Sli nios fearr new political party in ireland will they be a sucess?

christmas2012

Martin Critten; spokesperson for Sli Nios Fearr, explores the question – do we really need a new political party! It’s the sort of statement you hear at the village pub, one which is immediately rebuffed with the remark; but sure they’re all the same, just a bunch of gob***** ! Certainly, nothing quite raises the ire of the ordinary ‘joe’ over a few pints, than the idea of creating yet another tier of self -serving individuals masquerading as everyone’s saviour; but whilst we continue to blot out our fiscal woes with mild substance abuse, the tragic irony is we are the ones that keep on voting them in!
In our decadent consumer led society, one thing is for sure, if you bought a box of soap powder from the supermarket that promised to remove stains, or in fact it totally ruined you Monday’s wash, then certainly there would be hell to play – and a refund of course.

http://www.sli-nios-fearr.com/

He done a walk to raise awarness for his party,do you know of anybody who has joined,or would you consider joining yourself?Do you think they could be a sucess?

Red_Wake

What's his manifesto?

What's his political history and personal background?

Morlar

christmas2012 wrote: »

http://www.sli-nios-fearr.com/

He done a walk to raise awarness for his party,do you know of anybody who has joined,or would you consider joining yourself?Do you think they could be a sucess?

What's with that picture ?

http://www.sli-nios-fearr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/NL-Hillman-leaping-06-copy.jpg

Also, typos on the homepage are risky even if they're intentional.

smash

Red_Wake wrote: »

What's his manifesto?

What's his political history and personal background?

"Well I’m 54, born in Greater Manchester, with 75% Celtic blood running through my veins."
http://www.sli-nios-fearr.com/?page_id=293

Yawn... next!

SocSocPol

I couldn't consider voting for yet another party with an unprouncable name.

Duckworth_Luas

Red_Wake wrote: »

What's his manifesto?

I like his manifesto, put it to the testo

I Heart Internet

smash wrote: »

"Well I’m 54, born in Greater Manchester, with 75% Celtic blood running through my veins."
http://www.sli-nios-fearr.com/?page_id=293

Ok, admit it.....your dad's Scotish or something? And your mother's half irish? Why else would you say Celtic and not Irish?

4zn76tysfajdxp

The homepage picture makes it looks cultish and the text is poorly written.

Dravokivich

Morlar wrote: »

What's with that picture ?

http://www.sli-nios-fearr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/NL-Hillman-leaping-06-copy.jpg

Also, typos on the homepage are risky even if they're intentional.

It's like something on them new aged holistic christian faith healing avangelists cult pamphlets.

admiralofthefleet

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

I like his manifesto, put it to the testo

i hope they legislate for a 99c coin

smash

Dravokivich wrote: »

It's like something on them new aged holistic christian faith healing avangelists cult pamphlets.

It's John Travolta from Stayin Alive...

Where To

Further right than the PDs by the looks of it.

He'll go places alright.

Morlar

Dravokivich wrote: »

It's like something on them new aged holistic christian faith healing avangelists cult pamphlets.

It looks like one of those 'I must fly - My people need me' kind of things just waiting to happen.

swimming in a sea

I might be more interested if the party name was written in a language that I understand.

Pherekydes

Someone should tell him there's no such word as sli in Irish.

Dravokivich

smash wrote: »

It's John Travolta from Stayin Alive...

Morlar wrote: »

It looks like one of those 'I must fly - My people need me' kind of things just waiting to happen.

Second thoughts, I'm thinking it might be alien abuction lads.

Newaglish

Their policies are hilarious:

A new SSIA, to bring cash into the exchequer so we could use this as a stimulus

Excellent, let's spend government money on encouraging people to spend less and save more? And then use that money as a stimulus to encourage consumption?

Make voting compulsory; and subsequently provide a no vote for any of the above, or not bothered section – but it will sponsor greater social responsibility and engagement.

Sweet Jesus.

...provide investigate powers for tribunal style work

Didn't we vote no to this?

Legalise cannabis and or cannabis derivatives for acute medial purposes.

