Unite Union says Provos better than Blueshirts

mike65

Okay that got your attention!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0109/breaking25.html

One of the country’s biggest trade unions today urged the Labour Party to reject a coalition with Fine Gael in favour of a left-wing government.

Unite, which is affiliated to the Labour Party, called on its 60,000 members to vote for and transfer to leftist parties in the forthcoming general election.

Regional secretary suggested Labour and Sinn Féin could form the State’s first left-wing government along with support from independents.

“Recent polls put the combined strength of the Labour Party and Sinn Féin at 40 per cent,” he said. “This is substantially higher than either of the right-wing parties. With the support of other left parties and progressive independents, a left government is now distinct possibility.

No doubt they fear that FG might actually fancy trying to reform the public sector in a half meaningful way. Labour would do well to sniff the wind as the public would back reform now more than ever.

The_Thing

I reckon the boys in the balaclavas would sort out the likes of Drumm, Fitzpatrick and their developer friends a lot sooner than the blue-shirted pansies ever would.

zig

Jesus , reading that makes me reconsider my dislike for Fine Gael, maybe they are onto something after all.

North_West_Art

the title of the thread is an attempt at a smear against SF

zig

mike65 wrote: »

Okay that got your attention!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0109/breaking25.html



No doubt they fear that FG might actually fancy trying to reform the public sector in a half meaningful way. Labour would do well to sniff the wind as the public would back reform now more than ever.

Most people that would vote labour could very much tolerate a FG/Lab Government, however, there are alot more people out there that will not vote Labour if they think they're voting in Sinn Fein or the likes.
Labour are in a tricky spot, but id imagine they'll stick to their original plan. Im sure Gilmore would love to be Taoiseach and is waying up every option at the moment. But a Labour + Left campaign would be political suicide. Itd be nice to see FG lumped in with FF though. It would make our elections more meaningful.

tfitzgerald

I think it would be a good idea put Gerry adams in charge of the banks he has a way of getting what he wants outa them:)

mikemac

tfitzgerald wrote: »

I think it would be a good idea put Gerry adams in charge of the banks he has a way of getting what he wants outa them:)

Do you mean if you ask him a direct question on his past memberships he won't answer or fail to recall?

Yeah, he's good at that and even better at other strategies

johnnyskeleton

North_West_Art wrote: »

the title of the thread is an attempt at a smear against SF

But not to smear FG?

feicim

feelingstressed wrote: »

Do you mean if you ask him a direct question on his past memberships he won't answer or fail to recall?

Yeah, he's good at that and even better at other strategies

The collective damage that the IRA, UVF, INLA, British Army, Black and tans, Oliver Cromwell and ronan keating caused to Ireland is dwarfed by what this Fianna Fail government have done to the country.

In Irelands history the only event worse that what is occuring now is the famine. Again the poor were fcuked over to protect the profits of the rich.

Fianna fails decisions fcuk over the Irish citizen to protect the profits of the rich and super-rich.

They chose to let the banks do what they liked.

They chose to put the Irish and future generations in debt to bail out the super-rich financail elite.

I would rather a labour/sinn fein government becaouse at least then we would have a chance at real change.

fine gael = fianna fail lite

labour = fianna fail left

tfitzgerald

feelingstressed wrote: »

Do you mean if you ask him a direct question on his past memberships he won't answer or fail to recall?

Yeah, he's good at that and even better at other strategies

That's not what I meant at all . Gerry and his friends were good at getting money from banks that's all . But for what it's worth there is not one politician in this country that can tell the truth or give a straight answer even if their lives depended on it

gonedrinking

tfitzgerald wrote: »

That's not what I meant at all . Gerry and his friends were good at getting money from banks that's all . But for what it's worth there is not one politician in this country that can tell the truth or give a straight answer even if their lives depended on it

Pearse Doherty is the stand out politician at the minute, one of the few people in the dail who isn't a gombeen. George Lee and Richard Bruton weren't gombeens either and as a result Enda Kenny marginalised them.

RichardAnd

feicim wrote: »

The collective damage that the IRA, UVF, INLA, British Army, Black and tans, Oliver Cromwell and ronan keating caused to Ireland is dwarfed by what this Fianna Fail government have done to the country.

In Irelands history the only event worse that what is occuring now is the famine. Again the poor were fcuked over to protect the profits of the rich.

Fianna fails decisions fcuk over the Irish citizen to protect the profits of the rich and super-rich.

They chose to let the banks do what they liked.

They chose to put the Irish and future generations in debt to bail out the super-rich financail elite.

I would rather a labour/sinn fein government becaouse at least then we would have a chance at real change.

fine gael = fianna fail lite

labour = fianna fail left

The references you make to history here are absolute nonsense. Cromwell engaged in active genocide in ireland and the tans did much the same. And let's not forget that both Cromwell and the black and tans came from england and were, thus, a foreign influence.

FF is made up of Irish people voted into power by Irish people. They are a physical representation of Irish half-arsed, chancer loving, begrudging society totally resistant to change. The belief that our woes have been caused by FF, a few bankers and a few developers is just absurd.