one central party

thebaz

With the country in such a political and economic mess , surely it is time for Fianna Fail and Fine Gael to unite, there policies are practically the same , they both have unstable leadership, and an equal amount of the old back slapping cute hoor politicians - rid the party of these , and get a few of the good guys to merge and try and lead the country out of the mess . The differences between both parties is based on a 100 year old dispute that is over , but no we will get Fine Gael and Labour who both have different outlook, certainly economically . We dont need 3 large parties in Ireland

Saadyst

thebaz wrote: »

With the country in such a political and economic mess , surely it is time for Fianna Fail and Fine Gael to unite, there policies are practically the same , they both have unstable leadership, and an equal amount of the old back slapping cute hoor politicians - rid the party of these , and get a few of the good guys to merge and try and lead the country out of the mess . The differences between both parties is based on a 100 year old dispute that is over , but no we will get Fine Gael and Labour who both have different outlook, certainly economically . We dont need 3 large parties in Ireland

We don't need any of those 3 to be honest.

bonerm

No, I prefer to have "choice". Like when I go to the shopping centre I can check out Dixons and, PC World and Currys to see which has the best prices.

clived2

Sure lets go for it


http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/cartapwned/COMMUNISM.png

Dear God.

thebigbiffo

we could use this as our new emblem??

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AcBUSVxs82w/StSABOD3xqI/AAAAAAAAVho/-1O9efVvxlQ/s400/Swastika_Symbol.png

bonerm

thebigbiffo wrote: »

we could use this as our new emblem??

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AcBUSVxs82w/StSABOD3xqI/AAAAAAAAVho/-1O9efVvxlQ/s400/Swastika_Symbol.png

Always thought Sinn Fein could adopt that one. You can even get an S and an f from the swastika.

mikom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpXM9bj-WPU

Brian Cowen with the power of water.

Trashbat

thebaz wrote: »

With the country in such a political and economic mess , surely it is time for Fianna Fail and Fine Gael to unite, there policies are practically the same , they both have unstable leadership, and an equal amount of the old back slapping cute hoor politicians - rid the party of these , and get a few of the good guys to merge and try and lead the country out of the mess . The differences between both parties is based on a 100 year old dispute that is over , but no we will get Fine Gael and Labour who both have different outlook, certainly economically . We dont need 3 large parties in Ireland

DOES NOT COMPUTE

PeterIanStaker

I think this is going to be the new emblem


http://www.albanianeconomy.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/imf.gif

flyton5

Only if he can be head of this "central party"


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/MadMazAus.jpg

thebaz

woops - sounds a bit 1984 - i meant one central party , and Labour as the alternative - similar to US and UK party system - one central/right wing party and one left wing (or supposedly)

Hank_Jones

Hurray for Ross Perot.

funk-you

Ah nuts, I thought this'd be about a big party in town.

-Funk

dsmythy

One party state so is it? :P

Sardonicat

Ah sure, lets do away with the opposition altogether.

Dictatorship, that's the way to go!

:rolleyes:

Mr Benevolent

Like when I go to the shopping centre I can check out Dixons and, PC World and Currys to see which has the best prices.

An ironic simile considering all three brands are owned by one company...

pickarooney

http://humour-fun.net/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=943

admiralofthefleet

lets set up an Irish monster raving loony party and see how they get on

Dardania

bonerm wrote: »

No, I prefer to have "choice". Like when I go to the shopping centre I can check out Dixons and, PC World and Currys to see which has the best prices.

dammit where's the boards.ie droll button?!

Hank_Jones

Had a little think about this...

Would that not make it a dictatorship, as oppossed to a government?

starbelgrade

Well, if it saves me having to get out of bed to vote every time there's an election, then I'm all for it.

thebaz

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Had a little think about this...

Would that not make it a dictatorship, as oppossed to a government?

how so ?? the people would have a choice between - Fianna Fail/Fine Gael and labour.
The smaller parties would also still be there ??

What is the difference now between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, maybe Fine Gael are slightly less corrupt - but there economic thinking is very similar

the bikkering between the 2 parties is just comical in this day and age, when they both stand pretty much for the same old values

Hank_Jones

thebaz wrote: »

how so ?? the people would have a choice between - Fianna Fail/Fine Gael and labour.
The smaller parties would also still be there ??

What is the difference now between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, maybe Fine Gael are slightly less corrupt - but there economic thinking is very similar

the bikkering between the 2 parties is just comical in this day and age, when they both stand pretty much for the same old values

But what you are basically saying is that there would be one main party.
So we would basically have one party, with one set of policies, one gosheen leader that the others would support, because they don't want to go against him/her.

It just wouldn't work. One party would have a complete monopoly on the country, pretty much forever.
That sounds quite like a dictatorship.
They wouldn't need the independents or smaller parties as they would already have more than a majority.

Seaneh

bonerm wrote: »

No, I prefer to have "choice". Like when I go to the shopping centre I can check out Dixons and, PC World and Currys to see which has the best prices.

Wasting a lot of time going to the last two separately boss!

ScumLord

Parties are pointless, I don't like voting for people that have already written down a predetermined way of dealing with the world. They're inflexible and incapable of tackling problems on a rational level. Instead they try to blanket the problem with their own politics and dogma.

While having one party would reduce political conflicts it would really just reduce you to one of their outdated ideals giving you less options for dealing with real world problems.

Really a community should be able to hand their problems over to engineers who would come up with solutions to overcome the problem. Politics shouldn't come into it.