When It Comes To Government, We've No Choice In This Country...

UsernameInUse

http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/ireland2011.png

This is a compass of where each party stands...Does anybody notice anything strange? We have no euroskeptic party, no libertarian party, no pure capitalist party etc...

Now, by comparison, here is the UK...
http://www.politicalcompass.org/charts/uk2010.php

In Ireland, it just seems to me that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet...which is what we get when we elect a new party that continue the previous government policies...sorry, Ireland - no change here until we get new parties...

MugMugs

Do you wanna party ?

flash1080

What we need is more extremists in this country.

smash

But they're not all together, how can they all be singing from the same hymn sheet?

And btw, when you owe so much to Europe it doesn't matter where you stand. You either do what they tell you or you go bust.

orourkeda

I like cake

charlemont

Sure if anyone came along and tried to change things here, He would be branded, Sure look at the rainbow coalition, Voted out for FF when our country was on the verge of great change..

Gombeenism or nothing.

Dangerous Man

Irish people keep voting for rats. Until that changes, well, parties full of rats, I suppose.

krudler

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Irish people keep voting for rats. Until that changes, well, parties full of rats, I suppose.

but they knew our fathers so that makes them ok, and Mrs O'Keeffe up the road needed a new gate and he sorted it so that means he's equipped to run a country. makes sense really.

My name is URL

I'd love to see a new party set up. One similar to the Progressive Democrats would be nice.. thanks.

Seriously there isn't even a credible opposition party these days. FF may as well be disbanded, and the rest are basically nutters and lone voices.

the purple tin

You could vote for an independent but even when they get elected they haven't the power to change a thing.

wild_cat

krudler wrote: »

but they knew our fathers so that makes them ok, and Mrs O'Keeffe up the road needed a new gate and he sorted it so that means he's equipped to run a country. makes sense really.

I know that's a piss take but it actually happens at the same time.

http://files.sharenator.com/771_i_dont_want_to_live_on_this_planet_anymore_Memebase_88-s360x202-219328-535.jpg

bleg

At least we don't have a lemon party.

Son Of A Vidic

bleg wrote: »

At least we don't have a lemon party.

Just parties full of lemmings.

Temptamperu

bleg wrote: »

At least we don't have a lemon party.

//googles :pac:

squod

Shane Ross has one in the pipeline.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056333860

smash wrote: »

And btw, when you owe so much to Europe it doesn't matter where you stand. You either do what they tell you or you go bust.

Which is a shame, but I'll feel so much better about the debts when those politicians and civil servants responsible are behind bars.

mikemac

UsernameInUse wrote: »

http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/ireland2011.png

Look further OP

Immigration Control Platform had two candidates in Dublin. But uncontrolled immigration seems to be something we prefer not to talk about in Ireland
Christian Solidarity Party run candidates
Workers party had six candidates
Workers and Unemployed Action Group have a TD, Healy from South Tipp

charlemont

mikemac wrote: »

Look further OP

Immigration Control Platform had two candidates in Dublin. But uncontrolled immigration seems to be something we prefer not to talk about in Ireland
Christian Solidarity Party run candidates
Workers party had six candidates
Workers and Unemployed Action Group have a TD, Healy from South Tipp

Sure blame the immigrants

Cant say for legal reasons

conorhal

mikemac wrote: »

Look further OP

Immigration Control Platform had two candidates in Dublin. But uncontrolled immigration seems to be something we prefer not to talk about in Ireland
Christian Solidarity Party run candidates
Workers party had six candidates
Workers and Unemployed Action Group have a TD, Healy from South Tipp

Yeah, but they are tiny extreme fringe parties. Even though I'd agree with some aspects of what they propose (standing slightly to the right of Genghis Kahn as I do), they are too single issue and way too far out there and full of nutters to be credible.

I believe in sensible controlled immigration, but I'm not voting for the 'hang a n1^^er lynch mob brigade.

I'm pro-life but not pro church.

And as for the workers party, sorry, I'm 'pro-reality' too....

Oh and fuk the Workers and Unemployed Action Group, one of their main spokespeople was asked how long he's been unemployed, his answer, for the last 10yrs!
I might have some sympathy with smart capable people that have been made unemployed but feel that they have valuable suggestions to make on strategies for aiding the unemployed in getting back to work, but it will be a cold day in hell before I vote for some sponger that managed to spend the boom years unemployed at a time of ‘full employment’.

UsernameInUse

I assume any new party with a new direction would be considered nutters in this country.

Mike 1972

UsernameInUse wrote: »

Now, by comparison, here is the UK...

On the other hand the UK has a pretty fukedup voting system which means that regardless of how many parties are on the ballot paper the real choice in most constituencies is between two (or even less)

Many of the UK parties on your list only contest elections in a single region or a handful of constituencies so youre not comparing like with like.

7sr2z3fely84g5

UsernameInUse wrote: »

In Ireland, it just seems to me that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet...which is what we get when we elect a new party that continue the previous government policies...sorry, Ireland - no change here until we get new parties...

unions run the country,most ministers are former teachers etc so they look after their own of course,besides if anyone turned around and said they are firing staff in the sectors we be bankrupt paying off people and country in a lock down on strike if they tried to make some practises in the system more cost effective.