DUP Sammy Wilson Just Blamed The Irish Government For Brexit Consequences?

DUP MP Sammy Wilson was interviewed while holidaying in the EU about comments made by the Irish government when it came to the restoration of public services in Northern Ireland. Sammy said a "foreign country" shouldn't be interfering in Northern Ireland and blames Leo Varadkar and his government for the mess Brexit is in...
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[@supernoodles91]

That man is utterly deranged!

[@anthonymullen6300]

Sammy Wilson never fails in his bigotry and hatred towards the Irish.

[@vehx9316]

​@@johnnybee69most likely he isn't, England brought a lot of Scottish Protestant back in the day to displace the Roman Catholic Irish land owners. So why he may speak like an Irish, one might need to do a genealogy check on him first.

[@vehx9316]

@@johnnybee69 funnily enough that's not what Sammy is thinking most likely

[@liamm.1431]

​@johnnybee69, you're both right.

[@ChrisInTheNorth]

I'm not doubting his bigotry but the issue here is he doesn''t accept political realities

[@nigelmurphy6761]

Always has been so that's no great influence thank goodness. The sooner they're gone from Ireland the better

[@pdalaigh]

Sammy, we love you; you're the best advertisement for a United Ireland if there ever was one.😂🇮🇪👍

[@anfear9764]

The Irony of him being on Holiday in the EU isn’t lost on me 😉

[@jackdeegan3617]

I wonder did he use his Irish passport to go there

[@anfear9764]

@@jackdeegan3617 doubt he has one. Probably the most bitter and twisted man you’d ever likely encounter. He tries to hide his bigotry but it repeatedly slips out. This man be his ilk are dinosaurs. They are now being consigned to history which is superb. A minority, a dying voice, goodbye and good riddance.

[@ClaireSweets]

​@@jackdeegan3617probably flew from Dublin lol

[@paulohagan3309]

To the land of the Inquisition no less ...😄 Judging by his belisha beacon face, perhaps he likes the cheap alcohol there ...

[@anfear9764]

@@paulohagan3309 surprised he’s got his clothes on. Big red wine face Sammy is partial to stripping off. Like I said before, he’s a part of a bye gone / going era. And the people of Ireland / The UK / and planet earth, are better off for it.

[@fintanlawton9502]

When you're accustomed to privilege equality feels like oppression.

[@christymclaughlin618]

I like that 1

[@jfm14]

​@@christymclaughlin618 It's a popular, oft-repeated quote in civil rights and social justice circles. Unfortunately, no one seems to know who first said it.

[@paulbird3235]

Privilege is what he craves NOT COMPROMISE.

[@patricksmith8645]

What does it matter who first said it . Please reuse as often as possible .

[@davidmiller1575]

His party were taking bribes to support Westminsters deliberate acts to deny honest remain voters any say in the outcome. Now they’re playing the innocent victims of some kind of deceit from the EU, UK, and all other organisations they care to mention. You can’t be an active actor in dishonest schemes and when it suits a victim of other dishonest actions against you.

[@captainchuppachup]

Sammy complaining about Brexit on his holibobs in Spain. Peak DUP behaviour. Love it 😂

[@stephenbyrne914]

On his Irish passport too

[@colmcarrigg]

At least he had his clothes on this time.... thank God for small mercies.

[@nickvickers3486]

Seriously, did Dublin give him a passport?

[@RankinMsP]

@@ricky502 shame. He should have been left to queue..by the bloke who heads a foreign country.. according to him.

[@johnoconnell2446]

On an Irish Passport 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adblocker276]

Sammy Wilson is the kind of person who beats the living day lights out his wife and then blame his wife saying “look what YOU made me do”.

[@gothicgolem2947]

Ummmm no?

[@Demun1649]

@@gothicgolem2947 Ummmm yes!

[@gothicgolem2947]

@@Demun1649 no not at all

[@norwegianzound]

​@@gothicgolem2947 Wouldn't be surprised if it is literally true.

[@davidfradgley751]

Lad no no no, he's not, he's the kinda guy that beats up his constituents ruins their lives and then turns around and says look what the Irish did to you 🤷‍♂️

[@mandycouchbean]

DUP : Don't Understand Politics !

[@lostinfrance9830]

DUPed on every level they are that good at it

[@susannehartl3067]

🎯

[@audreymcgready4329]

Dumb Unionists Party.

[@johannagarda]

Mandy, you've made my day, thank for this beautiful and precise deciphering.

[@jounik]

Alternatively, Deluded Ulster Protestants

[@brunomadeira8432]

In the EU countries (excluding Ireland of course) very few people know the DUP and the few that know don't care. Business is taken care at government level. We do support Ireland. They are a respected member and friend and that's that.

[@peteymax]

In Ireland, we knew about the DUP and their unusual views on a range of issues, but you’re right people didn’t really get just how deluded they are or how they revel in the Tories’ handouts and crave their affection.

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

And even Brexit is never mentioned in the EU. The EU moved on. Nobody cares. Sorry not sorry for the “special” English persons.

