By Gráinne Ní Aodha, PAAn Iraq War British Army colonel blamed people being more interested in “potholes and hedges” than international affairs after failing to secure victory in a Northern Ireland constituency. “People in North Down, I think they don’t want someone who doesn’t live in Northern Ireland,” he told the BBC. “They’re interested in local politics, they’re not interested in cutting VAT, they’re not interested in international affairs. They’re interested in potholes and hedges.”Asked would he run again in Northern Ireland in five years’ time, he said he could not predict what he would be doing then. “It’s Northern Ireland, they don’t understand these things.

Source: The Herald July 05, 2024 09:10 UTC