Boris Johnson’s dad offered up his take on the thorny Brexit issue of the Irish border – the only 12 responses you need
Although he campaigned for Remain prior to the EU referendum, Boris Johnson’s dad, Stanley, has much in common with his more well-known son, such as a political career, a certain blond messiness and a habit of speaking without first engaging the brain. His most recent idiotic comment concerned the Irish Border, which he described as the tail wagging the dog. Even more ridiculously, he stated that there had never been a hard border in Ireland.
"There are plenty of countries in the EU where one country is in the EU and another country is not… And they don't shoot each other."
Former MEP, Stanley Johnson, believes there will be no hard border in Ireland after Brexit. pic.twitter.com/OHYJtVpAld
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 2, 2018
Needless to say, his comment has been met with widespread disbelief and derision, like this reaction from a History lecturer at Oxford Brookes.
'Never been a hard border in Ireland'. 'Tail that wags the dog'. Constant ignorance of, and casual disregard for, NI is sickening. https://t.co/qHyrrDMZg7
— Glen O'Hara (@gsoh31) October 2, 2018
These 12 people also found it hard to believe his ignorance.
1.
"There's never been a hard border in Ireland"
WTAF!!!!!
The ignorance that governs Britain is staggering.
Those squaddies pointing loaded guns at me must have been an hallucination then!
You're either thick as shit, or don't give a fuck , probably both.
Rise up Celts! Rise. https://t.co/kbcHEkU1cM— Connor Byrne (@connorjbyrne) October 2, 2018
2.
We now see where #BorisJohnson gets his phenomenal intellect from…#NOT https://t.co/RICVZQKq6M
— Kishan Devani FRSA (@Kishan_Devani) October 2, 2018
3.
"There's never been a hard border in Ireland".
Give. Me. Strength. https://t.co/uKH9ypXgKt
— Naomi Long MLA (@naomi_long) October 2, 2018
4.
No hard border? I remember the watchtowers. The corrugated iron corridors. The soldiers with machine guns treating you like a threat first and a human second. Full militarisation to do the big shop. Stanley Johnson and these fanatical goons like him are beneath contempt. #Brexit https://t.co/R6ggXmCTUp
— Paddy Duffy (@PaddyDuffy) October 2, 2018
5.
I don't even know where to start with this buffoonery from Johnson senior. It's exhausting. https://t.co/4nHIlSTto0
— Yvette Shapiro (@yvetteshapiro) October 2, 2018
6.
Not sure Johnson Senior is the best person to offer opinions on effective barriers. https://t.co/gflOwreR85
— Peter Smith (@Redpeter99) October 2, 2018
7.
"There's never been a hard border in Ireland"
We must have imagined our parents being stopped at gunpoint then you utter fuckbucket https://t.co/UrD8MOIVh2
— NATs what I call too early for Christmas music ☃️ (@NatsWP) October 2, 2018
8.
A deeply layered ignorance of Irish matters, typical of British legislators, both massively contributed to the causes of the Troubles while frustrating attempts to solve them. Here is a fine example of such dismissivism perfectly preserved from the 1970s and 80s. https://t.co/lX20HFSJuD
— Jonathan Mills (@Muinchille) October 3, 2018
9.
1:There aren’t many countries where half the country is in the EU and half isnt. Cyprus is the only significant example I can think of. How’s that working out?
2:”There’s never been a hard border in Ireland”, he says. I wonder if he ever drove through Aughnacloy back in the day?
— Mimi, banríon sí. 👑 (@MimiBalguerie) October 2, 2018
10.
Boris Johnson's dad @StanleypJohnson arrogantly dismisses Irish border as a tail wagging the dog on #Skynews. Suggests border could be as frictionless as Swiss. What – with armed border guards, customs posts and long queues of trucks? Sorry, Ireland isn't having it. #CPC18
— Kim Bielenberg (@KimBielenberg) October 2, 2018
11.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!
— Brian Tibbels #FBPE (@Brian_Tibbels) October 2, 2018
12.
Tory toff at conference suddenly sees me pic.twitter.com/ECKQWFaU2y
— The Irish Border (@BorderIrish) October 2, 2018
Psychology student, @sweetirishf shared some pictures to refute his claim.
.We must have imagined all this then pic.twitter.com/2OhwJMzrDy
— marie-clare (@sweetirishf) October 2, 2018
Looks pretty hard to us.
