This country needs a new major Political Party.

sdanseo

We have the ULA, the Socialists, Greens, Sinn Féin. We had the PDs. All very different beasts as someone put it in another thread but at the same time, all very small parties. A vote for any of them in protest at the lack of thrust, reform and general good ideas spouted by any of the major parties (FF/FG/Lab) is a wasted one in the sense that they can only ever be a minority party in a coalition.

What this country needs is a new political party of the size of the major ones. A new FG, a new FF, the result perhaps of a splinter off the main FF that some were speculating would happen this week.

There have been two threads of late in AH about this - one started by myself. Being in AH, they got no huge serious response, and they were of the vein "a boards.ie party" - but in reality something new is needed and there was some very real support sent to me and others via pm as a result.

I don't have the power to start a political party, no-one here does really. But what I think is very clear is that an alternative to Biffo, Gormless, Enda and Eamon is quite clearly missing. A party is needed that will put people first, will have political reform as the number one priority on its ticket, and whose TDs will be happy to work to a stricter code of ethics with a stricter pay scale and be bloody happy doing it that way.

I don't want this to come across as a rant, nor as an advertisement for a party I may be seen as wanting to start, that it is certainly not. Truth is, I wouldn't know where in the name to start - though if I thought it were possible and had enough support I would no doubt be heavily involved - but I'm interested to see how many people share my point of view.

Slight edit - I do know of Amhrán Nua already, this is along similar lines to what I'm getting at.

Dr. Baltar

On the contrary, both Pirate Party Ireland and the Liberal Party (which I would love to see grow) both have grown from online so anyone can set up a party!
Ideally, I would love to see a split in Fianna Fáil right down the middle.
2 Centre right parties is ridiculous.

rockmongrel

There's this mad group called Labour, you might have heard of them.

Yakult

How would you even go about creating your own party?

I would love when Im older to start going into my local elections and hopes of moving up the steps to being a TD.


Just none of the parties their would ever appeal to me.

phantom_lord

Yakult wrote: »

How would you even go about creating your own party?

I would love when Im older to start going into my local elections and hopes of moving up the steps to being a TD.


Just none of the parties their would ever appeal to me.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/national_government/houses_of_the_oireachtas/registering_a_political_party.html

ISAW

Yakult wrote: »

How would you even go about creating your own party?

I would love when Im older to start going into my local elections and hopes of moving up the steps to being a TD.


Just none of the parties their would ever appeal to me.

I would have to say i have problems with this idea of politics. I don't view a local councillor as a "step to being a TD" nor a Senate position as such but many councillors or Senators might. Nor are they underlings to be bossed around. They have a different function.

Lockstep

There's a thread in that sort of vein fairly regularly in the politics section. They're nearly always the same;
-The promise for a party that will be very pro-business but that will protect the most vulnerable in society.
-That will cut taxes but deliver better public services
-That will be beholden to no special interests but will enact social harmony.
-That will leave behind civil war politics.
-That will have no ideology at all but be pragmatic and be based utterly on 'what works' (whatever that means)
Etc etc.

Corsendonk

The Whig Party?

For Forks Sake

Corsendonk wrote: »

The Whig Party?

Clann na Talmhan must be due a comeback sometime soon.

KeithAFC

Go start up a party then? No one good saying you need one, go make one. Its what id do.