If Sinn Fein had majority Govt.

old hippy

In the Republic of Ireland; would it make any difference to your daily being?

mike65

Depends on if they nationalise the banks or not....oh wait.

errlloyd

I'd emigrate.

Iwasfrozen

old hippy wrote: »

In the Republic of Ireland; would it make any difference to your daily being?

Fire and Brimstone. No I wouldn't like it but I'd put up with it.

codie

Does it really matter who is in power.We are so far down the austerity road there is no turning back.No matter who is in power they have to get the money some way to pay for the gangsters that broke the country.

D1stant

The bankruptcy law would be redrafted as the disappearance law

Dravokivich

old hippy wrote: »

In the Republic of Ireland; would it make any difference to your daily being?

Not entirely too sure what you mean by that. If it's an opinion you want, I wouldn't like it.

old hippy

Dravokivich wrote: »

Not entirely too sure what you mean by that. If it's an opinion you want, I wouldn't like it.

Opinions, thoughts - you know, would it be a good/bad thing? Would you leave/stay?

Sir Humphrey Appleby

old hippy wrote: »

In the Republic of Ireland; would it make any difference to your daily being?

Yes, I would have to sell up , emigrate , and change my nationality.

Roger_007

old hippy wrote: »

In the Republic of Ireland; would it make any difference to your daily being?

Of course it would. Unemployment would be Zero. All distressed mortgages would be written off. Pensions and social welfare would be increased by 100%. The banks would be brought to heel, (they have form there). Bond holders would be "disappeared". The Troika, IMF, and ECB would all be told to take a hike, (after we got their money off them, of course). The national debt would be cancelled.
We would finally return to being a land of saints and scholars.

What's not to like.:eek:

I Heart Internet

Widows and "troublemakers" would be going missing the whole time.

Our HSE would be fixed with hte influx of slightly faded Sterling, NI Sterling and assorted foreign exchange pulled from "the national reserves".

A period of national service would be mandatory. The knee breaking brigade will be the first to recruit.

All radio broadcasts will now be in badly spoken Irish.

The sitchacion would improve immeasurably.

Dravokivich

old hippy wrote: »

Opinions, thoughts - you know, would it be a good/bad thing? Would you leave/stay?

Couldn't leave if I wanted to. To be honest I've very little interest in any of the parties themselves. They all seem more concerned with pot shots at each other instead of running the country.

Iwasfrozen

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

Yes, I would have to sell up , emigrate , and change my nationality.

I'd be ashamed to be Irish.

hfallada

I could actually see a lot of educated middle class leaving due to high income taxes.

SEPT 23 1989

Cant see the Gardai or the army taking orders from a Sinn Fein minister

micosoft

I'd emigrate to Northern Ireland. I'd rather live under the "Brits" then Sinn Fein where rule of law meant something.

It's seriously hypothectical - Sinn Fein supporters seem to imagine growth is a straight line thing. It's not. SF will remain toxic for a lot of southerners.

AnonoBoy

I'd make witty political jibes about them on boards.

Thank God they're not in power though cause I have no good ones ready.

Eight Ball

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Cant see the Gardai or the army taking orders from a Sinn Fein minister

Then they should be fired.

old hippy

Eight Ball wrote: »

Then they should be fired.

Sinn Fein or the Gardai? And why?

SEPT 23 1989

Eight Ball wrote: »

Then they should be fired.

and then we have a coup on our hands

LuckyLloyd

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Cant see the Gardai or the army taking orders from a Sinn Fein minister

I'd say you're dead wrong there. So long as the election process was fair and democratic, I'd be shocked if the defense forces carried out a coup d'état.

Tramps Like Us

Lots of people doing a Ray Darcy I see

mike65

Vote early and often.

old hippy

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I'd say you're dead wrong there. So long as the election process was fair and democratic, I'd be shocked if the defense forces carried out a coup d'état.

If they did, could we see resistance? A latter day civil war?

anncoates

Maybe they could get rid of the recession by just making it disappear for 20 years.

Roger_007

Would it be a "real" government or just a "continuity" government?

Fratton Fred

We'd have six months of of smug celebration from the Celtic Jersey brigade and then six months of massive back peddling on election promises and then the IMF back in.

old hippy

Tramps Like Us wrote: »

Lots of people doing a Ray Darcy I see

For those of us who don't follow Ray Darcy, could you elaborate?

Savoir.Faire

If they ever get into Government then there will be no one more disappointed in their populism and sleeveen style of politics than the rump of young men who blindly follow their ideology on the 'national question'.

Morphing quickly into a slightly greener shade of FF. It is progress of a sort I suppose.

anncoates

Roger_007 wrote: »

Would it be a "real" government or just a "continuity" government?

It's is given that they'd split into two wings immediately following the election so parliament would be postponed until one faction rubbed the other out.

My money would be on whatever side Ellis and Ferris were on. I couldn't see the likes of Marry Lou or O'Snodaigh being much use in a guerilla civil war.

Larbre34

old hippy wrote: »

For those of us who don't follow Ray Darcy, could you elaborate?

