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Author:  AlunD [ Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Tony Blair pelted with eggs at book signing in Dublin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11187320

Quote:
Eggs and shoes have been thrown at the former prime minister Tony Blair as he attended a book signing in Dublin.

He's bloody lucky that's all it was :D
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:12 pm ]
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And who is paying for all that security? I do hope that it is not the tax payer. We should not have to provide security outside the borders. Too expensive.
Author:  rustybucket [ Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:51 pm ]
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Two things:

  1. Good.
  2. Why is this story in the BBC's Northern Ireland section? FAIL
Author:  pcernie [ Sat Sep 04, 2010 4:01 pm ]
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rustybucket wrote:
Two things:

  1. Good.
  2. Why is this story in the BBC's Northern Ireland section? FAIL


+1, we get that all the time mate :roll:

Quote:
Groups represented at the demonstration included the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Coalition and the 32-County Sovereignty Movement.


As stated above, he's very lucky that's all that got thrown at him :lol:
Author:  davrosG5 [ Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:04 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
And who is paying for all that security? I do hope that it is not the tax payer. We should not have to provide security outside the borders. Too expensive.


IIRC all former Prime Ministers are provided with some level of tax payer funded security detail as part of their 'package' for running the country. How extensive that protection is I'm not entirely sure.
As for this specific incident I would expect that the Garda would be providing the bulk of the security, coordinated by Blair's permanent security staff, so it would be primarily at the expense of Irish tax payers. Whether Blair or the British government was picking up cost of this is a different matter.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:14 pm ]
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I can understand it whilst in the country but if he goes off around the world making pots of money for himself he should pay for it himself or stay within the national borders.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:48 pm ]
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Shame they weren't ostrich eggs.
Author:  Nick [ Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:35 am ]
Post subject:  Tony Blair pelted with eggs at book signing in Dublin
I think it's a bit harsh, to be honest.

He did a pretty good job in Ireland. :confused:
Author:  HeatherKay [ Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:00 am ]
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Nick wrote:
I think it's a bit harsh, to be honest.

He did a pretty good job in Ireland. :confused:


Wrong "I". The protesters were all about Iraq and Afghanistan, not Ireland.

Blair, or at least Mo Mowlem, did a good job with Northern Ireland. What he will be remembered for, sadly, is riding around on George W Bush's coat tails into unwinnable wars that have caused unnecessary death and suffering on false pretences.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:11 am ]
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HeatherKay wrote:
Nick wrote:
I think it's a bit harsh, to be honest.

He did a pretty good job in Ireland. :confused:


Wrong "I". The protesters were all about Iraq and Afghanistan, not Ireland.

Blair, or at least Mo Mowlem, did a good job with Northern Ireland. What he will be remembered for, sadly, is riding around on George W Bush's coat tails into unwinnable wars that have caused unnecessary death and suffering on false pretences.

And which could leave him with the stain of being a war criminal.
Author:  lumbthelesser [ Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:41 pm ]
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It is always nice to see things that give you faith in humanity again.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tony Blair pelted with eggs at book signing in Dublin
lumbthelesser wrote:
It is always nice to see things that give you faith in humanity again.

Shame none hit. Maybe we should practice as a nation? Then we could field an army or egg and shoe throwers.
Author:  jonlumb [ Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:27 am ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
lumbthelesser wrote:
It is always nice to see things that give you faith in humanity again.

Shame none hit. Maybe we should practice as a nation? Then we could field an army or egg and shoe throwers.


If memory serves, a vicar can call all the men-folk of their parish to an hour's archery practise once a week, and by law they have to attend. Might be worth just a minor tweak to the legislation, even if it is rather old.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:43 am ]
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jonlumb wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
lumbthelesser wrote:
It is always nice to see things that give you faith in humanity again.

Shame none hit. Maybe we should practice as a nation? Then we could field an army or egg and shoe throwers.


If memory serves, a vicar can call all the men-folk of their parish to an hour's archery practise once a week, and by law they have to attend. Might be worth just a minor tweak to the legislation, even if it is rather old.

Maybe that is why the Tories want to eliminate old legislation? They expect Cameron to mess up, and so want to remove these powers before we have an population of trained egg throwers?
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