[@vectravi2008]

​@@peteymaxI guess the population of the EU now being aware of the antics of the looney dup must count as a Brexit benefit 😂

[@sockjuice8795]

​@@louis-philippearnhem6959from Ireland Thank-you, 🇮🇪

[@Minime163]

I wonder if sammy and indeed the rest of the DUP actually believe half of the junk they spout Sammy's actually fearly mild when you compare him to Arlene Foster

[@Gillemear]

About 50% of people of Northern Ireland are Irish citizens or identify as Irish. So foreign or not, the Irish government has a right to be concerned about the welfare of their citizens in the North. And am sorry but Northern Ireland is not on Britain, there are British people in Northern Ireland but the day of it being a "protestant country for a protestant people" with a clear cultural British majority is long gone. This is just pathetic!

[@dorkangel1076]

Though quite a few of those have dual citizenship meaning they identify as both UK and Irish citizens. I agree with the point that the Irish Government is perfectly entitled to offer an opinion on what should happen. I don't think anyone argues Northern Ireland is part of Britain though, just that its part of the UK.

[@cjm3109]

​@dorkangel1076 How do you know that "quite a few" of those Irish citizens identity as UK and Irish citizens both? Also technically ALL citizens of NI have dual citizenship as they are entitled to both under the GFA.

[@MichaelDoran23]

​@cjm3109 I think what he ment was they held both passports. Some only hold 1 passport Irish or UK, but there are alot who holds both. There was a poll done in 2018 asking northern Irish people how they identify and many said both. I am a dual citizen under the GFA, but I would never hold a British passport, that's no because of hatred to Britain, its just I am Irish. However, A good example would be people just trying to go on holidays, if they could get the british passport faster they might do that but still identify as Irish, they just wanted to go on holidays. Many people done this during covid and brexit because the Irish passport office was overwhelmed.

[@Gillemear]

@cjm3109 I know due to the 2021 census records. And yes, technically that's true but ardent Unionist or Nationalist would never identify as Irish or British respectively. Besides, it just reinforces my point- the Irish government has as much a say in the welfare of the people of NI as the British government has for citizens in Ireland.

[@Gillemear]

@dorkangel1076 Sammy here seems to suggest they are one in the same. He freely exchanges both terms throughtout his rant and is never taken up on it by the reporter. Ok, this is probably bad reporting, anti-Irish bias or a lack of basic understanding of simple geography but without pointing it out, it's very easy to give the wrong impression

[@kennylloyd7645]

Oh dear, poor old Sammy hasn't realised that the very British establishment he has been so loyal too no longer cares about him and his followers. The sooner they realise this the better for everyone

[@oneillsoneills]

The Tories never cared for them, they just used their seats in parliament to stay in power

[@seanhennessy57]

" no longer" ? try NEVER. The English have never cared about the likes of Sammy and his mates, as far as they're concerned he's another Paddy that they want nothing to do with.

[@majikthise7063]

I find it interesting that Sammy hates the EU but goes to Spain on holiday.

[@Minime163]

Well he probably doesn't want to leave his Irish passport in the drawer gathering dust so it actually makes scence.

[@wbodenham]

He is probably in Benidorm aka Little England. 😎

[@patriciahiggins9188]

He'll get redder😂

[@cgmat7804]

Will have his Irish Passport no doubt

[@meab12]

Spain is in Europe. Do you have to love the EU to like a European country now?

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

It's always someone else's fault.

[@joeavreg2254]

Because it has to be, the admission of fault is weakness and they aren't weak so clearly all faults are from everyone else.

[@foxconNI]

It’s because they have lost control of the north

[@user-lx8qn3jn8l]

The ridiculousness of a delusional Sammy Wilson calling Ireland a "foreign country" is not lost on us Irish people! Could you imagine the weeping and pearl clutching if the SNP in Scotland called England the same!

[@annemoncrieff3875]

Well little engkand os a foreign country as far as I am concerned. The two pples r nowhere near alike in character or politics.

[@trident6547]

Could you imagine if Ireland suddenly invalidated his passport because UK is a foreign country very logically according to little Sammy´s ranting.

[@barryb90]

When he was being interviewed by Ali G and called himself British, Ali G replied "Are you on holidays?"

[@johnrussell3961]

Nice to see him showing solidarity with Gibraltar by having a holiday in an enemy country.,

[@gerardflynn7382]

​@@bernardfitzsimons6942Not the UK. Just England.

[@AndrewLuke]

John, you dropped the mic 😂😂

[@marsupiomarsupi4421]

Ireland-EU trade is booming 😄 *"Post-Brexit services to continental Europe continue to expand at Rosslare"* (irishnews 15 Feb 2023) *"Brits are suffering but for us it’s boom time’: how Brexit boosted French and Irish ports"* (The Observer* 25 Feb 2023) .. Irish farmers are happy: in the EU, Irish products are replacing British products: *"For the past five years, Ireland has recorded the second highest cheese production growth rate in the EU, up 39%... Irish farmhouse cheese is incredibly popular..."* (irishexaminer 04 OCT, 2022) Brexiters:😭😭😭

[@roryoneill9444]

You forgot to mention the increase in cross border trade as well.