This might explain the above...

bnt

SocSocPol wrote: »

I couldn't consider voting for yet another party with an unprouncable name.

Perhaps someone should tell this wannabe politician that Dail elections are also open to people from the UK, few of whom will be able to speak Klingon Gaelic Irish. Google Translate can only do so much ...

Sykk

On the same page for donations, there's a mobile number as a contact.. Seems legit

christmas2012

Agreed it doesnt look very professional but hes only starting up really,having said all that though i would consider voting for him,his heart is in the right place,good intentions and all that..a far cry from bertie ahern FF and LABOUR and FG..

I am sick of voting for the same people,its like a tight crew you know no matter what way you vote things aint gonna change..

mackg

christmas2012 wrote: »

Agreed it doesnt look very professional but hes only starting up really,having said all that though i would consider voting for him,his heart is in the right place,good intentions and all that..a far cry from bertie ahern FF and LABOUR and FG..

I am sick of voting for the same people,its like a tight crew you know no matter what way you vote things aint gonna change..

What a terrible reason to vote for someone, seriously, at this point we need to start electing people who know what they are doing.

smash

christmas2012 wrote: »

Agreed it doesnt look very professional but hes only starting up really

This is a comment I never agree with. If you're starting up, you make damn sure to put in the effort to get attention.

Morlar

mackg wrote: »

What a terrible reason to vote for someone, seriously, at this point we need to start electing people who know what they are doing.

The way things are going I can't really see myself voting for an established political party.

Sulla Felix

What happened to amhran nua? t least they had a decent site.

smash

Morlar wrote: »

The way things are going I can't really see myself voting for an established political party.

Then vote independent, but at least vote for one that knows his arse from his elbow.

Lando Griffin

Dosent stand a chance. Not once has he mentioned what roads he'll be fixin.

Schism

They could have come up with a better party name.

Imagine foreign journalists trying to pronounce it from reading. My money's on 'Sly neeos feer'!

Owen_S

Red_Wake wrote: »

What's his manifesto?

Judging by the name of his party, his main aim is to abolish the 'fada'.

christmas2012

What a terrible reason to vote for someone, seriously, at this point we need to start electing people who know what they are doing.

How do we know for certain he doesnt know what hes doing that could be a little presumptous,its like when FG accused gerry adams of not knowing what hes doing..

I would rather someone with the right intentions,then some greedy shark thats in it for themselves and what they can get out of it..Like we have suffered in the past with FF..

forfuxsake

He's worked in tourisum, which I suspect is how he thinks it's spelt rather than a typo.

DrumSteve

let him put himself forward for election and be judged then.

christmas2012

okay so its bad spelling,do you know a lot of FFers back in the day that got into politics were dyslexic and some never even did their L.Cert?

As far as i can see he is no FFer why cant we give him a chance(just like weve given a lot of other parties chances like ff) and see?

Bad Panda

Red_Wake wrote: »

What's his manifesto?

We should put it to the testo.

Big Nasty

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

I like his manifesto, put it to the testo

Wait a minute.........

christmas2012

donations for membership are a tenner a year..

Dravokivich

For some unrelated reason, I've suddenly become reminded of this delightful chap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hvaeHllwtw

christmas2012

he reminds me of an inebriated fella i see on my regular travels around town..

mackg

Morlar wrote: »

The way things are going I can't really see myself voting for an established political party.

Sorry if I jumped to the wrong conclusion but I assumed you voted SF? When I say someone who knows what they are doing I don't necessarily mean an established party.

christmas2012 wrote: »

(1)How do we know for certain he doesnt know what hes doing that could be a little presumptous,its like when FG accused gerry adams of not knowing what hes doing..

(2)I would rather someone with the right intentions,then some greedy shark thats in it for themselves and what they can get out of it..Like we have suffered in the past with FF..

(1) It's up to him to show the electorate him and his new party know what they are doing, as opposed to electing him, seeing him fcuk up and proving he doesn't.

