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Will the future be Fine Gael vs Labour/Left

  • 26-02-2011 10:26pm
    #1
    dilbert2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 364 ✭✭


    Do you think the election today is an indicator of the future? Do you think that Fianna Fail will decline further while Labour grow, and provide an alternative to Fine Gael in future?

    Not that Fianna Gael are much better than Fianna Fail, but the thought of at least one of them going into extinction, along with Fine Gael having actual serious ideological competition from Labour and the Left is an interesting concept.

    Do you see Labour remaining the second party in the terms of size, and Fianna Fail remaining in third (or slipping even further) position from now on. Or do you think Fianna Fail will come back, if not to first place - at least to second place and oust Labour back to third place in future?

    The future of Irish political parties 13 votes

    Fine Gael vs Labour/ Left is the future
    0% 0 votes
    Fianna Fail will come back to at least second place, and provide the opposition to FG
    61% 8 votes
    Fianna Fail within time will regain it’s leadership position in Irish politcs some day
    38% 5 votes


Comments

  • #2
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    I would love to see a left/right divide in Irish politics from this day forth. All that civil war tripe needs to go as it has done nothing except held the nation back.

    There are still a lot of FF oiks out there though:rolleyes:


  • #3
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    Tbh I dont know. I did think that it might be FG majority that would make a lot of unpopular decisions regarding public service restructuring and social welfare reforms that would be unpopular in the short term but necessary in the long run and that this, coupled with the inevitable agony of the IMF and possible default, would probably mean they wouldn't get re-elected.
    But with labour likely to be partners a lot of this may be unworkable. So there may be a **** storm ahead and aven a ressurgence of FF.
    Maybe even a labour and Ind coalition if the FG/Lab govt collapses on the grounds that labour may oppose any redundancies in the public sector

    But I dunno, who does?


  • #4
    WolfForager
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,532 ✭✭✭WolfForager


    Labour/Fianna Gael will get the country into shape through harsh measures, in 5 years Fianna Fail will come back, take all the money and blow it all again on scotch, cigars and bean bags. Rinse and Repeat.


  • #5
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    FF were always going to get a kicking this time around.

    The next general election will be far more telling in this regard.


  • #6
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    WolfForager wrote: »
    Labour/Fianna Gael will get the country into shape through harsh measures, in 5 years Fianna Fail will come back, take all the money and blow it all again on scotch, cigars and bean bags. Rinse and Repeat.
    So fcukin true.


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