[@Minime163]

The protocol/ Windsor framework is the best thing to happen to northern Ireland scence the GFA 2 golden opportunities for northern Ireland to come in from the political and economic wilderness completely rejected by the DUP.

[@rubikscubeking8398]

arrogance + ignorance = brexit

[@user-nx4eb8go5b]

Couldn't agree with this statement more! This is the nub of what has happened here. Sadly, arrogance and ignorance is a fertile ground when laced with lies and a head stuck in the past. Arrogance and ignorance are the reasons why so much in the UK is falling apart.

[@VickersDoorter]

Arrogance + ignorance = Bad loser. It was a fair democratic process. Everyone had a vote, more voted to leave than remain, what could be more straightforward? Get over it.

[@decmurray1096]

It's the Dunning/Kruger affect, an empty kettle makes the loudest noise

[@maliciousbloke]

Bit of a cheek for him to talk about defending the union. Brexit is the single biggest threat to the union since 1922

[@gerardflynn7382]

Northern Ireland was founded on the 3rd of May 1921.

[@liamm.1431]

@@gerardflynn7382 a date that will go down in infamy.

[@JohnLloydDavis]

The problem for Northern Ireland IS the DUP and their supporters. They want a return to this - "Cromwell passed a series of Penal Laws against Roman Catholics (the vast majority of the population) and confiscated large amounts of their land. As punishment for the rebellion of 1641, almost all lands owned by Irish Catholics were confiscated and given to British settlers."

[@johnmcbride9503]

Scottish

[@foxconNI]

So true

[@barryb90]

I always found it an irony that Unionists loved Cromwell for the the fact he killed a large portion of the islands native Irish Catholic population, but neglect the fact that he hated Scottish Presbyterians and the Monarchy and was an English Republican and put penal laws on the former.

[@evelynmccabe3855]

If you know East Belfast the Protestants do not own any land and many of the people he represents probably are just as poor as some of the Roman Catholics.. Dont forget that many Protestants the large number of Presbyterians who fought in that rebelliion of 1798 of the United Irishmen Wolfe Tone one of the Leaders was an Anglican (Protestant) . Henry Joy who was executed for his part in the Rebellion was a Presbyterian (Protestant) . something happened on the way to cause many like the present day Sammy Wilson and his crew to be going on with such absurdities more than likely the influence of the Orange Order which has continued to be the most divisive Protestant sectarian organisation in the UK..i

[@JohnLloydDavis]

@@evelynmccabe3855 could you cut and paste your answers better please as I can’t make sense of it.

[@paulkinsella6536]

If Ireland is a foreign country, how come the British government meet the Irish government to discuss issues concerning N.I. Whether Sammy likes it or not, the Irish government has skin in the game. The largest party in N.I. Sinn Fein, see Britain as the foreign country. Sammy is raging because the British government never tell the Irish government to stay out of the affairs of N.I.

[@jmo8934]

He’s delusional. The island of Ireland has been the same country all the way until 1922. People there can have citizenship of Ireland, Britain or both as they see fit. NI was as we all know gerrymandered to ensure a Protestant majority forever. That is gone. Sammys party campaigned for Brexit and the majority of people in NI voted against it. Once implemented the way they wanted Brexit meant checks had to go somewhere. Guess where that had to be? Bojo signed a deal with the EU. Nobody in Britain cares about NI and the DUP in that context are non entities. Sammy thinks that people there actually care what he or his party or headbanger followers think. Britain are counting down the days to be rid of it which is why the provision exists for a poll that can cut it loose. Sammy and his followers are the type of people posing with Trump banner, talking about climate change as no big deal, and bringing evangelical Christian stuff into everything. They are mental cases and as soon as the likes of him shuffle of the better.

[@celticlofts]

Well they can't. That was the whole point of the GFA.

[@joanesp100]

And wee Sammy is going to be blowing that Irish skin whistle very soon🍆🥶

[@sb8163]

Sammy Wilson can say it's foreign if he wants but that won't change the fact that Irish people live in all nine counties of Ulster, always have done. He doesn't get to decide that splitting a province with a border drawn up by a committee 100yrs ago that literally cuts some people's gardens from their houses makes the people "foreign" to each other. An English person is more foreign to Ireland than any Irish people from any part of their own country will ever be no matter what county they are born in. Sammy doesn't like that the placenames are Irish eg. Tyrone: Tír Eoghain (Eoin's land) and that Ireland's patron saint is buried in Downpatrick, and he celebrates the Battle of the Boyne (now in the Republic) every year

[@joangrennan886]

There are none so blind as they who will not see and Sammy is blind ,bigoted and brazen . It's heartbreaking to see how the whole island of Ireland is being held back by the intransigence of this awful individual

[@bennyreed2900]

Sammy the donkey 🫏 with ears cut of😅😅😅😂😅😂😅😮😊.???

[@gerardflynn7382]

​@@joangrennan886Not the whole island. Just the North East.

[@hugolloyd940]

Brilliant well said.

