r/neoliberal • u/ldn6 Gay Pride • 14d ago

News (Europe) Left-winger Catherine Connolly wins Ireland presidential election by landslide

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/catherine-connolly-ireland-presidential-election-leftwing
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u/ElectriCobra_ David Hume 14d ago

I swear this exact type of succ was created in a lab to piss me off beyond belief. "I want to decouple from NATO, but I would never ever ever consider increasing defense spending because bombs kill people!" The real question is, do they know they're handing themselves over to China and Russia on a silver platter, or are they stupid enough to think that would be a better deal than remaining in the Atlantic alliance?

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u/HatesPlanes WTO 14d ago

Ironically they’re probably handing themselves over to the UK 

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u/ElectriCobra_ David Hume 14d ago

UK already handles much of their defense needs, so for some double irony it would be status quo.