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Budget day discussion thread. Your budget chat goes here.(Rules and links first post)

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    #662
    Mint Sauce
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    2 minutes left


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    #663
    Dionysus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    He's still going and I think I've finally got it - he's trying to outdo Joseph Biggar back in the 1870s and 80s who talked for a couple of days in the British parliament as part of the Home Rule tactic of obstructionism! :)


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    #664
    stripysocks85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,877 ✭✭✭stripysocks85


    Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »
    imagine how his wife/girlfriend feels after sex :D
    I'd love to find out! ;)


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    #665
    msg11
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    OisinT wrote: »
    Oh, I agree... but lets not say fair play on SF for staying... they were waiting their turn.

    I agree if it was Labour I doubt SF would be there my point was it is rude for everyone to leave and wouldn't be acceptable in any other job/event. And if this is the case they should be paid by the clock. Really makes you wonder what work do they actully do if they leave on the day of one of the biggest budgets in history (PART II). It's really clear why we are in this mess, with 5 people left in the Dáil.

    Time is up ....


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    #666
    Mint Sauce
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    <round of applause>

    :)


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    #667
    Brenireland
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    Dionysus wrote: »
    He's still going and I think I've finally got it - he's trying to outdo Joseph Biggar back in the 1870s and 80s who talked for a couple of days in the British parliament as part of the Home Rule tactic of obstructionism! :)

    hardly if he's only under an hour to do his speech.


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    #668
    FreudianSlippers
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    He basically just said FF and FG are the same party and Labour are a bag full of pussies.


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    #669
    Dionysus
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    Amen. Well done, Pearse! So much truth coming from one small man.

    Anybody know how long he lasted?


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    #670
    FreudianSlippers
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    Dionysus wrote: »
    Amen. Well done, Pearse! So much truth coming from one small man.

    Anybody know how long he lasted?
    40 mins, just like everyone else.


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    #671
    Mint Sauce
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    Dionysus wrote: »
    Amen. Well done, Pearse! So much truth coming from one small man.

    Anybody know how long he lasted?

    He had his alloted 40 minutes plus one or two more.


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    Crann na Beatha
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    #673
    Biggins
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    irish-stew wrote: »
    <round of applause>

    :)

    Had I been there, I would have given him one too!

    Well done him. Best speech all day!

    Would love to get a copy of it. Might email him at some stage and ask for a copy!
    (get him to autograph it :D )


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    #674
    Degag
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    About 42 minutes.


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    #675
    msg11
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    OisinT wrote: »
    He basically just said FF and FG are the same party and Labour are a bag full of pussies.

    Spot on really .

    Then we have the 'so called' independents...


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    #676
    FreudianSlippers
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    irish-stew wrote: »
    He had his alloted 40 minutes plus one or two more.
    maybe 30 seconds extra, wouldn't say more than a minute.


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    #677
    Ardennes1944
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    OisinT wrote: »
    He basically just said FF and FG are the same party and Labour are a bag full of pussies.

    which, in essence, is quite true. Labour are supposed to be left but they will jump into bed with Fine Gael, who are supposed to be on the other side of the political spectrum, just to get in power. And Fine Gael, as proven in the past, have more or less the same policies and the same ways of implementing them as Fianna Fail. They do have some differences, but the majority of that difference is in their party names.


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    #678
    cleremy jarkson
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    8 euro off the dole..lol

    Should have been about 20 if we want to fix things in the long term. We'll be back again next year with another so-called "harshest budget in the history of the state" :rolleyes:


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    #679
    Ardennes1944
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    stripysocks85 wrote: »
    I'd love to find out! ;)

    ya ya yano...i can talk for 40mins without water too....:D


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    #680
    ascanbe
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    Biggins wrote: »
    Had I been there, I would have given him one too!

    Well done him. Best speech all day!

    Would love to get a copy of it. Might email him at some stage and ask for a copy!
    (get him to autograph it :D )

    Ah now, Biggins.
    He was good and all but..
    Probably contravenes the rules of the house aswell.


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    #681
    Rodin
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    Presumably this budget means very little, as any incoming government in January will put their own in place fairly quickly


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    #682
    Mark200
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    Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »
    And Fine Gael, as proven in the past, have more or less the same policies and the same ways of implementing them as Fianna Fail. They do have some differences, but the majority of that difference is in their party names.

    The majority of that difference is competence imo. There's nothing seriously wrong with a lot of Fianna Fail's policies... but as shown countless times, they are just simply too incompetent to do even the simplest of things.


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    #683
    Biggins
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    ascanbe wrote: »
    Ah now, Biggins.
    He was good and all but..
    Probably contravenes the rules of the house aswell.

    LOL ...And we know how the rest love to stick to rules! :pac:


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    #684
    stripysocks85
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    Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »
    ya ya yano...i can talk for 40mins without water too....:D
    Haha it wasn't that which I was referring to ;) Was hoping he'd be rather good at doing something else for 40 minutes without a drink of water!!1

    *slaps hand* Naughty naughty!!

    For educational reasons *ahem* I think I should watch all of that again on the RTE Player. Just to .... erm...... absorb fully all that he said..... with such gusto and passion.......*drools*


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    #685
    Captain Darling
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    Brendan Ogle on Today FM. Trying to stand up for the ESB's exorbitant wages....


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    #686
    Dionysus
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    hehe. Some funny feckers on this thread.


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    #687
    Ardennes1944
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    stripysocks85 wrote: »
    Haha it wasn't that which I was referring to ;) Was hoping he'd be rather good at doing something else for 40 minutes without a drink of water!!1

    *slaps hand* Naughty naughty!!

    For educational reasons *ahem* I think I should watch all of that again on the RTE Player. Just to .... erm...... absorb fully all that he said..... with such gusto and passion.......*drools*

    oh....well in that case....ill just return to the dark corner from which i eminated from :(


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    #688
    Mint Sauce
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    ascanbe wrote: »
    Ah now, Biggins.
    He was good and all but..
    Probably contravenes the rules of the house aswell.

    He was warned a few times re his conduct and how he address individuals including may.

    Cant quite remember what he said to her, but was quite blunt, he simply repaeted he self word for word only changing how he addressed her.

    The house speaker seemed to allow him a bit of leeway based on his recent entry to the house following his election win.


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    #689
    newballsplease
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    cleremy jarkson wrote: »
    8 euro off the dole..lol

    Should have been about 20 if we want to fix things in the long term. We'll be back again next year with another so-called "harshest budget in the history of the state" :rolleyes:

    Thank god ur not in charge!


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    #690
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Well said by Pearse, no waffle just straight talking logic. Considering the importance of this day to our little nation, the amount of empty seats in the house was a disgrace. Those bast@rds should be there until midnight if need be.


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    #691
    FreudianSlippers
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    Tax Tables are out: http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1207/budget-tax.pdf


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