Leo Varadkar admits regrets over Northern Ireland protocol

  • Bias Rating

    -26% Moderately Liberal

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -26% Moderately Liberal

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Bias Score Analysis

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"Earlier this month, Varadkar admitted mistakes were made on all sides in the handling of Brexit."
Positive
24% Conservative
"Varadkar said: The regret that I have, is that in the same way Brexit was imposed on Northern Ireland without the support of both communities, the protocol was imposed on Northern Ireland without the support of two communities."
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14% Conservative
"He hopes the government and EU can strike a deal on the protocol that will persuade the DUP to return to Stormont and avoid the need for a fresh election."
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-12% Liberal
"The latest decision comes from a request by several other defendants, including Clinton."
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-10% Liberal
"The other defendants in the case included the Democratic National Commission, former DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Clinton campaign chief John Podesta, the law firm Perkins Coie, the research firm Fusion GPS, the former FBI officials James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, as well as British ex-spy Christopher Steele, per CNBC."
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-10% Liberal
"The other defendants in the case included the Democratic National Commission, former DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Clinton campaign chief John Podesta, the law firm Perkins Coie, the research firm Fusion GPS, the former FBI officials James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, as well as British ex-spy Christopher Steele, per CNBC."
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-10% Liberal
"WATCH: NIKKI HALEY TEASES 2024 BID, SAYING 'I CAN BE THAT LEADER'No reasonable lawyer would have filed it, Middlebrooks added."
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-14% Liberal
"In this order, Trump and Habba are jointly and severally liable for the series of sanctions adding up to $937,989.39."
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-16% Liberal
"The judge did not stop at denouncing this one lawsuit by Trump and his attorneys."
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-18% Liberal
"Middlebrooks condemned Trump's suit as a two-hundred-page political manifesto outlining his grievances against those that have opposed him, and this Court is not the appropriate forum."
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-28% Liberal
"Trump's suit, which sought $70 million in damages, was dismissed last September with prejudice, ensuring that the former president caot refile it."
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-30% Liberal
"Judge Donald Middlebrooks of the Southern District of Florida did not hold back in his scathing critique of Trump and his legal team, led by attorney Alina Habba, begiing his order by writing, This case should never have been brought."
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-32% Liberal
"Of Trump, Middlebrooks wrote, He is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he caot be seen as a litigant blindly following the advice of a lawyer."
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-32% Liberal
"Middlebrooks had previously granted the request for sanctions filed by one of the defendants against Trump's lawsuit, but that order was paused while Trump's attorneys appealed, per CNN."
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-38% Liberal
"Middlebrooks had previously granted the request for sanctions filed by one of the defendants against Trump's lawsuit, but that order was paused while Trump's attorneys appealed, per CNN."
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-38% Liberal
"Trump's lawsuit against his 2016 presidential challenger and others claimed that they tried to rig the election in Clinton's favor by smearing Trump, saying he and his campaign were colluding with Russia in order to win the race."
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-14% Liberal
"Trump's lawsuit against his 2016 presidential challenger and others claimed that they tried to rig the election in Clinton's favor by smearing Trump, saying he and his campaign were colluding with Russia in order to win the race."
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-14% Liberal
"Trump's lawsuit against his 2016 presidential challenger and others claimed that they tried to rig the election in Clinton's favor by smearing Trump, saying he and his campaign were colluding with Russia in order to win the race."
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-14% Liberal
"A federal judge on Thursday sanctioned former President Donald Trump and his lawyers for filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and 30 others."
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6% Conservative
"A federal judge on Thursday sanctioned former President Donald Trump and his lawyers for filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and 30 others."
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6% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% :Earlier this month, Varadkar admitted mistakes were made on all sides in the handling of Brexit.
57% : Varadkar said: "The regret that I have, is that in the same way Brexit was imposed on Northern Ireland without the support of both communities, the protocol was imposed on Northern Ireland without the support of two communities."
44% : He hopes the government and EU can strike a deal on the protocol that will persuade the DUP to return to Stormont and avoid the need for a fresh election.

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