Labour claim it's only fair they get their turn in government

jmayo

Are Labour now clutching at straws to try and ensure they get a go at government?

Why does it remind me of my toddlers demand that he gets to watch his tv program, becuase it is only fair.

Pherekydes

You misunderstand the ad. The ad means it's only fair that we have a balanced government.

bleg

Eugh, Labour really need new PR people.

Tim Robbins

bleg wrote: »

Eugh, Labour really need new PR people.

Whatever happened to Gilmore for Toasheach?

Pure Sound

I assume its supposed to mean that they will represent one side i.e the left whilst FG will represent the right making them a centre focused government or balanced. Terrible campaign though and almost defeatist in nature, this was labours one chance to make an impact on politics in Ireland and it looks like they have blown it

MaceFace

Is this photoshopped?
It has to be.......

ei.sdraob

"FAIRNESS" does that word even have meaning anymore when it comes to politics?

LookBehindYou

Labour = Caviar Socialists

Zamboni

Our proud nation is reduced to the equivalent of teenagers fighting over their shot on Sim City.

Permabear

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Chucky the tree

Gilmores future has to be in serious question now. Would Labour feel comfortable with him going into another election?

RJGMovie

Labour seem to have lost the plot completely. It all started to go wrong with the attacks on FG, their future partner in Gov. Most FG voters would not be voting Labour anyway, and will probably transfer less to them now. Labour should have concentrated on SF and the left independents. Even FF seem to be making a late comeback.

Spudmonkey

Pherekydes wrote: »

You misunderstand the ad. The ad means it's only fair that we have a balanced government.

I think thats pretty obvious. It's the way it was phrased that he was referring to.

meglome

RJGMovie wrote: »

Labour seem to have lost the plot completely. It all started to go wrong with the attacks on FG, their future partner in Gov. Most FG voters would not be voting Labour anyway, and will probably transfer less to them now. Labour should have concentrated on SF and the left independents. Even FF seem to be making a late comeback.

Well I don't know about that. I'm voting FG this time but I have voted Labour. And normally I'd give Labour high preferences but not this time, they've got it badly wrong IMHO.

Black Bloc

Assuming the image hasn't been run through Photoshop, the bleating slogan is farcical.

Labour appears to have abandoned efforts to persuade voters of the wisdom of its policies. The party has really brought the tone of political bluster to a new childish low. It only has two confused polices, swinging between denigrating FG and pleading with FG for a few chairs. Doubtful if Labour will get preferences from FG voters on the day.

Centaur

meglome wrote: »

Well I don't know about that. I'm voting FG this time but I have voted Labour. And normally I'd give Labour high preferences but not this time, they've got it badly wrong IMHO.

What exactly have they got wrong? Is it because of the attacks on FG? FG started the mud slinging labelling Labour as a high tax party. Labour hit back by highlighting the stealth taxes that FG are proposing. It's all part of the cut and thrust of electioneering. They are two distinct parties with different policies in many areas. I will be voting Labour but I will still give FG a high preference, although to be honest I don't think it will get to them.

dsmythy

A balanced government didn't do much for anybody over the last 12 years. The last three and a half in particular.

jmayo

Pherekydes wrote: »

You misunderstand the ad. The ad means it's only fair that we have a balanced government.

Ah for fecks sake, it reads like a pleading by a bunch of kids.
It is scraping the bottom of the barrel.
It reeks of desperation and what they really want is to just get in.

MaceFace wrote: »

Is this photoshopped?
It has to be.......

Well unless Dave C on p.ie wants to look a right eejit I doubt it.
BTW this is the photoshopped version.

meglome wrote: »

Well I don't know about that. I'm voting FG this time but I have voted Labour. And normally I'd give Labour high preferences but not this time, they've got it badly wrong IMHO.

Normally I would have voted FG & Lab, but the more I see of Gilmore the more that is not going to happen.
All we get is a continous whine and the real ones with something to offer like Quinn and Howlin appear to be shoved to the background.

I can't believe Quinn as their director of elections scantioned this joke of a poster. :rolleyes:

ScissorPaperRock

I think this ad that was run on RTE last night is pretty effective

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eDhYax4BinA

CDfm

Besides the add -they have been puppet masters thru the Social Partnership for years exercising real power.

Labour put a lot of people off voting FG.

namloc1980

Centaur wrote: »

What exactly have they got wrong? Is it because of the attacks on FG? FG started the mud slinging labelling Labour as a high tax party. Labour hit back by highlighting the stealth taxes that FG are proposing. It's all part of the cut and thrust of electioneering. They are two distinct parties with different policies in many areas. I will be voting Labour but I will still give FG a high preference, although to be honest I don't think it will get to them.

How is telling the truth mud-slinging? Labour want to raise more taxes than FG. They want to close the deficit with 50% tax increases and 50% cuts. FG is 27% tax increases and 73% cuts.

PeterIanStaker

Tim Robbins wrote: »

Whatever happened to Gilmore for Toasheach?

It fizzled out too soon methinks. That or they failed to get momentum because Kenny has so far not made any serious howlers.

CDfm

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

It fizzled out too soon methinks. That or they failed to get momentum because Kenny has so far not made any serious howlers.

I think it musnt be his turn.

Didnt Gordon Brown become british Prime Misister because it was his turn

The author of Fatherland wrote those words as Brown was staging the near-incredible “My turn! My turn!” tantrum with which he disgraced the transition between Tony Blair and himself

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/hitchens200908

the_syco

Pherekydes wrote: »

You misunderstand the ad. The ad means it's only fair that we have a balanced government.

One that doesn't include them, then?

Asis

RJGMovie wrote: »

Labour seem to have lost the plot completely. It all started to go wrong with the attacks on FG, their future partner in Gov.

Not really. FG have taken an adversarial approach to Labour too - billing them as a high tax party, etc. FG have run a campaign based upon them as a single-party government.

With FG's radicalisation to the economic far-right, FG and Labour are less compatible.

[Jackass]

That poster is hilarious / really awkward / cringeworthy..

The stink of desperation off labour is becoming overwhelming...

meglome

Centaur wrote: »

What exactly have they got wrong? Is it because of the attacks on FG? FG started the mud slinging labelling Labour as a high tax party. Labour hit back by highlighting the stealth taxes that FG are proposing. It's all part of the cut and thrust of electioneering. They are two distinct parties with different policies in many areas. I will be voting Labour but I will still give FG a high preference, although to be honest I don't think it will get to them.

Vested interests have ruined this country, Labour are not even saying they will deal with this. The problem with many socialists is they won't even entertain job losses or loss of earnings or conditions. We are where we are and we need honesty, action and most importantly we need to be rid of the vested interests.

I have given Labour No 1 preferences in the past but given our current situation, their actions and stated policies I won't be touching them, for the good of the country.

CDfm

the_syco wrote: »

One that doesn't include them, then?

Carlsberg dont do Election Adverts but if they did ..........the syco would write them