Well, ah, selectively progressive: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-21508758
> Mr Walker had been asked to explain why Iceland burgers passed British tests for equine DNA but failed the Irish tests.
> He replied: "Well, that's the Irish, isn't it?"
so his big bad mistake was to make a remark about how the Irish are more picky than the Great Brits about having horse meat in their burgers?
alt Hacker News
> Mr Walker had been asked to explain why Iceland burgers passed British tests for equine DNA but failed the Irish tests.
> He replied: "Well, that's the Irish, isn't it?"
so his big bad mistake was to make a remark about how the Irish are more picky than the Great Brits about having horse meat in their burgers?