Politicians seek to replace Voters

CtrlSource

Well placed sources* inside several major political parties (with the exception of Sinn Féin) have reported that moves are afoot to convene a cross-party coalition of support to change the Electorate.

One senior party official was quoted as saying: "Given that the Lisbon Treaty is now likely to be rejected, we have serious concerns that the voters of Ireland no longer represent the will of the majority of politicians on this island".

It is too early to know what format this group – dubbed the 'Coalition of Political Arrogance' (CPA) - will take, but it appears that it will comprise of at least two of the main opposition parties and one of the parties in Government (the Green Party could not be contacted for comment, as they are currently holding a meeting to discuss the possible election of Patricia McKenna to the party leadership).

Whatever the outcome of these inter-party talks, it seems clear the CPA will be a strong lobby group that will seek to elect a new breed of voter in time for future Referenda


* Citation needed

Sherifu

Conspiracy theory you say.


1/5 for humour.

biko

CtrlSource wrote: »

"Given that the Lisbon Treaty is now likely to be rejected, we have serious concerns that the voters of Ireland no longer represent the will of the majority of politicians on this island"

I like

RealEstateKing

that you cant have proper democracy in the country that gave us Michael Flatley, Westlife and BoyZone. The Irish people have no taste in anything, so their opinions on politics are not to be taken seriously.

We need to organise an elite of Philosopher Kings, in the Platonic sense, to make all the decisions for us.

The only problem with this is that any time the Irish actually come in contact with anyone with this kind of intelligence (Joyce, Beckett, Wilde), they run them out of the country on a rail, and then rettrospectively pretend they loved them when they realise they can make money from tourists out of it.

So what to do?

petrochemical

Michael Flatley is American. And lol at Saying that Joyce and Beckett had intelligence. They both wrote indecipherable gibberish.

RealEstateKing

He's Irish-American: Irish with money.

And lol at Saying that Joyce and Beckett had intelligence. They both wrote indecipherable gibberish.

See, exactly the kind of hidebound, barely-literate peasant outlook Im describing.

Maybe if we asked the English nicely they'd come back and colonise us again?

Hornswoggle

I have a radio in my car

Sherifu

RealEstateKing wrote: »

He's Irish-American: Irish with money.

Declan Ganley?

kowloon

I like cake?

biko

I like coffee, I like tea.....
I like the Java Jive, and it likes me

Diceicle

RealEstateKing wrote: »

He's Irish-American: Irish with money.



See, exactly the kind of hidebound, barely-literate peasant outlook Im describing.

Maybe if we asked the English nicely they'd come back and colonise us again?

ART6

RealEstateKing wrote: »

He's Irish-American: Irish with money.



See, exactly the kind of hidebound, barely-literate peasant outlook Im describing.

Maybe if we asked the English nicely they'd come back and colonise us again?

And be ruled by Gordon Brown and the Scottish Mafia? Come back Bertie, all is forgiven, and there's a little something in this envelope......:D

Agamemnon

RealEstateKing wrote: »

Maybe if we asked the English nicely they'd come back and colonise us again?

Hopefully so. Lisbon would definitely have passed then because the English were all in favour of it. We could even have our own version of Big Brother and Wayne and Colleen would visit us more.

bytesize

ha ha ha too many of ye have been drinking that there JD sauce. After Hours is funny tonight.

On an on topic note, I live abroad so couldn't vote but probably would have voted NO.
Let's see were we go from here.

oooo Ketchup

Ghost Train

With EU loosing all its united politician power I'm starting to worry about the defense of our borders

Why do I get the feeling China are planning to attack tonight