He did represent NI in commonwealth games – to a lot of gowls on here that would mean he’s a west brit tout
Ok_Organization_8354 on
Don’t care about any of this as long as he keeps satisfying my newfound lust for gold 🥇
Trident_True on
For context: Daniel Wiffen won gold at the Olympics for swimming the 800m freestyle. He also won gold in the 2024 world championships in Doha earlier this year. Now the English are saying his medals belong to team GB as he’s from N.Ireland 🙄
cogra23 on
It’s a dumb argument. Lots of people here have English names. He went to school in Armagh I think. Listen to him talk.
Massive-Foot-5962 on
He identifies as Irish and thats good enough, but its not unfair to point out that he hasn’t exactly been harmed by the UK. I’d wonder also if he would have gotten the same supports to help him succeed in Ireland.
Life-Pace-4010 on
All I know is Wiffin sounds like Waffen and reminds me of the time the Canadian parliament gave a standing ovation to that Nazi last year.
New_Contribution5315 on
Making Tommy Robinson an Irishman living in Spain. Sure, see how they like that one
Marzipan_civil on
As a dual citizen, he can represent whichever nation he chooses to. Unlike Cindy Ngamba, who has lived in UK since she was ten, and is competing on the Refugee team.
FuckSyntaxErrors on
It’s almost as if being a citizen of northern Ireland entitles him to be both…..
pippers87 on
It’s absolute madness how triggering this is for a lot of people on both sides. Like BBC tweeting something along the lines that Wiffens gold was the first gold won by an NI athlete since the 80’s the absolute gowls on the comment section.
At the end of the day Wiffen was born and rared in the North, represents Ireland & represents Northern Ireland in the commonwealth games and everybody in the North and South can be proud of his achievements.
Fantastic Olympics for us down here and in the north.
Wooden-Collar-6181 on
Any taxes spent were from the Nationalist community. Problem solved.
He went to school and took funding from Northern Ireland. It even says on this passports that it’s separate to Britain
BitterProgress on
How did he end up competing for us?
He was born to English parents in Leeds and then moved to NI when he was two. Seems like “British” would be the natural identity.
I’m not complaining, just interested as to why he’d declare for Ireland as I imagine the funding and everything else is better on Team GB.
ProblemIcy6175 on
this is a random comment from someone with no life. best to be ignored. just like some others I saw saying ‘the brits are at it again” because they posted about him being a gold winner from NI.
People on twitter are stupid. Doesn’t say anything about what most Irish or British people actually think.
Swagspray on
Should we make a thread about what every random individual redditor says?
Tactical_Laser_Bream on
Yeah, they laid train tracks in India too, but nobody is calling it British Rail.
Ok-Day-5622 on
Brits are funny. On the one hand there are protests about immigration, and on the hand we have this.
man-o-peace1 on
I have three passports. I hate one issuer with a white hot passion, feel contempt for one, and pity for the last.
I’m also working on obtaining a fourth, so I can have a place to die in peace.
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He did represent NI in commonwealth games – to a lot of gowls on here that would mean he’s a west brit tout
Don’t care about any of this as long as he keeps satisfying my newfound lust for gold 🥇
For context: Daniel Wiffen won gold at the Olympics for swimming the 800m freestyle. He also won gold in the 2024 world championships in Doha earlier this year. Now the English are saying his medals belong to team GB as he’s from N.Ireland 🙄
It’s a dumb argument. Lots of people here have English names. He went to school in Armagh I think. Listen to him talk.
He identifies as Irish and thats good enough, but its not unfair to point out that he hasn’t exactly been harmed by the UK. I’d wonder also if he would have gotten the same supports to help him succeed in Ireland.
All I know is Wiffin sounds like Waffen and reminds me of the time the Canadian parliament gave a standing ovation to that Nazi last year.
Making Tommy Robinson an Irishman living in Spain. Sure, see how they like that one
As a dual citizen, he can represent whichever nation he chooses to. Unlike Cindy Ngamba, who has lived in UK since she was ten, and is competing on the Refugee team.
It’s almost as if being a citizen of northern Ireland entitles him to be both…..
It’s absolute madness how triggering this is for a lot of people on both sides. Like BBC tweeting something along the lines that Wiffens gold was the first gold won by an NI athlete since the 80’s the absolute gowls on the comment section.
At the end of the day Wiffen was born and rared in the North, represents Ireland & represents Northern Ireland in the commonwealth games and everybody in the North and South can be proud of his achievements.
Fantastic Olympics for us down here and in the north.
Any taxes spent were from the Nationalist community. Problem solved.
https://arethebritsatitagain.org/
Says it all
He went to school and took funding from Northern Ireland. It even says on this passports that it’s separate to Britain
How did he end up competing for us?
He was born to English parents in Leeds and then moved to NI when he was two. Seems like “British” would be the natural identity.
I’m not complaining, just interested as to why he’d declare for Ireland as I imagine the funding and everything else is better on Team GB.
this is a random comment from someone with no life. best to be ignored. just like some others I saw saying ‘the brits are at it again” because they posted about him being a gold winner from NI.
People on twitter are stupid. Doesn’t say anything about what most Irish or British people actually think.
Should we make a thread about what every random individual redditor says?
Yeah, they laid train tracks in India too, but nobody is calling it British Rail.
Brits are funny. On the one hand there are protests about immigration, and on the hand we have this.
I have three passports. I hate one issuer with a white hot passion, feel contempt for one, and pity for the last.
I’m also working on obtaining a fourth, so I can have a place to die in peace.
We should start claiming people in Scotland.