PAUL MURPHY T.D. wants us to nationalize Aer Lingus

GolfNut33

What a gobsh1te of a man and highly embarrassing. These fools haven't a clue how the world turns and every business is the bad guy. I'll never forget during the Luas strike he came out and said that all the workers were entitled to an even share of the profits of the company.

JohnnyFlash

The eyes always give it away.

whippet

forget about the merits or lack of merits of nationalising AerLingus - this elected official stated that Wille Walsh and Michael O'Leary have no idea how to run an airline.

If you strip back all the other fluff and nonsense he was talking. If this is his baseline theory; That two of the most successful individuals in modern aviation do not know how to run airlines you know that this is just a socialist dreamer talking. He feels the 'workers' should be running the airlines - leaving aside the fact that both MO'L and WW actually work as well - he feels that any organisation which makes a profit isn't being run well as all this money should be paid to the lads cleaning the toilets

nc6000

Deleted User wrote: »

Paul Murphy for Taoiseach. Or at the very least Minister for Transport, Employment and Innovation.

He wouldn't actually want to be a Minister or responsible for anything - that doesn't fit with how he and his colleagues operate. They want to constantly oppose and criticize everything while not having to come up with or implement any solutions.

I'd love to see his face if he was offered a post like Minister for Housing or Social Protection - I'd say he wouldn't touch it.

Ush1

Better Than Christ wrote: »

I'd be a big fan of nationalising vital public services and ensuring that they exist for the benefit of society and not their shareholders. A premium airline is not a vital public service.

There is always "shareholders". Unions, middle management, quangos etc...

Ultrflat

Honestly I get his parties, Ideals. But he's no leader!

Thelonious Monk

I was thinking when all this covid stuff started that maybe they will have to nationalise aer lingus if airlines start going bust. I mean every country should have a national carrier, right, so maybe the gov would just nationalise it if it was going to crash and burn? Not literally I hope.

AndyBoBandy

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I was thinking when all this covid stuff started that maybe they will have to nationalise aer lingus if airlines start going bust. I mean every country should have a national carrier, right, so maybe the gov would just nationalise it if it was going to crash and burn? Not literally I hope.

So then we should have also nationalised Andrex toilet paper? Because we all need to sh1t right??? and how about a foreign hand sanitiser company, or a foreign face mask company?

I'd imagine the foreign company that own Aer Lingus wouldn't to too keen on their asset being nationalised by the government of the country it mainly operates in...

Or would it only be nationalised while it's loss making?? and then returned to fully private ownership when the profits return?

"Nationalise the losses, Privatise the profits" - I like it.

Nitrogan

How much did it cost to fly to London in the '90s?

If Paul Murphy told me to hug my mother, I'd punch her in the face

Thelonious Monk

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

So then we should have also nationalised Andrex toilet paper? Because we all need to sh1t right??? and how about a foreign hand sanitiser company, or a foreign face mask company?

I'd imagine the foreign company that own Aer Lingus wouldn't to too keen on their asset being nationalised by the government of the country it mainly operates in...

Or would it only be nationalised while it's loss making?? and then returned to fully private ownership when the profits return?

"Nationalise the losses, Privatise the profits" - I like it.

I just thought because it's an essential service to the nation that if they went bust the Gov might need to take them on or we'd be disconnected from the world. Hopefully it doesn't come to that.

SouthWesterly

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I just thought because it's an essential service to the nation that if they went bust the Gov might need to take them on or we'd be disconnected from the world. Hopefully it doesn't come to that.

Might not be a bad thing being disconnected. Hopefully PM wouldn't be here when it happens

nigeldaniel

Unfortunately, the country is jam-packed with Paul Murphys. Almost 30% of 20 somethings are following his lead in how to behave. What's worse it is catching on everywhere in the world.

Edgware

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Paul Murphy for Taoiseach. Or at the very least Minister for Transport, Employment and Innovation.

Do we need pinhead Murphy with his finger on the button?

Donald Trump

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If Paul Murphy told me to hug my mother, I'd punch her in the face

I agree 100% on this. I feel exactly the same








If Paul Murphy told me to hug your mother, I'd punch her in the face too!








*making a joke. I probably wouldn't punch your mother.....

markodaly

whippet wrote: »

forget about the merits or lack of merits of nationalising AerLingus - this elected official stated that Wille Walsh and Michael O'Leary have no idea how to run an airline.

If you strip back all the other fluff and nonsense he was talking. If this is his baseline theory; That two of the most successful individuals in modern aviation do not know how to run airlines you know that this is just a socialist dreamer talking. He feels the 'workers' should be running the airlines - leaving aside the fact that both MO'L and WW actually work as well - he feels that any organisation which makes a profit isn't being run well as all this money should be paid to the lads cleaning the toilets

This is his mantra. The ''workers' know more about running an airline than MO'L or Willie Walsh.
I guess that is why airlines like Alitalia are a roaring success?

You may aswell state that a Baggage Handler knows more about heart surgery than a nurse.

James Brown

Truthvader wrote: »

Is this the cowardly snivel who hid behind his rent a mob and trapped Joan Bruton in her car a few years ago?

FACTS:
The crowd didn't want him there. Told him to leave.
It wasn't his protest, he turned up uninvited.
He sat behind her car for a period.
It was some rando shouted keep her here all night.
There was a court case over it. Look it up.

James Brown

markodaly wrote: »

This is his mantra. The ''workers' know more about running an airline than MO'L or Willie Walsh.
I guess that is why airlines like Alitalia are a roaring success?

You may aswell state that a Baggage Handler knows more about heart surgery than a nurse.

Fair point, neither Paul Reid nor Simon Harris have any health or medical qualifications. Not that Varadkar was any use in health.

Truthvader

Why would you bother to post this?

No-one is accusing St Paul of a crime. As to the "nothing to do with me guv" - "crowd didnt want him" nonsense"; there is still plenty of footage of Paul with his megaphone on you tube and everyone can access that for themselves and come to their own conclusion. Like all background agitators and sneaks he is of course careful not to commit any crime himself. Delighted to confirm he is 100% innocent of any crime; being a **** not being an offence.

jmayo

Baseball72 wrote: »

Listened to Paul Murphy TD on the Pat Kenny Show this morning - he wants to nationalize Aer Lingus.

Gobshyte.

whippet

Bowie wrote: »

Fair point, neither Paul Reid nor Simon Harris have any health or medical qualifications. Not that Varadkar was any use in health.

That is a straw man argument.

A minister is a government appointed head of a department to direct government strategy ... the permanent public sector run the department. Simon Harris does not dictate medical advise etc.

Even if you argue that a doctor should be minister for health .. would you accept that a cardiologist isn’t as informed as a orthopaedic surgeon on broken bones?