I’m gonna be honest, as a Brit I had just kind of assumed that we would come to Ireland’s defence if they wanted and needed it. As the article says, we’ve been doing aerial interceptions for them for about 70 years. We get to keep the UK safer if there’s not a relatively undefended area right next to us, and Ireland gets to be defended by a larger power that has already learned the hard way that it can no longer subjugate Ireland

Ireland and UK: lets not discuss this to avoid unnecessary whining

The French: LISTEN UP EVERYONE