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# just stop
Sky News just claimed Saoirse Ronan "as one of our own"
“If we look at the leading actress category, I think we can take Saoirse Ronan as one of our own”
GREAT NEWS TODAY. Actress Saoirse Ronan received a BAFTA nomination for Brooklyn and we’re only delighted for her. One of us, one of us!
As a result, people are not happy with a Sky News presenter who claimed the actress as one of their own.
Check it out.
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The presenter is clearly heard saying:
If we look at the leading actress category, I think we can take Saoirse Ronan as one of our own.
Eh, no you can’t!
People aren’t happy
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PLEASE, Sky News. For one last time…
However, anchor Richard Suchet had this to say on Twitter
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OK, but British Isles = Not ‘British’ and not even an official term.
You can’t have her, so stop asking.
Written by Nicola Byrne and posted on DailyEdge.ie
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