the UK offers to loan £10bn to R.O.I.

[cm1179]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/af...docId=CNG.40ccdba1d2b38c4e26b3b463d9579d0d.01

how can we afford to do this?

3yrs from boom to bust? is this a good idea?

 

[UKDTweak]

After all the years of bombings and murders, why would we do this??

 

[Dj_Jestar]

After all the years of bombings and murders, why would we do this??

Yeah, because every single Irish man/woman/child are guilty of those crimes.

 

[Gilly]

After all the years of bombings and murders, why would we do this??

Weren't they in Northern Ireland?

We're helping out the good bit of Ireland here.

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

After all the years of bombings and murders, why would we do this??

Because otherwise we'll have a potato shortage.

 

[Morte]

I think the question is can we afford not to help? Taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11808567

• The Irish Republic is the UK's fifth largest export market
• Every man, woman and child in the Republic spends an average of £3,607 per year on British goods
• The Republic is the UK's number one export market for the food and drink sectors
• 62 Irish companies are listed on the London Stock Exchange
• More pressing is the credit exposure of British banks to Irish borrowers, amounting to more than £50bn

It seems if they suffer then we too will suffer.

 

[iamdjdz]

To be fair the Irish are giving away free cheese to the poor, they don't need 10bn more to spend on crackers.

 

[MooMoo444]

After all the years of bombings and murders, why would we do this??

wat is this i dont even ???

I believe it said on the news they are our largest trading partner. Therefore, only makes sense to help them out.

 

[plasmahal]

I think the question is can we afford not to help? Taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11808567

• The Irish Republic is the UK's fifth largest export market
• Every man, woman and child in the Republic spends an average of £3,607 per year on British goods
• The Republic is the UK's number one export market for the food and drink sectors
• 62 Irish companies are listed on the London Stock Exchange
• More pressing is the credit exposure of British banks to Irish borrowers, amounting to more than £50bn

It seems if they suffer then we too will suffer.

It certainly seems that the UK has little choice but to help.

 

[Brian8bit]

After all the years of bombings and murders, why would we do this??

Because those don't exist to people on the mainland unless they served and toured here. As far as the majority of mainland Britain is concerned Northern Ireland doesn't exist and Ireland is already one country.

 

[Gaygle]

:/

Out of interest, how much are we trying to save this year with all of these cutbacks?

 

[eatcustard]

I would rather help Ireland than a country in mainland europe.

 

[nydryl]

It would be suicide not to help the Irish. Their economy would bomb completely.

 

[eatcustard]

Because those don't exist to people on the mainland unless they served and toured here. As far as the majority of mainland Britain is concerned Northern Ireland doesn't exist and Ireland is already one country.

If you say so

 

[cm1179]

After all the years of bombings and murders, why would we do this??

because we lead the way at being this kind of nation. i personally don't have any hard feelings about the terrorist attacks as i'd rather take a progressive stance but we need to look after the UK first imo

 

[Narj]

I heard that as part of the deal, we're getting discounted road resurfacing and tarmacced drives...

 

[jp_bl_68]

how can we afford to do this?

As others have pointed out, we stand to lose more by not loaning them the money.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

I heard that as part of the deal, we're getting discounted road resurfacing and tarmacced drives...

and a new roof

 

[Buddah]

Because those don't exist to people on the mainland unless they served and toured here. As far as the majority of mainland Britain is concerned Northern Ireland doesn't exist and Ireland is already one country.

What a load of old tripe!

 

[Vonhelmet]

Loads of our exports go to Ireland, so we need them in good shape.
Also, it'll generate a stream of income in the form of interest, which is always helpful.