Couple of thoughts on this.
Mainly that if we're a trading nation who wants to build relationships outside of the US sphere, this looks terrible. Taoiseach had been due to meet Mark Carney and do a slate of events.
Taoiseach and Ministers cancel a trade mission to Canada due to fuel protests.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Yeah, a lot less impactful, but probably considered so as not to mess up full scale traffic when schools are back?
The problems with a protest like this from a tactical level are:
- With no clear structure or demands, the Government isn't going to meet a group of independent hauliers/farmers
- If your opening move is to block streets/fuel depots, you don't really have another move
Those BAFA lads were too big for me!
5 for 5 on 4th quarter go ahead kicks, in case you were wondering. 😎
Of course you can't replicate game pressure, but you can train for it. The point on praciticing them is to make the mechanical part of it as unconscious as possible.