[@liamm.1431]

Unfortunately, there seems to be a campaign of misinformation that's gaslighting the entire nationalist community of the gerrymandered statelet. Stickies and fina gael freestaters are using the DUP/TUV as a bargaining chip against reunification.

[@channelsixtyeight068_]

The EU should have denied Wilson entry.

[@MrIrishscouse]

Which EU member state would he blame for not being able to get into Spain? The Republic of Ireland of course. :-)

[@liamm.1431]

@@MrIrishscouse 🎯🎯

[@ElMaestroGordo]

He's probably got an Irish passport, ironically. No 90/180 day-rule for him!

[@vinylrulesok8470]

Jeez, the contempt he has for the Irish is palpable

[@patriciahiggins9188]

Not long now, he's finished

[@Shelldrake489]

If you listen really carefully you can hear his internal organs boiling him alive,unfortunately he doesn’t know this because his brain died many many years ago and was replaced by a bowl of orange jelly,his simmering hatred for Ireland and the EU will eventually be his undoing…….I can’t wait for that day.

[@celticlofts]

He doesn't believe half the shit he spouts, but the people who vote for him do and that's all that matters.

[@seanhennessy57]

Wee Sammy cant stomach the fact that he is in fact Irish, the second he steps onto GB he is a PADDY.

[@celticlofts]

@@seanhennessy57: Yep.

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

Sammy and the DUP tore up the Good Friday agreement after they didn’t sign it in 1998.

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

@@Buckets1000 The current peace the people are enjoying must be terrible for the DUP.

[@celticlofts]

Well the fact that many Unionists are getting themselves Irish passports must really piss them off - I'd imagine some within his own ranks have one.

[@AndrewLuke]

27 years, 2 months, 23 days ago, Sammy Wilson lost his clothes on the front cover of the Sunday World. He still hasn't found them. Ain't it depressing.

[@Dylanesque]

Is there a remote possibility Brexiters will eventually get the blame?

[@adblocker276]

Yes, when BBC runs a program called “Ireland Re-United: how we got here”

[@verttikoo2052]

You have to wait until first quarter of the 2024 👍 Then they have some explaining to do 🥳 So be patient 👍 (31.12.2023 The UK financial sector can’t offer financial services in to the EU anymore. Basically they lose 447 million customers when they all walk out of the door. That will be devastating because the UK read Tories didn’t do any preparation for this.)

[@johannagarda]

CPTPP members are already on red alert. No kidding, someone (in one CPTPP country) already told me that (1/2 fun 1/2 serious) that the way the UK talks about the EU scares the ... out of him.

[@verttikoo2052]

@@johannagarda Tell him not to worry about the EU. We are doing fine. How long the CPTPP lasts is another story.

[@johannagarda]

@@verttikoo2052 Yes, he even told me that observing from the outside he sees that the EU with UK in it is whole, and the EU without the UK in its is adult.

[@stevenfennell7020]

Considering the majority of people in the north of Ireland are Irish passport holders i would have thought the Taoiseach has every right to a say. Does Sammy consider Irish passport holders foreigners as well?

[@kaitnip]

I am going to assume yours is a rhetorical question. Duh

[@stephenbyrne914]

I've no doubt he also holds an Irish passport. He may be a sectarian bigot but he isn't as stupid as he looks nor sounds.

[@stevenfennell7020]

@@kaitnip Well yes, but plenty of DUP supporters have Irish passports, including Ian Paisley. Would be interesting to hear Sammy calling them foreigners.

[@TheBigMidweek1889]

It's incredible how the extreme right everywhere, whether it be the DUP, Sunak's Tories or Donald Trump, have got the blame game down to a fine art.

[@petert1692]

When you don’t have any solutions and aren’t creative enough to find solutions, you get this mediocrity.

[@ConnbineHarvester]

Whiney babies the lot of them! :D

[@RankinMsP]

Well, when you create the problems and don't want them fixed, what else do you do?

[@robertgalloway3771]

This is in RUSSIA, who paid for the TORY MAJORITY! and want the U.S.S.R. back, the cost destruction and genocide. Overcrowded China China wanting TIBET and TAIWAN,and the U.K. wanting some EMPIRE!!

[@meab12]

The extreme right tories who are allowing thousands of migrants into the UK every week? Extreme right???

[@justincharles2332]

I imagine how Wilson is viewed in the UK and Ireland, is how Brexit Britain is viewed / heard across the world - background noise that one just ignores...

[@roryoneill9444]

Sammy Wilson and Hermann Kelly to Loyalist Brexiteers mouthing off in Ireland.

[@wbodenham]

The interviewer was very poor, she was not prepared with some facts. 🤪🇮🇪

[@theoracle8560]

No surprise there , SKY news hate Ireland.

[@Minime163]

How in the world would you prepare for an interview with someone like sammy she was probably punched drunk by the complete drivel he was talking.

[@jamesfogarty2796]

Incompetent!

[@wbodenham]

@@jamesfogarty2796 I hope so James and it’s not compliant 🤓

[@br5380]

Did the journalist really not know of Irelands' responsibilities under the Belfast Agreement, as she babbled on at 1:40?

