Watching a Country Make a Fool of Itself

[sasguru]

Irish prime minister SNEERS mockingly at UK



Absolutely

No fear a Brexiteer, foaming at the mouth, tweeted back:



Gr8 stuff

[BlasterBates]

Irish prime minister SNEERS mockingly at UK

IRISH Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has sparked fury after he fired an undiplomatic dig at Britain by claiming it may need a financial bailout after Brexit.

Absolutely

No fear a Brexiteer, foaming at the mouth, tweeted back:

a Twitter user who sent him a foul-mouthed message, citing loans the UK had given to Ireland during the financial crisis.

The social media user, who has 28 followers, posted: “What the f*** can you, a country who borrowed millions off the UK, just to survive, offer anybody, you are having a laugh, another bad Irish joke.”

Gr8 stuff

[NotAllThere]

'Lady' byatt contains the clue

Only due to getting a DBE. She's a writer from Sheffield, née Drabble. Apparently she's quite a good novelist. Never read anything of her's though.

[BR14]

I'm certain she doesn't speak for the majority on the first point.

'Lady' byatt contains the clue

[Mordac]

Brexit Talks: Watching a Country Make a Fool of Itself - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Lady Byatt then said: "You know, we British don't need a constitution. We are the oldest democracy in the world."

I'm pretty sure she's wrong on the second point, and I'm certain she doesn't speak for the majority on the first point.

[shaunbhoy]

due in part to a feeling of unjustified superiority

Well you're the authority on THAT Monsieur Dunning-Kruger!

You really don't know when to stop digging, do you?

[sasguru]

How could anyone disagree with her?

Indeed.
The Germans of all people know something about changing a country for the worse, due in part to a feeling of unjustified superiority

[NotAllThere]

"Essentially, she was saying," he writes, "you are barbarians, you have only recently put down your cudgels. You need the leash."

How could anyone disagree with her?

[shaunbhoy]

Indeed over-confidence and stupidity are only a matter of degree.

And who better to drop that titbit in to the mix than you, that are awash with both.

[Eirikur]

We have had democracy since before Germany existed so.....

So what exactly?

Was having voting rights for only a select group of rich men who owned property until early 1900s a democracy?

Is having a house of unelected lords and clergy a democracy?

[original PM]

Well considering modern Germany only came into being in the 1800 and they have started 2 world wars since then maybe just ******* maybe she has a point?

"Lady Byatt then said: "You know, we British don't need a constitution. We are the oldest democracy in the world." She paused briefly before continuing: "For young countries like you Germans, constitutions could very well be useful." It would be almost impossible, writes Matussek, to overstate the haughtiness and contemptuousness that dripped from her voice. "Essentially, she was saying," he writes, "you are barbarians, you have only recently put down your cudgels. You need the leash."

We have had democracy since before Germany existed so.....

[sasguru]

Yeah sorry we haven't invaded Poland yet!

Indeed over-confidence and stupidity are only a matter of degree.

[vetran]

Yeah sorry we haven't invaded Poland yet!

[Paddy]

Watching a Country Make a Fool of Itself
Almost everyone who has a say in Brexit belongs to the British establishment, meaning they went to an outrageously expensive private school and completed their studies at Cambridge or Oxford. In this regard, too, we have been enlightened. What in the name of God do they learn there?

Brexit Talks: Watching a Country Make a Fool of Itself - SPIEGEL ONLINE

No country in the world has cultivated arrogance the way Britain has. But the sad truth is: The former global power can't even find its way to the door without tripping over its feet.

Lady Byatt then said: "You know, we British don't need a constitution. We are the oldest democracy in the world." She paused briefly before continuing: "For young countries like you Germans, constitutions could very well be useful." It would be almost impossible, writes Matussek, to overstate the haughtiness and contemptuousness that dripped from her voice. "Essentially, she was saying," he writes, "you are barbarians, you have only recently put down your cudgels. You need the leash."

The United Kingdom is currently demonstrating how a country can make a fool of itself before the eyes of the entire world. What was once the most powerful empire on earth is now a country that can't even find its way to the door without tripping over its own feet.

It has now been 28 months since the British voted to pull out of the European Union. Unfortunately, they haven't taken a single step further since then.