Harland Sanders
@colonelhsanders.bsky.social
New account. Old one retired after excess troll attention. Writing under a pseudonym by design: privacy enables candour. Expect robust, well-seasoned discourse (all 12 herbs & spices). Good-faith debate welcome; abuse will be blocked.
No bigotry , just Hibernophobia
January 14, 2026 at 4:29 PM
No bigotry , just Hibernophobia
No one is asking for an apology: I commend your honesty- bigotry is nothing to be ashamed off
January 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
No one is asking for an apology: I commend your honesty- bigotry is nothing to be ashamed off
Then it’s a trivial one.
Stating that you focused on a particular group doesn’t answer the criticism that you chose to focus on that group and that choice is exactly what’s being questioned.
Stating that you focused on a particular group doesn’t answer the criticism that you chose to focus on that group and that choice is exactly what’s being questioned.
January 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Then it’s a trivial one.
Stating that you focused on a particular group doesn’t answer the criticism that you chose to focus on that group and that choice is exactly what’s being questioned.
Stating that you focused on a particular group doesn’t answer the criticism that you chose to focus on that group and that choice is exactly what’s being questioned.
Which facts are those?
January 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Which facts are those?
That’s semantics. If you “specifically focus” on British citizens with Irish passports as your post does and others have noted, you are, by definition, singling out that group. Denying it afterwards doesn’t make it untrue — it just underscores the point.
January 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
That’s semantics. If you “specifically focus” on British citizens with Irish passports as your post does and others have noted, you are, by definition, singling out that group. Denying it afterwards doesn’t make it untrue — it just underscores the point.
Then saying “no objection” while insisting on calling out the treatment of the Anglo-Irish community as exceptional is a contradiction, not a clarification.
January 14, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Then saying “no objection” while insisting on calling out the treatment of the Anglo-Irish community as exceptional is a contradiction, not a clarification.
At that point it’s fair to ask whether this insistence on treating one group as exceptional is just analysis?
Or a convenient mask for prejudice?
Or a convenient mask for prejudice?
January 14, 2026 at 11:48 AM
At that point it’s fair to ask whether this insistence on treating one group as exceptional is just analysis?
Or a convenient mask for prejudice?
Or a convenient mask for prejudice?
Of course the solution to your bugbear is obvious: for the UK to outlaw the holding of dual nationality. But it can't do that without violating the GFA....
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Of course the solution to your bugbear is obvious: for the UK to outlaw the holding of dual nationality. But it can't do that without violating the GFA....
Deckchairs, Titanic and rearranging spring to mind.
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Deckchairs, Titanic and rearranging spring to mind.
You’re confusing unequal consequences with unequal treatment.
Brexit changed one legal status for all UK citizens; dual nationals simply rely on another one.
Calling that “inequality” doesn’t make it true.
Brexit changed one legal status for all UK citizens; dual nationals simply rely on another one.
Calling that “inequality” doesn’t make it true.
January 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
You’re confusing unequal consequences with unequal treatment.
Brexit changed one legal status for all UK citizens; dual nationals simply rely on another one.
Calling that “inequality” doesn’t make it true.
Brexit changed one legal status for all UK citizens; dual nationals simply rely on another one.
Calling that “inequality” doesn’t make it true.
Brexit applied uniformly to British nationality.
Anyone who avoided the consequences did so because they held another passport like every dual national everywhere.
Pretending this is about empathy, history, or Anglo-Irish exceptionalism is just confused, self-indulgent nonsense.
Anyone who avoided the consequences did so because they held another passport like every dual national everywhere.
Pretending this is about empathy, history, or Anglo-Irish exceptionalism is just confused, self-indulgent nonsense.
January 14, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Brexit applied uniformly to British nationality.
Anyone who avoided the consequences did so because they held another passport like every dual national everywhere.
Pretending this is about empathy, history, or Anglo-Irish exceptionalism is just confused, self-indulgent nonsense.