[@gothicgolem2947]

LOL babbled on? She was holding him to account

[@roryoneill9444]

@@gothicgolem2947 She wasn't really, she was showing her ignorance of the Good Friday Agreement to another ignoramus.

[@roryoneill9444]

She probably didn't know that wasn't in the UK until 2018 and the negotations of the Withdrawal agreement.

[@br5380]

@@gothicgolem2947 if she'd have known the facts she could've done a far better job, and just let him go after he'd had his 'speech'

[@withcoffey]

I find that most British journalists are unaware of Britain and Ireland's obligations under GFA.

[@lostinfrance9830]

And where is Sammy Wilson spending his holiday money??? Oh in Malaga, Spain 😂 I suppose those beach waters around the UK are to dirty for you now Sammy

[@stephenbyrne914]

And via his Irish passport. He perhaps even left Ireland via Dublin Airport.

[@Mighty5754]

yes they are the same what's coming out of Sammy's mouth shit

[@robertgalloway3771]

Private water = manky beaches! and rivers! poisoned fish,! and lots of money for Tories! and shareholders!!, Without the N.H.S recovery form poisoning takes longer than ever to recover your health!!

[@MichaelDoran23]

When your living in Northern Ireland and your broke for many reasons. Sammy sitting in Malaga Spain spending the money he isn't working for. Love how politicians have a different status. If I went to work tomorrow and refused to work, I'd be laid off. It's a joke

[@celticlofts]

Just be thankful that you don't have the hate in your heart that this guy carries with him every minute of every day. I mean you really have to be 100% committed to the cause to be a member of the DUP.

[@captain007x]

Blaming the ROI Sammy 'bigot' Wilson spreads fear among his stuck in the past supporters.

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

DUP stands for "Definitely Unification, Protestants!" I guess Ireland is responsible for Brexit in the sense that they gained independence in the 1920s.

[@michaellawler3016]

We will be United within 10 years the way it should have been for the past 100 years.

[@maxharbig1167]

I'm expecting that, sooner or later Sammy Wilson in his frenzied search for scapegoats is going to inadvertently blame himself. The man's reasoning, or lack o fit, is so contorted and convoluted that he is serioualy in danger of vanishing up his own nether orifice.

[@audreymcgready4329]

🤣🤣

[@jjnen3118]

Just curious which way he enters? Bend over backwards or goes the front way?😮

[@liamm.1431]

If only he would, and take the rest of his bigoted ilk with him.

[@mauraorourke9849]

​@@jjnen3118he is so bent over backwards he has a clear view of his own A...H...

[@drewwilliams6888]

Sammy still getting paid by the UK taxpayer for not participating in government.

[@thecritic81]

Sammy is always good laugh.

[@anthonymullen6300]

Never fails.

[@100geemo78]

He should have a show at the Edinburgh Festival; he’s an effing riot !!

[@timolynch149]

Give it another few years and Mr Wilson can negotiate with a Sinn Féin government in the ROI. Can't wait for that freakout.

[@roryoneill9444]

I don't think he is afraid of the Mé Féin..... Sorry..... I meant the Dole to Dáil party..... Ireland has a Sinn Féin problem, in Ireland the Party mouths off about the "state" of the country particularly the HSE and the Housing Crisis (both are issue in Ireland... but not as bad as in the North) however both are issues that Nationalists in the North say are the reasons why they wouldn't vote for a United Ireland..... so Sinn Féin's ONE job in Dáil Éireann is to work with Sinn Féin in the Northern Ireland Assembly to get a United Ireland but what are they doing...... FcUKing it up. If Sinn Féin wants a United Ireland, the Party needs to promote a United Ireland by staying well clear of anything that will tarnish the image of a United Ireland in the eyes of people in the North, let Paul Murphy rant about the Housing Crisis & Neutrality, they can agree with him but drop it like a debate about organised crime donations to Political Parties.

[@Minime163]

Shinners to the left of me shinners to the right of me stuck in the middle with sammy.

[@Minime163]

@@roryoneill9444 the shinners are a perfect opposition party but I don't know about them in government their trying to keep all sides going promising everything to everyone. They're going to get a very rude awakening if they get into government after the next election which is very likely if current oppinion poles are anything to go by.

[@johnking9794]

Shinn Fien had a chance to take power in the last election but couldnt muster enough candidates. Then no one would negotiate with them because of their intransigence. Lets be real here. Briton is better off out of Europe. One day Ireland will realise this and do the same.

[@roryoneill9444]

@@johnking9794 For a brit you do really understand why SF failed in their bid for a place in Government. However, the Uk economy is FcUKed, highest interest rates with still the highest inflation rate among the developed economies, add to that Ireland, a country of 5 million people, is now Global Britain's 4th largest export market & with present trends Ireland will replace Germany, a market of over 80 million, in the top 3.

[@murpho999]

I wonder did Sammy skip the immigration queue in Malaga airport upon arrival with his Irish passport?

[@chrisbyrne5358]

You can bet on it

[@mandycouchbean]

Sammys lift doesn't reach the top floor !

