[Watchman]

Does Boris still have dual citizenship

[Samanfur]

He gave up his US citizenship a few years ago. For tax reasons, naturally.

[youngian]

I thought Hannan was a protege of Thomas Jefferson as a steadfast defender of inalienable citizens rights against executive power grabs. But only for gringo plantation owners in Peru it seems.

[Big Arnold]

Ireland’s Twitterverse is roasting Tory MEP Daniel Hannan for bungling Irish history in a Telegraph article and then refusing to admit his mistake.

In citing Ireland as an example of baleful EU influence, the Brexiteer wrote that Fianna Fáil won every Irish election between 1932 and 2008.

The party in fact lost six times. When challenged about this and other points this week Hannan doubled down in a tweet.

“I managed a Double First in Modern History from Oxford. One of the things I was taught is that historians necessarily have different takes on the same events. Please try to accept that yours is not the only interpretation.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/bl ... itics-live

https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/Hann ... htag_click

[Andy McDandy]

That's his defence? "I went to Oxford, paddies!"?

What a cretin.

[Big Arnold]

I know that there can be different takes on some historical events. Election results aren't among them.

[youngian]

That's Hannan in a nutshell; Regurgitating Steve Bannon's 'alternative facts' concept while waving an Oxford degree.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

To quote Mrs A, "Fucking hell..."

[Bones McCoy]

When your "appeal to authority" consists of waving a tatty old bit of parchment.

[cycloon]

A double first from Oxford is a good accomplishment, obviously.
Hiding behind that rather than admitting mistakes is, uh, not very scholarly.
Odd, that.

[bluebellnutter]

[Big Arnold]

British MEP 'trending' over Irish history claims

Mr Hannan did not respond to requests for comment.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/03 ... h-history/

[Big Arnold]

Allan
@ACaomhanach
#HannanIrishHistory Fine Gael supported the DUP calling for Ireland to rejoin the British Commonwealth under the British monarch.
OH NO WAIT THAT HAPPENED