The Irish Have Had Enough – Efforts to Squash Protests Fail Miserably as They Increase in Size
The Irish have had enough!
“Ordinary Irish people — farmers, truckers, bus drivers — by the thousand have taken to the streets to protest high fuel taxes. They’ve blocked highways, a port, a refinery and even streets in the heart of Ireland’s capital.”
Here is more from Rebel News in Ireland:
🚨 What I saw at the Irish trucker convoy today
Thousands of farmers and truckers bring Dublin to a standstill over soaring fuel taxes, as tensions rise between grassroots protesters and a government now under pressure to respond.
It’s 12 noon here in Dublin, Ireland. My videographer @EFloresMonsanto and I (@EzraLevant) flew all night from Canada because we could sense something very special happening — very special and very dangerous.
Ordinary Irish people — farmers, truckers, bus drivers — by the thousand have taken to the streets to protest high fuel taxes. They’ve blocked highways, a port, a refinery and even streets in the heart of Ireland’s capital.
They’re ordinary people with few friends in powerful places. Everyone’s against them — the political class, the media, Ireland’s countless NGOs. Everyone’s against them, except the people.
That’s the special part.
The dangerous part is obvious: these truckers and farmers are embarrassing Ireland’s political class. And there’s nothing politicians hate more than being embarrassed. Remember, that’s what spurred Justin Trudeau to invoke martial law against Canada’s trucker convoy: they embarrassed him, especially on the world stage. So he jailed them and seized their bank accounts.
Will that happen to these lovely truckers and farmers?
Here on the streets of Dublin, it’s calm. There are police around, but they’re casual and friendly. No riot gear, no snipers on rooftops. Many of the police support the call for lower fuel taxes. (Even the customs policeman who processed us at the airport said he supported the protesters.) But Ireland’s most senior politicians have threatened to deploy the army against the truckers and farmers. That’s downright shocking, especially compared to how meekly Ireland’s politicians treat illegal migrants who are convicted of crimes. Why do they reserve their rage for their own countrymen who are peacefully pleading for lower fuel taxes so they can continue to farm and feed the nation?
That’s the dangerous part: angry politicians, backed into a corner.