[@childoftheuniverse2644]

Jammed in the basement. 😂

[@raypickles537]

Ireland and the rest of the EU warned him and the UK about leaving

[@carlosonliones202]

Why is NI being held to ransom by this man who is unable to understand what is going on around him…?

[@chrisyarnold6205]

Sammy must be the only person in Europe, including the UK, who thinks that the border on the island of Ireland is coming back.

[@norwegianzound]

Good old Sammy. Always worth a laugh.

[@robertgalloway3771]

We have the same in Scotland, with the likes of Viceroy Alister Jack, David Mundell, Ruth Davidson (OF LONDON LINKS,) un -elected Murdo Fraser, and Lord Foulks, These are all slaves to their London Masters. as the bribery is there, where the money comes from does not matter!

[@andreascassinides2660]

Brexit has brought the unification of Ireland much closer thanks to the British government actions.

[@gerardflynn7382]

But mostly because of the DUP. 😂😂

[@AndrewLuke]

@@gerardflynn7382 Quite agree. He doesn't want foreign governments in, but was particularly happy to dance to the tune of the Putin-Trump alliance.

[@imastaycool]

Reunification* Ireland was united in many ways before the Norman/Anglo invasion of the 1100s and united linguistically, lawfully, culturally and socially right up to the 1700s before British rule took hold. Ireland was actually more unified in the 17th century than Britain is in 2023. 1. Ireland was united before the coming of the Brits/Normans in 1169 as we had one law for the whole island i.e. *Brehon Law* This particular law was in place for 1000 years and was first set down on parchment in the 7th century. This law was operational in Ireland even until the completion of the English conquest of Ireland in the early 17th century. Brehon Law is seen today as very advanced for that time. Brehon Law is hugely important and not to be overlooked as insignificant. *Brehon Law was very advanced for that era and was even in use right up until the 17th century before the Brits took hold* 2. The whole island was *united linguistically as we all spoke Old Irish* The Irish language is around since the Bronze Age and is about 2,500 years old. We all shared the Irish language so were linguistically entwined. 3. *We were united both culturally and socially, too all the while operating under one law and conversing in Irish* One's culture is based firmly around many different parts of everyday life and pre-Norman invasion, Gaelic Irish style of dress, music, dance, sport, social gathering, architecture, and art was nationwide. 4. We had unity albeit political unity, but where and when, even today, has politics ever been united!? Are the folks in Westminster united? Are the folks in the Dáil Éireann united? I think not. Conclusion: The truth is the British invasion destroyed our laws and language therefore creating division - the invasion tried to divide the people and successfully partitioned the island. Ireland was united in many ways before the British arrived and will be reunified when Britain leaves.

[@sr6424]

Remembering the rubbish from the Bexiteers in 2016. What did they say? Something like a computer program would solve any Irish problem!

[@panzermanful]

Is Sammy not a foreigner in Ireland ? Being he is an Ulster Scot ie invader

[@channelsixtyeight068_]

Wilson declares himself "British", he should GTFO of Ireland.

[@imastaycool]

Do you think we fought British rule for centuries for the laugh of it or something? When people fight, they fight for a good reason and when a nation fights it's because something was taken away from them! After the Norman/Anglo Invasion of Ireland in the 1100s, we then had Planters arrive as per The Plantations in 16th- and 17th-century which involved the confiscation of Irish-owned land by the English Crown and the colonisation of land with settlers from Britain. We fought back: 1. The two Desmond Rebellions took place in 1569-1573 and 1579-1583 to *fight against the threat of the extension of the English government* over the province. 2. The successful Battle of Clontibret was *fought against the British* in County Monaghan in 1595. 3. The successful Battle of the Yellow Ford was *fought against the British* in County Armagh in 1598. 4. The Nine Years' War, sometimes called Tyrone's Rebellion took place in Ireland from 1593 to 1603. It was fought between an Irish alliance to *fight against English rule in Ireland.* 5. The Rebellion of 1641 took place when Irish Catholics were being threatened by expansion of the anti-Catholic English Parliament and Scottish Planters and they *rebelled against English and Protestant domination.* 6. The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a major uprising *against British rule in Ireland.* (The Society of United Irishmen was led primarily by liberal Protestants). The Irish wanted an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and to roll back the Plantations of Ireland. 7. The Irish rebellion of 1803 was launched by Irish republicans *against British rule in Ireland* 8. The Young Irelander Rebellion was an Irish nationalist uprising led by the Young Ireland movement, part of the wider Revolutions of 1848. 9. The Fenian Rising of 1867 was a rebellion *against British rule in Ireland*, organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. 10. The Easter Rising of 1916 was piloted by Irish republicans *against British rule in Ireland* with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic. 11. The civil rights movement in the early 1960s challenged the inequality and discrimination against ethnic Irish Catholics that was perpetrated by the Ulster Protestant community. 12. Derry activists' marched on the 5 October 1968 in Derry, but were attacked by the RUC and loyalists. THAT IS A SNAPSHOT OF HOW WE HAVE FOUGHT AND RESISTED BOTH BRITISH RULE AND DISCRIMINATION BY THE UNIONIST COMMUNITY!