Anyone who avoided the consequences did so because they held another passport like every dual national everywhere.
Pretending this is about empathy, history, or Anglo-Irish exceptionalism is just confused, self-indulgent nonsense.
To seek attention
January 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM
To seek attention
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The distressing thing is that these accounts have been told countless times they are wrong by a lot of people who actually know, but continue to spout their alternative reality. If they want to delude themselves that's fine, of course. It's the people who may be misled by their BS I feel bad for.
January 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The distressing thing is that these accounts have been told countless times they are wrong by a lot of people who actually know, but continue to spout their alternative reality. If they want to delude themselves that's fine, of course. It's the people who may be misled by their BS I feel bad for.
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That's complete nonsense. Only an Irish citizen can hold an Irish passport. People can indeed qualify for citizenship via descent - it doesn't make them any less of an Irish citizen. Like almost every republic, there are not different classes of citizenship.
January 12, 2026 at 7:40 PM
That's complete nonsense. Only an Irish citizen can hold an Irish passport. People can indeed qualify for citizenship via descent - it doesn't make them any less of an Irish citizen. Like almost every republic, there are not different classes of citizenship.
All the more reason to own it.
You voted for the TCA, in full knowledge it meant customs friction, regulatory barriers and a permanent trade drag. What did you think would happen?
When business now spells out the damage, it’s the direct consequence of the deal you endorsed.
You voted for the TCA, in full knowledge it meant customs friction, regulatory barriers and a permanent trade drag. What did you think would happen?
When business now spells out the damage, it’s the direct consequence of the deal you endorsed.
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 AM
All the more reason to own it.
You voted for the TCA, in full knowledge it meant customs friction, regulatory barriers and a permanent trade drag. What did you think would happen?
When business now spells out the damage, it’s the direct consequence of the deal you endorsed.
You voted for the TCA, in full knowledge it meant customs friction, regulatory barriers and a permanent trade drag. What did you think would happen?
When business now spells out the damage, it’s the direct consequence of the deal you endorsed.
“Pragmatists” is doing a lot of work there.
If every serious trade body tells you the red lines are self-harm, that isn’t begging - it’s evidence.
And “respecting the result” doesn’t require freezing bad choices forever while growth, trade and jobs take the hit.
If every serious trade body tells you the red lines are self-harm, that isn’t begging - it’s evidence.
And “respecting the result” doesn’t require freezing bad choices forever while growth, trade and jobs take the hit.
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 AM
“Pragmatists” is doing a lot of work there.
If every serious trade body tells you the red lines are self-harm, that isn’t begging - it’s evidence.
And “respecting the result” doesn’t require freezing bad choices forever while growth, trade and jobs take the hit.
If every serious trade body tells you the red lines are self-harm, that isn’t begging - it’s evidence.
And “respecting the result” doesn’t require freezing bad choices forever while growth, trade and jobs take the hit.
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Meanwhile, why are you still in Parliament? You cost at least 2 elections with your “joke” note. You should have resigned then but you can now.
January 13, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Meanwhile, why are you still in Parliament? You cost at least 2 elections with your “joke” note. You should have resigned then but you can now.
Agreed on outcomes, but not on causation.
The effects feel personalised because people hold different legal statuses and passports and not because Brexit applied unevenly.
The policy was uniform; the lived consequences aren’t.
The effects feel personalised because people hold different legal statuses and passports and not because Brexit applied unevenly.
The policy was uniform; the lived consequences aren’t.
January 14, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Agreed on outcomes, but not on causation.
The effects feel personalised because people hold different legal statuses and passports and not because Brexit applied unevenly.
The policy was uniform; the lived consequences aren’t.
The effects feel personalised because people hold different legal statuses and passports and not because Brexit applied unevenly.
The policy was uniform; the lived consequences aren’t.
Exactly: that’s the point.
The same applies to all British dual nationals with an EU passport, not just Irish ones. Any advantage flows from holding EU citizenship, not from Brexit singling out one group.
