Leo varadkar +LCD Sound system+ abortion = ?

evolving_doors

http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/taoiseach-branded-tosser-by-lcd-soundystem-guitarist-after-attending-dublin-gig-36183715.html

Can't a normal guy just just go to a gig in peace?
Instead it's turned into politics.

Jimbob1977

Western society has become so feeble.

Everyone is outraged by everything.

The need to show more outrage than the next person.

It's like the 'Two Minute Hate' from 1984

STB.

Varadkar yeah fine.

But wtf was Paschal Donohoe doing at an LCD Soundsystem gig.

EDIT: Jaysus he is a genuine fan. Electric Paschal they apparently call him when he went to the picnic to see them.
Thought he's be more a Red Hurley fan.

seamus

That Doyle guy sounds like a tosser.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What a prat - Doyle that is.

Snotty

You're not in American now, you can disrespect your own head of government all you want, but have a bit of respect for another counties leader, especially when you obviously have no clue what "repeal" means.

Riesen_Meal

Delighted, good enough for Varadkar, weaseling his way backstage and he picked the wrong band to try and lick their holes...

caff

Fair play to them, too often politicians try to get opportunist photo-shoots.

“Wore a repeal tote bag around my neck”

Is there anything more annoying than an abortion rights campaign being made into hipster fashion trend. He’s the tosser.

emo72

The gigs were great. Now carry on with the outrage.

StupidLikeAFox

But he is the first Taoiseach in a long time to actually call a referendum on this and not kick it down the road.....?

Peter Flynt

He's right. Varadkar is a tosser.

suicide_circus

Repeal the USC is it?

McMurphy

evolving_doors wrote: »

http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/taoiseach-branded-tosser-by-lcd-soundystem-guitarist-after-attending-dublin-gig-36183715.html

Can't a normal just just go to a gig in peace?
Instead it's turned into politics.

Yeah they can. Most of us seen Enda at the Bruce Springsteen gig, and apart from Enda shredding his air guitar, it got little coverage by the media.

In this case, Leo seems to have wormed his way backstage, presumably using his political status as the leverage to get there, thus removing the "normal fan" argument, and turning it political.

If however the band invited him backstage and attempted to get him drawn in to a political cause of argument, that's a different kettle of fish.

dav3

Leo has been playing the whole 'how do you do fellow kids?' card a bit too much lately. It's backfired on him this time. I can see his new propaganda department are out in force across the interweb this morning.

Looking at his current ratings, I think most people would probably view Leo as a 'tosser'. What's the problem?

Peter Flynt

Rick Shaw wrote: »

Yeah they can. Most of us seen Enda at the Bruce Springsteen gig, and apart from Enda shredding his air guitar, it got little coverage by the media.

In this case, Leo seems to have wormed his way backstage, presumably using his political status as the leverage to get there, thus removing the "normal fan" argument, and turning it political.

He was probably hoping to setup another photo op but instead had to settle for a selfie with the likes of Paschal Donohoe (who still can't talk properly)

TheDoc

cisk wrote: »

“Wore a repeal tote bag around my neck”

Is there anything more annoying than an abortion rights campaign being made into hipster fashion trend. He’s the tosser.

Yeah saw someone share that tweet this morning and tbh my first reaction was "I'd walk away from you, cause you are clearly a tosser"

A Little Pony

Well he has been ripping Sinn Fein to pieces in the Dail all week so he gets props from me. Well done Leo. ;)

Riesen_Meal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2alu51C4U

Fitting...

Peter Flynt

Varadkar's problem is that he cannot see that people generally don't like him. His politics has something to do with it but there's more. Something about the American accent from Castleknock I'd say.

The more he tries to improve his image (with photo ops) the more he keeps embarrassing himself.

The "thrill" at going to Downing St summed him up. . . Vacuous Varadkar.

A person of zero principles and even worse morals.

seamus

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

But he is the first Taoiseach in a long time to actually call a referendum on this and not kick it down the road.....?

Exactly. It goes to show that this guy hasn't a clue what the issue is at all, but thinks he's sticking it to the man wearing a tote bag.

What a tosser.

Peter Flynt

A Little Pony wrote: »

Well he has been ripping Sinn Fein to pieces in the Dail all week so he gets props from me. Well done Leo. ;)

Nope. Made a fool of himself.

Things he's doing PMQs in the House of Commons.

He's not.

Kenny Logins

Did Varadker have a response on his socks, anyone know?

Your Face

suicide_circus wrote: »

Repeal the USC is it?

Ha, I wish, but it's not fashionable enough.

Snotty

dav3 wrote: »

Leo has been playing the whole 'how do you do fellow kids?' card a bit too much lately. It's backfired on him this time. I can see his new propaganda department are out in force across the interweb this morning.

Looking at his current ratings, I think most people would probably view Leo as a 'tosser'. What's the problem?

Leo is a tosser, my problem is the even bigger tosser who wrote the message, he just assumed "Repeal" was a trendy logo for a bag, he had no idea what it meant.

JMNolan

Peter Flynt wrote: »

Paschal Donohoe (who still can't talk properly)

What do you mean?

Baron Kurtz

LCD have reached a startling level of uncool here. A gang of pudsy ministers at your gig

suicide_circus

Can't wait to see Leo teaming his Repeal tote bag with an OBEY snapback cap

Hector Mildew

What did he expect wearing one of these..


I'd walk away too

evolving_doors

Peter Flynt wrote: »

He's right. Varadkar is a tosser.

Ya but I suppose he went along for a photo promo, so it was like... ' I'll see your tosser and raise you a tosser'.