[@KaloMorace]

They announced that the checks have been delayed again. The Tories are going to delay them until they are voted out so Labour have to implement them.

[@audreymcgready4329]

Sammy getting withdrawal symptoms again from being laughed at. I think dear Sammy's brain is pickled. Stay out the bar Sammy. Step away from the drink.

[@clivemortimore8203]

Wot, leave Sammy and his like of a drink or three alone......gotta fink about me shares in Bushmills after all.

[@audreymcgready4329]

@@clivemortimore8203 🤣🤣

[@rumien1383]

Ah Audrey, the very idea that Sammy has a brain to pickle is fanciful 😊😊

[@Alexander-uj5pb]

Sammy would do better for the people of NI by joining the south.

[@paulhmull]

no thanks

[@pfauniversal1890]

Lots down south don't want a United Ireland.

[@roryoneill9444]

He would also do better for himself as TDs get paid more than MPs.

[@roryoneill9444]

@@pfauniversal1890 Yeah about 35% but more want a United Ireland at 65%.

[@johndevoy5792]

@@pfauniversal1890 ...the majority under 35 do, and we'd better get used to the idea because it IS incrementally happening, and will continue to 'incrementally happen over the next decade to two until the last bit of politics is ready to be 'ticked'.

[@mikeslattery7176]

Another great speech from the flat earth society chairman !

[@joesphbegley3088]

Sammy was the guy who shouted loudest for Brexit.

[@cathalduffy1618]

More DUP lies.

[@johnellis3244]

I think the only solution is a 'United Ireland' or am I missing something here?

[@ganrimmonim]

He's going to be more than a little unhappy when Westminster says to Dublin, "oh you know those six counties up North?, well we're giving them back. Er good luck with that".

[@KevinMurphy0403]

"Sinn Fein are the biggest party in Stormont and as a result of that, the institutions are unworkable" is what Sammy really means

[@mandycouchbean]

Keep you the Great Work Max ❤

[@gitser2003]

It must kill him that he can't just say what they really want is the re-establishment of a hard border between NI and ROI.

[@victorbeauvois]

SAMMY is totally delusional

[@RankinMsP]

Today ends in 'day'

[@darthvadar441]

DUP/UDA wanted a hard border in Ireland and it backfired.

[@garethconnor9113]

I’ve just seen Sammy is holidaying in Spain 🇪🇸? A nation well known for Catholicism. You would think a place that would be like holidaying in hell for him. Or is Sammy just a walking irony.says one thing and does the opposite.

[@garethconnor9113]

@@huwzebediahthomas9193 I was thinking the shankhill road. It like Disney land for unionist and loyalists.

[@geoffpoole483]

He might be in Benidorm; there's even a 12th July parade there. It's toe-curling to watch.

[@garethconnor9113]

@@geoffpoole483 , a 12th parade in a country steeped in the catholic faith. Irony is off he scale.

[@bracinggreen3785]

Äh, Sammy is in Malaga (Spain). Maybe the rats are leaving the ship? Does he know, he might be seen as an immigrant and be send to Rhuanda? Questions after questions and me, im puzzled.

[@theholygoat8826]

He's about as sharp as a snooker ball .

[@truthplease4868]

Sammy Wilson- always reminds me of the Russians in east Ukraine- They talk of a foreign country whilst in the country….

[@ValiantWrestling]

Lmao, he is Irish. Despite his deludional want to be English.

[@gothicgolem2947]

No he is British he has a British passport. If he wants to be British he can be British

[@roseanne9986]

@@gothicgolem2947And he also has an Irish passport.

[@gothicgolem2947]

@@roseanne9986 so that means he can be either Irish or British it’s up to him

[@roseanne9986]

@@gothicgolem2947Yes born in Ireland, lives in Ireland and is entitled to an Irish passport.

[@marakinane2097]

​@@gothicgolem2947 Perhaps what he doesn't realise is that in GB he is a paddy.

[@colinashman4706]

They might as well Blame It On The Boogie. They've blamed everyone and everything else.

[@mandycouchbean]

Good Afternoon Everyone ❤

[@eoindee7007]

What do you want to bet that Sammy has no pants on during this interview 🤔

[@mikehiggins4079]

Was Sammy Wilson asked how long he had to queue up to get his UK Passport checked & stamped when he arrived in Spain? Or does he have an Irish Passport?

[@sheilaroddick5853]

When you thought it was safe to go back into the water Sammy Wilson surfaces once again..............

[@johannagarda]

.... resurface as a shark, as a box-jellyfish or as a "...." ?😊

[@sheilaroddick5853]

@@johannagarda Complete head case.

[@SANDRA-ni3wi]

I don’t understand British journalists, when I watch our national media (state sponsored) interview politicians, the journalists seem well prepared, they are highly critical and rebuke false or misleading statements. I feel like they provide context, I hardly see this in UK reporting. Politicians can spew the greatest nonsense without any meaningful rebuttal.