(2) Someone with the right intentions but no clue what they are doing could be just as damaging. You said you would consider voting for him purely because his heart is in the right place.

christmas2012

I would like to see someone with the right intentions as opposed to brown envelope ones..ya

kincsem

Do I get a free gun if I join?

mackg

christmas2012 wrote: »

I would like to see someone with the right intentions as opposed to brown envelope ones..ya

You seem to be ignoring the actual point of my post but anyway, how do you know his heart is in the right place apart from he says it is?

christmas2012

mackg wrote: »

You seem to be ignoring the actual point of my post but anyway, how do you know his heart is in the right place apart from he says it is?

I think from what he has written - he seems to have the right intentions..Better than all the greed we put up with from our populist parties..

[/QUOTE]the idea of creating yet another tier of self -serving individuals masquerading as everyone’s saviour; but whilst we continue to blot out our fiscal woes with mild substance abuse, the tragic irony is we are the ones that keep on voting them in!
In our decadent consumer led society, one thing is for sure, if you bought a box of soap powder from the supermarket that promised to remove stains, or in fact it totally ruined you Monday’s wash, then certainly there would be hell to play – and a refund of course.

ejmaztec

christmas2012 wrote: »

donations for membership are a tenner a year..

I hope he's got enough tenners to hand over when we start signing up.

christmas2012

depends on whether enough people sign up..As far as i can see he hasnt raised much publicity since,the limerick post,and his public walk,i havent heard a peep since..and in media land you can be forgotten very quickly..yesterdays news and all that..

Red_Wake

christmas2012 wrote: »

How do we know for certain he doesnt know what hes doing that could be a little presumptous,its like when FG accused gerry adams of not knowing what hes doing..

I would rather someone with the right intentions,then some greedy shark thats in it for themselves and what they can get out of it..Like we have suffered in the past with FF..

They were right - Adams didn't even know the VAT rate.

christmas2012

Gerry adams mightnt have know but there were other members who did and were on top of their game,remember the debate with mary lou mcdonald or even pearse?

Red_Wake

christmas2012 wrote: »

Gerry adams mightnt have know but there were other members who did and were on top of their game,remember the debate with mary lou mcdonald or even pearse?

I find any debate with Shinners ends with Straw man arguments and ad hominem attacks tbh.

christmas2012

Granted they werent offering a solution to the crisis,they didnt offer any great alternatives for the NO side,so i think thats why they did so badly in the debate on primetime and frontline..

mackg

christmas2012 wrote: »

I think from what he has written - he seems to have the right intentions..Better than all the greed we put up with from our populist parties..

the idea of creating yet another tier of self -serving individuals masquerading as everyone’s saviour; but whilst we continue to blot out our fiscal woes with mild substance abuse, the tragic irony is we are the ones that keep on voting them in!
In our decadent consumer led society, one thing is for sure, if you bought a box of soap powder from the supermarket that promised to remove stains, or in fact it totally ruined you Monday’s wash, then certainly there would be hell to play – and a refund of course.

Anyone running for election, just the same as anyone going for any position will say they are the right person for the job. Saying they are doesn't mean they are. It goes without saying that anyone elected should have good intentions when in power but good intentions alone are not reason to elect them.

I don't see how what you quoted tells us anything about the man tbh, the first half of what is there has been posted here before by a huge number of AH posters, does that mean they deserve a chance in government? I'm not dismissing the guy I'm just saying there is nothing on that site that goes any way to convincing me he deserves a vote.

Red_Wake

christmas2012 wrote: »

Granted they werent offering a solution to the crisis,they didnt offer any great alternatives for the NO side,so i think thats why they did so badly in the debate on primetime and frontline..

No solutions, no alternatives?

And you advocate voting for them?

coolbeans

The founder refers to social mobility in the transport section of his manifesto. The guy genuinely thinks that social mobility has got something to do with transport. He's also got some serious spelling errors all over his website. Incompetence, there's a reason not to vote for him.

PS He also uses the term sustainability way too much. people like that generally have no idea what sustainability is or how to implement it.