Now... I wonder who paid for the tickets?
FG... or the dept. Of Leo's PR wing.
Would they pay benefit in kind?
Like %$#% they would.

alchemist33

Never heard of them. Now that I have, have no desire to hear of them again.

Water John

Whoever Leo is, he's an elected representative of the people and that should be respected.
I would not like or wish to meet Trump but I would not be rude to him.

Irish Guitarist

He said that the band's synthesizer Nancy Whang "took him to task" on Ireland's abortion law.

Aside from the stupidity of thinking the taoiseach can just change the law at a whim without holding a referendum I'm impressed that the band has a synthesiser that can talk. I know synthesisers can sample speech and all but they don't usually tend to vocalise their own opinions.

Strazdas

Water John wrote: »

Whoever Leo is, he's an elected representative of the people and that should be respected.
I would not like or wish to meet Trump but I would not be rude to him.

Height of rudeness IMO. If I was performing in another country and the PM of that country came backstage, I wouldn't dream of publicly referring to him (or her) as a "tosser" no matter what my political opinions were. This individual would do well to remember he was a guest in our country.

Water John

It doesn't matter which end of the spectrum the politician is as this cuts both ways and demeans democracy.

Outlaw Pete

When virtual signalling goes wrong.

JMNolan

I presume they wanted varadkar to change the constitution there and then?

snowflaker

Peter Flynt wrote: »

He was probably hoping to setup another photo op but instead had to settle for a selfie with the likes of Paschal Donohoe (who still can't talk properly)

TBF Paschal has a speech impediment

Water John

And, what's that to do with, the price of cabbage?

Never heard anyone having a go at Francie Ross.

The J Stands for Jay

alchemist33 wrote: »

Never heard of them. Now that I have, have no desire to hear of them again.

Ah come on, I don't follow that nonsense, but I still knew who Leo Varadkar was.

Dick phelan

What a surprise some no name celebrity trying to "stick it to the man" i doubt the idiot even knows what the campaign is about, not the biggest fan of Leo but he's our head of government deserves more respect then to be called a tosser by some hipster nobody who is supposed to be a guest in our country what tosser he is.

Jimbob1977

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Aside from the stupidity of thinking the taoiseach can just change the law at a whim without holding a referendum I'm impressed that the band has a synthesiser that can talk. I know synthesisers can sample speech and all but they don't usually tend to vocalise their own opinions.

Just what do you think you're doing, Leo? Leo, I really think I'm entitled to an answer to that question

Kermit.de.frog

Peter Flynt wrote: »

Varadkar's problem is that he cannot see that people generally don't like him.

What makes you think people generally don't like him?


I'm from the big middle of society and pretty much everyone I know is delighted finally a politician wants to give something back to the ones who pay for everything in this country and work their asses off.

Whether he follows through I don't know but saying people don't like his arguments is facile nonsense.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Peter Flynt wrote: »

Varadkar's problem is that he cannot see that people generally don't like him. His politics has something to do with it but there's more. Something about the American accent from Castleknock I'd say.

The more he tries to improve his image (with photo ops) the more he keeps embarrassing himself.

The "thrill" at going to Downing St summed him up. . . Vacuous Varadkar.

A person of zero principles and even worse morals.

People generally? Really? That's just your own unfounded opinion. All opinion polls in the past two months disagree with you. But sure you know more anecdotally than any actual surveys will ever do.

Yea, I read that. What an absolute nonce of a person.

"Took to task"

Would you ever f*ck off?

Irish Guitarist

This idiot really seems to think the taoiseach can just change the abortion law at a whim. Regardless of your views on either abortion or Varadkar, protesting to him isn't going to make any difference. His idiocy scored a lot of points for him on Twitter with young 'feminists' though. The young ones will be all over him backstage at his Irish gigs now.

I don't know much about the band. Is he American or English?

AlekSmart

Leona Brief Teen wrote: »

People generally? Really? That's just your own unfounded opinion. All opinion polls in the past two months disagree with you. But sure you know more anecdotally than any actual surveys will ever do.

People "generally" in his own constituency actually rather like him...to the tune of 8,247 (20% of the valid poll) first preference votes in a Free and Fair electoral process.

https://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2016&cons=112

Is this wrong....should the 20% who voted for Leo V,be arrested and interned pending questioning by P.Flynn...oops sorry Flynt ?

If and when Alek Smart or Peter Flynt stick their names on a ballot paper and see how many "generally" wish to vote for us,then I'll start posting about it....until then I'm afraid,Leo V has the batin' of us.

Damn this oul democracy thing anyway....:(

MadYaker

Haha, this is hilarious. Al Doyle made a throwaway comment without all the facts and he's getting dogs abuse for it on twitter. He sounds very rattled, I think they had a serious session after the gig in Dublin last night. https://twitter.com/aldoyletweets

Also he's not a yank he's english as far as I know. He has apologised though.

Berserker

MadYaker wrote: »

Haha, this is hilarious. Al Doyle made a throwaway comment without all the facts and he's getting dogs abuse for it on twitter.

It was a really poor comment. Not sure what he expected to gain from it.

MadYaker wrote: »

Also he's not a yank he's english as far as I know. He has apologised though.

Probably a Corbynite. Sounds like something they'd come out with.

Irish Guitarist

His latest tweet: "I'm glad there's a referendum happening; of course I am. And I'd hate to distract from the real debate in any way."

Yeah of course you'd hate to distract from it. You really seem to hate attention.

His tweets are on a par with Donald Trump for stupidity but his fans are going mad for him.

Archeron

Your Face wrote: »

Ha, I wish, but it's not fashionable enough.

Wait til you see the new range of Repeal the USC jeggings.