[@ElMaestroGordo]

The DUP providing me with so much (unintentional) mirth & merriment. They started out backing Brexit to rip up the GFA and bring back a 'hard' border on the island of Ireland, they become signatory instigators of the thing they dread: Unification! 🤩 After Mr. Varadkar met Boris Johnson on the Wirral in 2019, I was surprised Leo wasn't garlanded with a "Roman Triumph" on his return to Dublin because I can't help feeling his statecraft brought unification within touching distance.

[@FY1958]

Brilliant steam Max,brilliant comments, thank you.❤

[@puddyvalentine]

As the DUP are effectively on strike..I hope they're not being paid salaries...

[@gerardacronin334]

They are!

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

Time to go to plan B. Joint authority.

[@Demun1649]

How does that work? Would it be legal?

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

@@Demun1649 Yes. It's agreed signed and legal.

[@Demun1649]

@@williampatrickfagan7590 By "joint authority" do you mean Éire and the English?

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

@@Demun1649 Irish and British government. Yes

[@Demun1649]

@@williampatrickfagan7590 There is no British government, just the English and their traitor toadies.

[@derekmulready1523]

Belfast High Court told DUP TUV Alliance UUP. To meet with Irish Representative's as per the GFA 🇮🇪🇪🇺

[@dessy76]

It must be 'Happy Hour' in Spain.

[@AodhanBeag]

He’s gonna be really annoyed when he finds out “the Brits are at it again” is a common phrase here too

[@tonyharpur8383]

If Sammy and the DUPes want to scrap the Good Friday Agreement then we in the Republic should bring back the old Articles 2 & 3 of our Constitution (territorial claim on the Six Counties). Then we can all sit back and watch Sammy and the DUPes freaking out! Popcorn is on me....just don't choke on i when you're laughing! 😉😁

[@Minime163]

Butter popcorn for me please

[@tonyharpur8383]

Fun and games! 🤣😂

[@tonyharpur8383]

@@Minime163 done! 😄😁😆😅

[@willc1294]

I'd perfer the Irish maintain the moral high ground and avoid being dragged down the level of the neanderthals of Ulster.

[@patrickyoung3503]

Good thinking Barman .

[@x24valveman]

If you don't like recent history, invent your own version

[@foxconNI]

They blame everyone but themselves,they hate to share the north of Ireland.

[@gerardcasey8373]

It’s beyond me how Sammy manages to put both feet in his mouth whenever he is interviewed.

[@cathalmacsiurdain7762]

Be fair to Sammy. He's in Malaga and probably suffering from heatstroke. Pass the guy a large quantity of toilet paper and allow him give his mouth the proverbial wipe. And say a prayer for him when you say the rosary. He'd really love that.

[@velvetunderpants44]

And of course Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU....

[@rabburns1382]

Sammy is the intellectual figurehead of the DUP. He's unique in some regards.

[@clivemortimore8203]

I agree with Sammy, all of the UK should be treated the same. So why isn't he demanding that Scotland, Wales and Ingerland have access to the single market, just like Northern Ireland has. Then goods to and from Great Britain and Ulster can travel freely.

[@inquisitor229]

Poor Sammy, his grip on reality slips even further.

[@100geemo78]

Sammy has definitely got the funny bone. What’s he doing in Spain? Should be in Edinburgh, son !!

[@tonylennon7979]

Absolutely correct. Poor ould Sammy alternates between confusion and delusion when he recites his foreign country mantra.

[@BEGGARWOOD1]

I think there will be united Ireland in 10 years

[@QemeH]

The DUP got played - that's why they are angry. They tagged along to support the Tories (or more accurately, the ERG's) plan of Brexit in a promise that it would harden the border, forcing deeper integration of NI with the Kingdom, thus supporting Unionism. They actually HOPED that it would run into the GFA and would maybe cut into it or even abolish it in the fervor that Brexit caused. But for most people in Ireland and the UK the memory of "the troubles" is way to recent to just trash the GFA, not even with pro-brexit voters. So now the DUP is left in this wierd gap that they can't say that they WANTED the GFA to be a problem, but they also want the GFA to be a problem...

[@davidbaxter4910]

HEADBANGER. Agreed.

[@mhorohello]

Thanks for the video!

[@blackstaffiffy]

That was always the plan : destroy everything then blame someone else for the things destroyed. That's fascism 101.

[@macjim]

Northern Ireland gets special treatment so his comments regarding this the rest of the ‘U.K.’ being treated equally, means this should work for Scotland and Wales

[@StickyBud9395]

Sammy Wilson , brain of the century .

[@imck357]

Sammy looks like a burnout out geography teacher

[@MaximilienRobespierre1]

🤣🤣🤣

[@davidjames2083]

*Oh Hahaha!* 😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣 Fair do's, if you want a good laugh you can always rely on Sammy Wilson and the nutjobs of the DUP! 👍🧌🦖🦕

[@garykitching3091]

Better comedian than Frank Carson 😢😂❤

[@davidjames2083]

Hahaha! Right!👍 Every one's a Maserati 😆🤣😆🤣