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Now we need a new government...who will you vote in?

Elba101 · 2009-10-03 16:49:58

Brian Cowan may have to dissolve the Dail in the coming weeks...As much as i don't want to see it, it looks like Enda Kenny could be the next Taoiseach:eek: Who would you vote for??

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03-10-2009 5:49pm

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Brian Cowan may have to dissolve the Dail in the coming weeks...As much as i don't want to see it, it looks like Enda Kenny could be the next Taoiseach:eek:

Who would you vote for??

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#2 03-10-2009 5:51pm
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The green's ain't so bad.

Someone who isn't afraid to make big cuts where they're needed...

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#3 03-10-2009 5:51pm
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Im not sure why this is in EU forum?

anyways: Labour or FG

Malty_T wrote: »

The green's ain't so bad.

Someone who isn't afraid to make big cuts where they're needed...

Someone who are keeping FF in power

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#4 03-10-2009 5:52pm
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A Yes vote has secured his job until the summer of 2012. Well done.

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#5 03-10-2009 5:52pm
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This doesn't belong in the EU forum. It belongs in the general politics forum so I'm moving it there.

I don't see any particular probability that Brian Cowen will be dissolving anything in the next few weeks apart from vitamin C tablets with the cold weather we usually have in winter to be honest. I wouldn't have seen a Dail dissolution as likely in the short term regardless of the Lisbon result. But other people might have a different opinion.

There's a long opinion poll thread here which is likely to be of some use.

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#6 03-10-2009 5:54pm
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I'd like to see Joe Higgins join a more central party

He's a good man, and honest

I can't see myself voting for the Socialist Party though =p

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#7 03-10-2009 5:56pm
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Elba101 wrote: »

Who would you vote for??

I'm holding out for a new party to hit the scene. Hopefully centre-right. What we need are a a few strong-men (or women) tbh.

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#8 03-10-2009 5:56pm
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All a bunch of crims lets see them take huge cuts on their wages, and expenses and stop spending money on ridiculous poster,booklets,flyer's for their ridiculous campaigns and make them fly on a normal plane,and no villas for them or suits that cost more than a few months dinners for some,that they all look like bunch of wolves in sheep clothing in.

I wouldn't vote a single one of them we need fresh brand new candidates and wash the whole of the Dáil :mad:

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#9 03-10-2009 5:58pm
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My problem is I don't know who among them is the lesser evil.
Honestly none of them are confidence inspiring.

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#10 03-10-2009 6:00pm
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NOT voting for Labour - FF - FG or the present shower of independents.
They ALL showed where their loyalties lay when they ALL refused to call for O' Donaghue to go - in case he might expose them too for being up to the same antics.

I will be voting for any other alternative.
Given time, I hope soon my family friends and constituency, will be voting for me instead!

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#11 03-10-2009 6:00pm
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caseyann wrote: »

I wouldn't vote a single one of them we need fresh brand new candidates and wash the whole of the Dáil :mad:

Someone's angry

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#12 03-10-2009 6:03pm
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Elba101 wrote: »

Someone's angry

Yea, they fall under the category of "The Whole Country."

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#13 03-10-2009 6:07pm
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SF its just a pity there is not enough of them, they would sort it all out.

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#14 03-10-2009 6:08pm
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Biggins wrote: »

Yea, they fall under the category of "The Whole Country."

The whole country, eh? You asked everyone pretty quickly!

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#15 03-10-2009 6:09pm
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Elba101 wrote: »

The whole country, eh? You asked everyone pretty quickly!

I'm good!

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#16 03-10-2009 6:13pm
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Elba101 wrote: »

Someone's angry

God why they let them stay,why havent people of Ireland called for new elections and force them out :mad:

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#17 03-10-2009 6:15pm
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fintonie wrote: »

SF its just a pity there is not enough of them, they would sort it all out.

Aye they have some form in the area of 'sortin' things out alright. How would they deal with the banks I wonder?

