RossMcCaff) August 6, 2019
We’ve centuries worth. Where would you like to begin?
— Karl (@Craicthewhip_) August 6, 2019
Well, some tories just suggested to fucking starve them. Also, you weren't much of a listener in history class, were ya? https://t.co/XoC5aaGUEM
— Lucas Bourdon (@lucas_bourdon) August 6, 2019
HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA pic.twitter.com/5AijT0D6s3
— mimi ☭ (@ameliamcd_) August 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/cionnai/status/1158756044581036032
You could start from 1167 and work forward to 2018 and Patel threatening to starve them out.
— Janna == (@1stjanna) August 6, 2019
The potato famine, the black and tans, Oliver Cromwell, Bloody Sunday, that football friendly in the 90's when English hooligans smashed up landsdown road.
— Liam Doyle (@Doyle_liam) August 6, 2019
— Irish Potato Famine
— Drogheda genocide
— internment
— Bloody Sunday
— Easter Rising executions
— Battle of the Boyne
— persecution of Irish Catholics in the UK
and that’s just the start— noah add me @realnoahsimpson (@noahisinactive) August 7, 2019
After receiving a plethora of replies, Lilico refined his question.
https://twitter.com/andrew_lilico/status/1158760225475874816
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