How Long will This Farce of a Government last?

Ledger

In light of recent desertions in the last 24 hours, what d'ya reckon?

danniemcq

Too long

iPlop

Ledger wrote: »

In light of recent desertions in the last 24 hours, what d'ya reckon?

They will cling to power until March 24th until (some) are eligable for pensions

sellerbarry

As long as people keep voting em in.

Pherekydes

Where's the option for 2012 (end of the year)?

jimthemental

I voted Guinness because you really couldn't guess, plus this will be a decision making tool for certain.

chin_grin

danniemcq wrote: »

To long

Where's long?

Ledger

It's a complete joke at this stage. I thought Frank Gallagher was shameless like, these lads are on another level

Rubik.

As long as the greens let it, the election is probably going to be on the 25th of march.

danniemcq

chin_grin wrote: »

Where's long?

knew i was gonna get that wrong

PeterIanStaker

unfortunately it seems they'll shamble on for a month or two yet.:rolleyes:

shofukan

Atari Jaguar > Guinness

The_Minister

We now have a cabinet that could meet in a cabinet.

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The_Minister wrote: »

We now have a cabinet that could meet in a cabinet.

Or in a cupboard

We're all going to long lads waheeeey.

th3 s1aught3r

Whats going on today
Some kind of a walkout ?

FatherLen

im glad most people have voted for guinness....

th3 s1aught3r

Best thing for the country is that Government collapses this afternoon, we have a snap election and FF get anihilated

Although I lost faith in the Irish electorate when I heard some of the people from Cowens constituency saying he was a 'great Taoiseach' and 'doing a good job'. I worry that parish pump politics people will still vote for FF when they get into the voting booth :mad:

Donal Og O Baelach

I'm getting in early and predicting the backlash against the backlash against Fianna Fail, (the forward lash if you like).

I think Cowen will weather the storm.

After 8 months of hearing FF ministers break into hysterical laughter as soon as he leaves a room, Gormley will eventually bail out sometime in September, but..

Enda Kenny - in the greatest case of "Bottling it" since the foundation of the state - will be so scared of actually becoming Taoiseach, that he will go into coalition with FF.

Thats what I think will happen anyway.

Pauleta

I think Cowan will resign today and we will have to wait until FF elect a leader for an election.

Ledger

Pauleta wrote: »

I think Cowan will resign today and we will have to wait until FF elect a leader for an election.

You joking me? he's too pigheaded to resign.

th3 s1aught3r

Pauleta wrote: »

I think Cowan will resign today and we will have to wait until FF elect a leader for an election.

This is a mess. What do we look like to the international audience?. We must look like complete idiots incapable of running a country

Rubik.

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

This is a mess. What do we look like to the international audience?. We must look like complete idiots incapable of running a country

Well we are incapable. the IMF is here.

Donal Og O Baelach

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

This is a mess. What do we look like to the international audience?. We must look like complete idiots incapable of running a country

Who cares what we look like to them? Lets sort ourselves out for ourselves.

th3 s1aught3r

Donal Og O Baelach wrote: »

Who cares what we look like to them? Lets sort ourselves out for ourselves.

who cares?
Well what about foreign companies who were thinking of investing here and are looking at todays events. They might be having second thoughts now

Big Vern

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

Best thing for the country is that Government collapses this afternoon, we have a snap election and FF get anihilated

Although I lost faith in the Irish electorate when I heard some of the people from Cowens constituency saying he was a 'great Taoiseach' and 'doing a good job'. I worry that parish pump politics people will still vote for FF when they get into the voting booth :mad:

This will happen all across the country....

SEPT 23 1989

Big Vern wrote: »

This will happen all across the country....

They wont get a seat in Dublin

irishgeo

i cant see it lasting till the end of the day.

the greens have to pull the plug now.

dark crystal

irishgeo wrote: »

i cant see it lasting till the end of the day.

the greens have to pull the plug now.

But they won't. They are just as out of touch and power hungry as Fianna Fail are. They know they have little hope of hanging on to a fraction of the seats they had before they went into coalition and so will use the excuse of waiting till the blasted finance bill has gone through to do the right thing.

I'd say we will be looking at March or April before the GE is called.

Just wondering...does our president have any say at all in what happens to the government? Can't she step in and do something constructive here, or is she largely just a useless figurehead who enjoys a charmed life on the tax payers money up there in Aras an Uachtarain?

El Horseboxo

Surely trying to hang on to your existence in a Government that is falling apart and hated by people up and down the country can't be that much craic that you'd wanna stay on under pressure for 2 more months or so. If i was Cowen i'd say **** it and go shopping for a good rope.

opinion guy

I voted to the end of the week, but really, on mature reflection, I like to change my vote to Guinness

ejmaztec

irishgeo wrote: »

i cant see it lasting till the end of the day.

the greens have to pull the plug now.

A trigger on an Uzi would be better, or a grenade pin.

iPlop

All you're gonna hear today is a lot of "I don't accept that" "fundamentals are sound" etc...

irishgeo

election day 11th march, bloodbath for FF

Colmo52

March 11th.

Kimono-Girl

Donal Og O Baelach wrote: »

Enda Kenny - in the greatest case of "Bottling it" since the foundation of the state - will be so scared of actually becoming Taoiseach, that he will go into coalition with FF.

lol thats the first time i heard that, and it actually sounds like it could happen....


if enda starts running this country we will be in bigger trouble then we already are, this country needs someone decent to vote for but as far as i can see we have no-one...:(

danniemcq

OK who had March 11th?

Guill

New poll needed, How long will the next farce of a government last?

Thomas828

As long as there are enough people dumb enough to keep voting for them. It worked for the Tories during the 80's and 90's.

danniemcq

Thomas828 wrote: »

As long as there are enough people dumb enough to keep voting for them. It worked for the Tories during the 80's and 90's.

What about people from other islands?

Donegal people may be the only ones to get this

Thomas828

irishgeo wrote: »

election day 11th march, bloodbath for FF

Weren't they predicting something like that in the run-up to the 2007 election? The one that Bertie won contrary to expectations?

orourkeda

Until the 11th of march

the purple tin

We really need to implement that clause they have in some other countries, if you get enough signatures on a petition saying that people aren't happy with the leader they have to hold another election straight away.
It would stop us getting stuck with duff leaders for years on end.

OctavarIan

It will eternally be a farce until we get a government filled with people with the appropriate qualifications and a history of excellence in their fields. None of the current alternatives are really better than Fianna Fáil in that regard.

Fighting Irish

I haven't a clue but the next government better not make me, an adult, blow all my money on stupid sh1t and make me take out huge loans!!!