Im guessing, a fit of indignance, largely based on a massively subjective appraisal of a topic. Going off on one in other words

SEPT 23 1989

It would be like the fall of Saigon down at the IFSC

Savoir.Faire

anncoates wrote: »

It's is given that they'd split into two wings immediately following the election so parliament would be postponed until one faction rubbed the other out.

My money would be on whatever side Ellis and Ferris were on. I couldn't see the likes of Marry Lou or O'Snodaigh being much use in a guerilla civil war.

I prefer my Republicans: bearded, shifty-eyed and smelling vaguely of sulphur.

Seedy Arling

anncoates wrote: »

Maybe they could get rid of the recession by just making it disappear for 20 years.

And then totally deny that they had anything to do with the disappearance until they were blue in the face.

Also, free armalites and bad seventies beards for everyone.

Tramps Like Us

Larbre34 wrote: »

Im guessing, a fit of indignance, largely based on a massively subjective appraisal of a topic. Going off on one in other words

He said he'd emigrate if Enda became taoisach but the gobsh!te is still here

anncoates

Seedy Arling wrote: »

Also, free armalites and bad seventies beards for everyone.

Coupled with a mandatory 70s pedo anorak, slacks and sweater combo.

Hobbes

Imagine you have gone out for the evening for a nice steak at a Steak house. You are 10 minutes into your meal when a blond haired guy named Zapp stands up and says "She handles like a Bistro".

This is the warning sign to leave the restaurant before gravity wins.

The same could be said for SF coming into power.

Augmerson

It would almost be worth it to see the amount of people freak out and either emigrate like, as someone mentioned before the Fall of Saigon or commit suicide en masse like Jonestown from the Shinner Nightmare.

bnt

Since I'm from the UK, I expect that within a few months I will be either (a) back in the UK or (b) killed to death with a Shillelagh by a Fenian nutjob. Can't run the risk that I might pollute the Irish bloodline, can we?

The Backwards Man

Wouldn't make any difference to my daily life, I'd just be living it in a different country.

Seedy Arling

bnt wrote: »

Since I'm from the UK, I expect that within a few months I will be either (a) back in the UK or (b) killed to death with a Shillelagh by a Fenian nutjob. Can't run the risk that I might pollute the Irish bloodline, can we?

No blacks, no dogs, no bnt.

Roger_007

If SF were in government then Gerry would be Taoisech. At least his memory is as good as Bertie's.:rolleyes:

Red Kev

Nothing would change. Austerity politics and cutbacks would still be the order of the day. No major job creation strategy has ever been proposed by SF and I don't expect them to issue one soon.

SF are in power in NI and have no problems ordering cutbacks on the most vulnerable in society. They are a classic populist opposition party, just like FG pre 2011 and as such no change would be made to any cutbacks in place today.

paulbok

Dravokivich wrote: »

Couldn't leave if I wanted to. To be honest I've very little interest in any of the parties themselves. They all seem more concerned with pot shots at each other instead of running the country.

Imagine having SF do this?:eek:

paulbok

Fratton Fred wrote: »

We'd have six months of of smug celebration from the Celtic Jersey brigade and then six months of massive back peddling on election promises and then the IMF back in.

Very optimistic there, I'd give it 6 weeks before they bankrupt the country

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

and then we have a coup on our hands

It'd be more of a queue t'eat from our defence forces.

kowloon

They'd follow the orders of the lizard people just like the Greens did and nothing would change.

Sleepy

Can you imagine being the poor bastard in the civil service who'd have to try and teach them how to count?! Honestly, I reckon I'd have to emigrate. I couldn't see my boss staying in business so I'd have to find work elsewhere when he did.

Assuming they were true to their election promises:

Tax revenues would plummet despite ever higher rates.
Many of the multi-nationals would leave as their tax deals were reneged on / corporate taxes were increased.
Unemployment would sky-rocket.
The markets would stop lending to us or rates would be above 10% leading to complete meltdown within 12 months.
We'd see what a GUBU nation was really like.

Ultimately it would end with the IMF having to be called back in and / or Fine Gael being voted back in to clean up after yet another "Republican" party's train-wreck populism.

More realistically, they'd very quickly do a u-turn on most of their manifesto and we'd see the above happen to a less extreme degree.

K-9

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Cant see the Gardai or the army taking orders from a Sinn Fein minister

There were similar fears when DeV took over in 1932, nothing ever happened and I don't think it would either. Reminds me of the fears markets used to have about Labour finance ministers!

fishy fishy

errlloyd wrote: »

I'd emigrate.

ah sure one more won't make much difference.

Nodin

Augmerson wrote: »

It would almost be worth it to see the amount of people freak out and either emigrate like, as someone mentioned before the Fall of Saigon or commit suicide en masse like Jonestown from the Shinner Nightmare.

I'd probably die in a fit of delirious cackling at the sight.

Dick phelan

If they did i honestly would leave, no way i could live in a country with them running it as a majority maybe with them as a part of government but imagine how bad the country would get with them in charge, the damage to international reputation would be Hugh, let is not forget the terrible acts they have committed on this island, you might say it's in the past but i will never vote for Sinn Fein as long as the likes of Adams are still in it.