The same applies to all British dual nationals with an EU passport, not just Irish ones. Any advantage flows from holding EU citizenship, not from Brexit singling out one group.
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Exactly: that’s the point.
The same applies to all British dual nationals with an EU passport, not just Irish ones. Any advantage flows from holding EU citizenship, not from Brexit singling out one group.
The same applies to all British dual nationals with an EU passport, not just Irish ones. Any advantage flows from holding EU citizenship, not from Brexit singling out one group.
Of course holding an Irish passport gives EU mobility: that’s not unique to the Anglo-Irish, it’s true for every Irish national.
Nor does that mean Brexit “hurt some more than others” in a way that justifies selective treatment; it simply reflects existing nationality rights.
Nor does that mean Brexit “hurt some more than others” in a way that justifies selective treatment; it simply reflects existing nationality rights.
January 14, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Of course holding an Irish passport gives EU mobility: that’s not unique to the Anglo-Irish, it’s true for every Irish national.
Nor does that mean Brexit “hurt some more than others” in a way that justifies selective treatment; it simply reflects existing nationality rights.
Nor does that mean Brexit “hurt some more than others” in a way that justifies selective treatment; it simply reflects existing nationality rights.
Then we’re aligned.
Eligibility routes are historically interesting, but legally irrelevant to the point under discussion. And, once held, Irish citizenship carries no special carve-out, and can’t justify treating that group differently.
Eligibility routes are historically interesting, but legally irrelevant to the point under discussion. And, once held, Irish citizenship carries no special carve-out, and can’t justify treating that group differently.
January 14, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Then we’re aligned.
Eligibility routes are historically interesting, but legally irrelevant to the point under discussion. And, once held, Irish citizenship carries no special carve-out, and can’t justify treating that group differently.
Eligibility routes are historically interesting, but legally irrelevant to the point under discussion. And, once held, Irish citizenship carries no special carve-out, and can’t justify treating that group differently.
That’s true, and still beside the point.
Being uniquely eligible for Irish citizenship doesn’t confer a uniquely different legal status post-Brexit. Once acquired, Irish nationality is treated exactly like any other EU nationality.
Eligibility history doesn’t justify differential treatment now.
Being uniquely eligible for Irish citizenship doesn’t confer a uniquely different legal status post-Brexit. Once acquired, Irish nationality is treated exactly like any other EU nationality.
Eligibility history doesn’t justify differential treatment now.
January 14, 2026 at 6:08 AM
That’s true, and still beside the point.
Being uniquely eligible for Irish citizenship doesn’t confer a uniquely different legal status post-Brexit. Once acquired, Irish nationality is treated exactly like any other EU nationality.
Eligibility history doesn’t justify differential treatment now.
Being uniquely eligible for Irish citizenship doesn’t confer a uniquely different legal status post-Brexit. Once acquired, Irish nationality is treated exactly like any other EU nationality.
Eligibility history doesn’t justify differential treatment now.
History isn’t a magic wand. Anglo-Irish dual nationals aren’t legally exceptional, and singling them out remains arbitrary no matter how often you assert “context”.
January 14, 2026 at 6:06 AM
History isn’t a magic wand. Anglo-Irish dual nationals aren’t legally exceptional, and singling them out remains arbitrary no matter how often you assert “context”.
If only FVF knows what FVF means maybe bsky isn’t the place for messages written in a private language.
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
If only FVF knows what FVF means maybe bsky isn’t the place for messages written in a private language.
Pointing to Irish heritage doesn’t make it any less selective. You’re still carving out one dual-national group for different treatment while identical cases across the EU are ignored. That’s unequal, however personally meaningful Ireland may be to you.
January 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Pointing to Irish heritage doesn’t make it any less selective. You’re still carving out one dual-national group for different treatment while identical cases across the EU are ignored. That’s unequal, however personally meaningful Ireland may be to you.