UCD AND its Student Political Parties

Het-Field

With the 2007 General Election only a year away, politics will play a major role in public life over the next twelve months. UCD offers you the chance to join any political party you want. Next septrember on Freshers Week, which Party will you join. Heres a list of UCD'S

Ogra Finna Fail
Fine Gael
Green Party
Young Progressive Democrats (with the sexy vice chairman)
Labour Youth
Socialist Youth
Socialist Workers Party
Ogra Sinn Fein


WHICH PARTY WILL YOU JOIN

Sangre

Is it just me or does anyone else try to avoid associating with anyone involved in student politics?

Chakar

Het-Field is the Vice Chair of UCD Young Progressive Democrats!!-

Sangre

Het-Field: Can I be your friend Sangre?

Sangre: DENIED!

dajaffa

Well personally I'm political-party free and proud.

If I HAD to join one, it'd be the greens, purely from the point of view that the dangers our environment are grave and worldwide, political leaders aren't doing enough (apart from the nordic countries)...

Granted UCD Greens disassociated themselves with the "Green Party", + they're just about the environment or something.... seems a bit stoopid to me. If they wanted that surely they'd change their name to make this clear

Het-Field

Sangre wrote:

Het-Field: Can I be your friend Sangre?

Sangre: DENIED!

Well if your minging, mabye i wouldnt want to be your friend anyway. So there

Sangre

Het-Field wrote:

Well if your minging, mabye i wouldnt want to be your friend anyway. So there

You choose your male friends on how they look? Interesting....

Het-Field

Sangre wrote:

You choose your male friends on how they look? Interesting....

Are you trying to seduce me Mr Sangre ?

Sangre

You student politicians are really on the cutting edge of humour.

Het-Field

you better believe it biatch

pretty*monster

Wouldn't join any of those parties in a fit

Red Alert

fine gael are an alright bunch, especially with pythia around the oplace.

the ucd greens really neecx to chill out.

TheVan

Het-Field wrote:

you better believe it biatch

Just lost my vote

Red Alert wrote:

fine gael are an alright bunch, especially with pythia around the oplace.

Would you not vote on who shares your political ideology rather than who you like to hang around with?


No Irish party actually reflects what the Irish people want as a nation, they merely let people know what they are offering and we pick the best of a bad bunch. The PD's have gone the right direction by not using the whip (insert predictable joke here Grimes or Boneless) on moral issues.

Time Magazine

TheVan wrote:

No Irish party actually reflects what the Irish people want as a nation, they merely let people know what they are offering and we pick the best of a bad bunch.

Uh huh. There is consensus out of there of what the Irish people as a nation want and no political party have the brains to pick up on it, nor has anyone managed to convey this message?

Well said mate, well said.

Socialist Workers' Party for you tbh.

Blush_01

*Ooooowwwwwwwwwww*

I think that says it all.

Manic Moran

Sangre wrote:

Is it just me or does anyone else try to avoid associating with anyone involved in student politics?

No, I had a similar policy when I was in UCD.

Then again, I was in Gamesoc and Sci-Fi, so my opinion on who is worth associating with might be considered suspect by some.

NTM

Riamfada

well you see if somone was to make the decision for you? Say me for example, abolish all political parties and make one man run the country on behalf of the people. Rule by decree ftw.


Seriously it COULD work and especially in ireland where the electorate are too apothetic to even vote.

boneless

I can see this thread descending in flames already....

scop

I'd join any of them other than the PD's.

TheVan

So you would join Sinn Féin before the PD's?

Join a party who are linked with cold-blooded killers, racists and sectarians, a party that wants us to leave Europe etc?

But you would also join Fine Gael, who are an extremely pro-Europe party?

Seems like you haven't thought this one out man, just making a knee-jerk reaction to the PDs?

Het-Field

He'd also join the Socialist Workers Party who in a recent speech referred to Hezbollah etc as freedom fighters and agents of liberation. See the link below. They also want people in the North to renounce their Unionist values before moving anywhere

www.politics.ie/viewtopic.php?t=13064

Jonny Arson

Ogra Finna Fail - Rather slit my throat with a chainsaw
Fine Gael - No
Green Party - No
Young Progressive Democrats (with the sexy vice chairman) - See Ogra Finna Fail
Labour Youth - Meh...
Socialist Youth - No
Socialist Workers Party - No
Ogra Sinn Fein - Rather catch AIDS

oh well, time to rejoin the Communist Party then

scop

TheVan wrote:

So you would join Sinn Féin before the PD's?

Join a party who are linked with cold-blooded killers, racists and sectarians, a party that wants us to leave Europe etc?

But you would also join Fine Gael, who are an extremely pro-Europe party?

Seems like you haven't thought this one out man, just making a knee-jerk reaction to the PDs?

It was a joke, but sure I'd join Sinn Fein before the PD's.

scop

Het-Field wrote:

He'd also join the Socialist Workers Party who in a recent speech referred to Hezbollah etc as freedom fighters and agents of liberation. See the link below. They also want people in the North to renounce their Unionist values before moving anywhere

www.politics.ie/viewtopic.php?t=13064

The SWP dont count; its more of a social club for wannabe jihadists

mikemac

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

oh well, time to rejoin the Communist Party then

There's a Communist Party in Ireland?
Never knew that

Het-Field

Yep, there is a communist party in Ireland. Its a very small thing, and most of its members jsut believe in the ideology, and take very little action. One of their recent leaderw was a bona fide Stalinist though

Sangre

I don't think I'd call Stalin a communist tbh.

