• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
  • Guest Content
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
  • JOBS
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
  • JOBS
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home Must Reads

Watch – Parrot shouts “Trump’s a w*nker” at TV

Meet the chatty parrot who had very strong views when he spotted the US president landing in the UK – and squawked “Trump’s a wanker” at the TV. Marie Mcaleavey, 51, adopted African grey parrot Lucky Angel two years ago, and he only knew a few names and phrases. But he has been repeating “Trump’s […]

Ben Gelblum by Ben Gelblum
2019-06-07 11:14
in Must Reads
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

Meet the chatty parrot who had very strong views when he spotted the US president landing in the UK – and squawked “Trump’s a wanker” at the TV.

Marie Mcaleavey, 51, adopted African grey parrot Lucky Angel two years ago, and he only knew a few names and phrases.

But he has been repeating “Trump’s a wanker” since he saw the president getting off the plane after landing in the UK on Monday.

The political parrot also has strong views on Brexit – regularly shouting ‘No Brexit’ and ‘May Out’ – since last year.

Carer Marie, from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, said she thinks Lucky Angel is picking up his anti-Trump phrases after listening to her speaking to relatives in America.

He also loves watching the news, and often sits on Marie’s shoulder when she’s watching TV.

Single Marie said: “I think it’s because he has been hearing his name on TV so much. He’s seen him on TV and he knows who he is.

“I think when he saw him coming off the plane. He knew that was the same guy. He was shouting ‘Trump’s a wanker, Trump’s a wanker’ and then ‘Trump get lost’.

“He must know he is still about because yesterday, he kept bringing Trump up.”

RelatedPosts

‘Real-life Father Christmas’ spends £15k buying presents for underprivileged children

Migrants say Manston is a ‘prison’ as they beg for help with message in a bottle

Britain’s biggest food bank might close as their energy bill skyrockets

Energy cap rise means we’ll have to choose between ‘food and electricity’

Marie adopted Lucky Angel when she spotted him for sale on Gumtree after his former owner passed away.

She added: “He wasn’t too chatty. He would say the man’s name who he used to be with, but that was about it.”

He soon learned to count to count to seven, and Marie said he came out of his shell when he fell in love with her favourite Abba songs.

They bonded over a shared love of Dancing Queen, and his first political outburst took Marie by surprise, in around October last year.

“All this Brexit stuff was on TV and I think he was taking it in,” she said.

“I would be saying to my friends or on the phone ‘Oh this Brexit is going to ruin the country’ or ‘I don’t think May knows what he’s doing’.

“I guess he was taking it all in, because he came out with ‘No Brexit’ and ‘May Out’.

“I couldn’t believe it. I was in shock, but he keeps saying it. We laughed – and when you laugh he loves it, so he knows he was on to a good idea so kept doing it.

“He’s very intelligent. He picks thing up so quickly.”

He started moved on to criticising Trump in November after he heard her talking to a relative in America, via Whatsapp, about the US president.

“She doesn’t like Trump and she was saying he was irresponsible in the way he was running the country,” she said.

“She was talking about everything he was up to and I must have said something like ‘God he must be a wanker that Trump’.

“He sits on my shoulder when I’m on the phone and he just came out with it – ‘Trump’s a wanker’.

“I knew he was quick at picking stuff up.”

She said during the recent visit by Trump, the parrot has been squawking loudly – or shouting his insults – when he sees him on TV.

Asked whether she shared her parrot’s political views, she said: “Well, I will talk about how people should go out and vote, and how we need another referendum but he hasn’t picked that up.”

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending
Abdollah

‘Rescue us’: Afghan teacher begs UK to help him escape Taliban

CHOMSKY: “If Corbyn had been elected, Britain would be pursuing a much more sane course”

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

More from TLE

Mind the gap: Generations clash at Christmas

When are we going to have an honest conversation on African migration?

Tories turn on Rees-Mogg as fracking ban is lifted

Town hall chiefs branded “heartless” for erecting barriers to get rid of homeless people

Fermentation as Metaphor: Sandor Katz’s new treatise on what it means to transform food via fermentation

Eclectic Method – Light Saber

Owners of biggest UK trawler say it may have to be sold after Norway deal

Donald Trump tells Farage he would be ‘unstoppable’ working with Johnson as Brexit Party refuse to deny pact

Advice Women Shouldn’t Take in the Workplace

Gove claims Brexit is good for fishermen after Boris accused of ‘caving in’

JOBS

FIND MORE JOBS

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Commercial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.