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#18 03-10-2009 6:15pm
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They don't know how.

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#19 03-10-2009 6:17pm
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caseyann wrote: »

...why haven't people of Ireland called for new elections and force them out? :mad:

Been discussed at length: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055692688

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#20 03-10-2009 6:38pm
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prinz wrote: »

Aye they have some form in the area of 'sortin' things out alright. How would they deal with the banks I wonder?

I think they would be in a far better position to deal with it as FF FG were well supported by all of them.

the ould run in and make them give money to the people doesn't really work any more.

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#21 03-10-2009 7:33pm
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Biggins wrote: »

NOT voting for Labour - FF - FG or the present shower of independents.
They ALL showed where their loyalties lay when they ALL refused to call for O' Donaghue to go - in case he might expose them too for being up to the same antics.

I will be voting for any other alternative.
Given time, I hope soon my family friends and constituency, will be voting for me instead!

What's your constituency, I'd give you a go, as it were.

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#22 03-10-2009 7:37pm
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dresden8 wrote: »

What's your constituency, I'd give you a go, as it were.

Louth.

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#23 03-10-2009 7:39pm
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Not mine, best of luck anyway.

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#24 03-10-2009 7:48pm
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Biggins wrote: »

NOT voting for Labour - FF - FG or the present shower of independents.
They ALL showed where their loyalties lay when they ALL refused to call for O' Donaghue to go - in case he might expose them too for being up to the same antics.

I will be voting for any other alternative.
Given time, I hope soon my family friends and constituency, will be voting for me instead!

Best of luck with that

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#25 03-10-2009 8:54pm
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prinz wrote: »

How would they deal with the banks I wonder?

Give the Northern Bank a ring and ask them!

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#26 03-10-2009 9:11pm
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I vote for the Badger Vaccinators!

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#27 03-10-2009 11:42pm
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prinz wrote: »

I'm holding out for a new party to hit the scene. Hopefully centre-right. What we need are a a few strong-men (or women) tbh.

ya i'm thinking of setting something along those lines up, but it'd take a year to properly form the policies, get people on board and secure some finance. so..

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#28 03-10-2009 11:47pm
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Mario007 wrote: »

ya i'm thinking of setting something along those lines up, but it'd take a year to properly form the policies, get people on board and secure some finance. so..

Good to hear that your also thinking that way.
I think now a tide has been turned. A new wave of fresh advocates for REAL change is coming forwards.
Sick of the old boy stuff, sick of the corruption, sick of the lies - the (Irish) times are a changing and I hope the days of FF and their antics will soon become a thing of the past.

Its time to move on!

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#29 04-10-2009 12:00am
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Biggins wrote: »

Good to hear that your also thinking that way.
I think now a tide has been turned. A new wave of fresh advocates for REAL change is coming forwards.
Sick of the old boy stuff, sick of the corruption, sick of the lies - the (Irish) times are a changing and I hope the days of FF and their antics will soon become a thing of the past.

Its time to move on!

i agree. because let's be honest each of the political parties would have led us into this situation, let's just remember the opposition criticizing cowen for not spending enough on the people in his budgets...so they're all pretty much quilty. the only ones that actually worked with the scenario that our growth might end were, it pains me to admit, SF. But they are SF...so i wouldn't like to see them in the government anyway...

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#30 04-10-2009 10:41am
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prinz wrote: »

Aye they have some form in the area of 'sortin' things out alright. How would they deal with the banks I wonder?

Using traditional methods of course, go in under cover of darkness

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#31 04-10-2009 11:30am
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Mario007 wrote: »

i agree. because let's be honest each of the political parties would have led us into this situation, let's just remember the opposition criticizing cowen for not spending enough on the people in his budgets...so they're all pretty much quilty. the only ones that actually worked with the scenario that our growth might end were, it pains me to admit, SF. But they are SF...so i wouldn't like to see them in the government anyway...

its a pity it pains you, maybe thats what wrong with the country they want change but wont take it.

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