Jonny Arson

micmclo wrote:

There's a Communist Party in Ireland?
Never knew that

ask Boneless for membership details.....

Sangre

Communism, that little boy in the corner who used to always put his hand in the fire and could never understand why it kept getting burnt.

arbeitsscheuer

Sangre wrote:

I don't think I'd call Stalin a communist tbh.

Most sensible thing you've ever said.

Don't like any of the major political parties here tbh - tho I've considered joining the CPI alright, for what it's worth.

Oh, and I was in the SWP for 2 years. But in my defence, I was young and stupid.

Now I'm old and marginally less stupid.

scop

You were in the SWP Seb? When was this, never seen you about as I strugged to sell the rival SP paper. We could have had a battle.

arbeitsscheuer

1st and 2nd year.

I got disillusioned pretty quickly tho.

Het-Field

SebtheBum wrote:

1st and 2nd year.

I got disillusioned pretty quickly tho.

And to think i socialised with you, studied with you, talked with you, mabye even loved you:rolleyes: , and all this time you had a deep dark secret that you had a SWP past. I mean they can be terribly authoritarian. I thought you were in the SP, but its all tainted now

Riamfada

Pat how do you know not Seb was an avid SWP. Jesus did you see his clothes/hair !

Het-Field

Grimes wrote:

Pat how do you know not Seb was an avid SWP. Jesus did you see his clothes/hair !

It gave me an idea to his leftist leanings, but i didnt know it was indicitive of how left wing he was :eek:

The_Minister

Ogra Finna Fail: Maybe. Good policies but not really my cup of tea.
Fine Gael: No. They are pathetic. They have spent the last 6 months whoring themselves to the electorate, trying to ****-stir ans frighten people...I have no time for them. (Even though I agree with some of their policies that FF don't have)
Green Party: Idiots. Technological neanderthals who don't understand the limits of renewable energy.
Young Progressive Democrats (with the sexy vice chairman): Probably the best party in terms of Irelands future. I like all their economic policies but disagree with some social policies.
Labour Youth: Rather visit Vet, and shag all the patients.
Socialist Youth: I don't even know who these are.
Socialist Workers Party: From what I hear, even the left don't like these guys as they try to hijack campaigns and parties. How are they different from the CP.
Ogra Sinn Fein: I have yet to find a policy of theirs that I agree with.

panda100

TheVan wrote:

No Irish party actually reflects what the Irish people want as a nation, they merely let people know what they are offering and we pick the best of a bad bunch. .

In agreement.All of the parties have good points and bad points,good representatives and bad representatives. I usually try to vote for an independent over someone who is obsessed with towing the party line. Saying that my local td Dan Neville (fine gael)is pretty damn wicked.

Maybe I might start my own party..............pandapolitics..the big bamboo will work for you......

Pythia

TheVan wrote:

Would you not vote on who shares your political ideology rather than who you like to hang around with?.

Yes, but without good people, politics is nothing.

Anyone want any info on YFG, pm me.

singingstranger

Further to Pythia's offer, to keep things balanced, anyone can PM me and I can give you the details for the people in the other campus political parties - you tend to meet most of these people being a civil servant-style hack...

AngelofFire

Firespinner wrote:

Labour Youth: Rather visit Vet, and shag all the patients.
.

Whatever floats your boat. You remind me of the guy from Clerks 2.

AngelofFire

By the way if anyone's interested in Labour Youth feel free to PM me, im the auditor, ive a lot of exciting plans for next year.

Chakar

Firespinner wrote:

Ogra Finna Fail: Maybe. Good policies but not really my cup of tea.

I trust you can be persuaded into joining the Kevin Barry Cumann.If you want to join, I can put you in contact with the Dublin South Ogra or other Ogras.Or just join in Freshers Week.

Het-Field

If you want to join the Young Progressive Democrats of UCD, PM me, i is Vice Chairman, and my chairman isnt on boards (i think). I might as well get it in given all the canvassing that is going on

panda100

If anyone wants to join pandapolitics please feel free to pm me as I am the official auditor next year....bit like the monster raving looney party only better

rainbow kirby

I think I'll start the "Screw student politics, just get drunk" party. Or maybe I'll just go get drunk.

arbeitsscheuer

rainbow kirby wrote:

I think I'll start the "Screw student politics, just get drunk" party.

Where do I sign-up?

scop

If you want to join The Peoples Party of Paul PM me.

panda100

scop wrote:

If you want to join The Peoples Party of Paul PM me.

Maybe pandapolitcs and the PPP (peoples party of paul) should go into coalition together.We may get more members that way? We can call it the PPPPPP party(PandaPolitics and the Peoples Party of Paul Party)

singingstranger

How many of the committee members of the parties do we have here on Boards, actually? We've got the Chairs of LY and FG, the secretary of FF, vice-chair of the PDs...

Het-Field

singingstranger wrote:

How many of the committee members of the parties do we have here on Boards, actually? We've got the Chairs of LY and FG, the secretary of FF, vice-chair of the PDs...

I didnt know we had the Secretary of Ogra.

scop

panda100 wrote:

Maybe pandapolitcs and the PPP (peoples party of paul) should go into coalition together.We may get more members that way? We can call it the PPPPPP party(PandaPolitics and the Peoples Party of Paul Party)

Good idea, we'd have more members than the SWP within a week