Most annoying politician at the minute

angel eyes 2012

angel eyes 2012 wrote: »

I was scrolling to see if anyone mentioned him. Hasn't demonstrated that he has any of his own views or original thought, just seems to spoof his way up the political ladder while being completely manipulated by the FF machine in D15.

Not to mention his unbelievable smugness on anything.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'm not so sure he will be the next FG leader either. Paschal Donohoe is starting to look like a shoe-in amongst the FG faithful.



Coveney will be the President of the EU.

Ya, and O'Donoghue is cut from some good cloth. It's about time we had a Taoiseach who reads Wittgenstein and has been to Glastonbury. I wouldn't vote for Pascal in a month of Sundays, but I'd rather have him than some pasty-for-Thatcher. Above all, a Taoiseach should be a nice guy.

So I wonder why Coveney is so overlooked here, but will do well abroad? Is it because the EU takes better to technocrats? We've only once installed a technical-minded Taoiseach, Garett fitzGerald, and sorry to say that despite his bumbling likeability, the man was a disaster.

Mad_maxx

Roisin Shorthall, ultimate hurler on the ditch , a career waffler and never off the radio or tv

.anon.

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

So I wonder why Coveney is so overlooked here, but will do well abroad? Is it because the EU takes better to technocrats? We've only once installed a technical-minded Taoiseach, Garett fitzGerald, and sorry to say that despite his bumbling likeability, the man was a disaster.

He also keeps a lower profile and doesn't talk a lot unless he has something to say. A big part of Varadkar's success is that he craves publicity and gives the Sunday Independent plenty to write about every week. He's very much a Public Figure, while Coveney is a private person who just happens to do a public job. The fact that he does it very well means nothing to the kind of people who want politics to be some kind of vacuous soap opera.

I wouldn't be a fan of Simon Coveney's politics, but he's undoubtedly one of the most able and thoughtful members of the government. Brian Lenihan Jr was cut from similar cloth - his career was stifled by Bertie Ahern for years because he was well-read, multilingual, enjoyed classical music and wasn't one of 'the lads'. If he was still alive, he'd probably be Taoiseach now.

lawred2

rorrissey wrote: »

Jack Chambers irks me to the core, and I can't manage to figure out why exactly that is...

Giggity

Dakota Dan

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Mumbling and babbling? Hardly.

Regular cork accent right there.

freshpopcorn

I hear a bit about Holly Cairns since I'm from Cork.
She was going out with a Fine Fail lad but that ended.
He's meant to have got her a fair her transfer votes of the FF vote.
Any time I hear about her she's offended or put out by something. People here comment about her looking good.(She wouldn't be impressed).

Dempo1

angel eyes 2012 wrote: »

I was scrolling to see if anyone mentioned him. Hasn't demonstrated that he has any of his own views or original thought, just seems to spoof his way up the political ladder while being completely manipulated by the FF machine in D15.

I'm sure Jack is back at school, have 5th years returned yet?

Hard to take him seriously

AdrianBalboa

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Ya, and O'Donoghue is cut from some good cloth. It's about time we had a Taoiseach who reads Wittgenstein and has been to Glastonbury.

Has or hasn’t?

There's a few. I find Stephen Donnelly to be....I don't know really. There is something about him I can't warm to and that makes it difficult for me to see how competent or not he actually is. He was on The Hard Shoulder talking to Kieran Cuddihy last week and he called him "Ciarán". That annoyed me. It might be disdain I'm picking up from him.

That Josepha Madigan woman and her "person" holes. I mean. Surely we have more pressing issues in this country.

Hazel Chu. OK we get it. You're Asian Irish or Irish Asian or just Irish or maybe Asian. We don't care. Just do your thing.

Micheál doesn't annoy me but he does concern me. I think he is a most inept leader. A very nice man I'd say but not cut out to run a country. Leo on the other hand was far more competent but lacking in integrity and decency. I'd wager he has a personality disorder.

Pascal Donohoe is excellent. I remember listening to his budget day speech and feeling almost empowered. He was talking about finances and issues that don't directly affect me but there was a security in what he was saying. He strikes me as a most capable man and I'd be glad to see him as Taoiseach. Same as Simon Coveney.

The RBB's and the Paul Murphys are dreadful. Then again I'm not a socialist. I just don't believe in them and there are no women politicians that instil hope in me which is a shame. In saying that I think Mary Lou is strong but I wouldn't want her in charge.

Simon Harris Gods bless him. I'd say he's a lovely lad but another who isn't the most competent. Eamonn Ryan is another pitiful soul lost in the swamp of Dáil Éireann. He should have remained in opposition.

padd b1975

hawley wrote: »

Ruth Coppinger, I know she isn't currently an elected official. Looked at her Twitter and she got carried off by the Gardai last night at a protest.

She's spent the last few days moaning that RTE didn't cover it.

Hamachi

padd b1975 wrote: »

She's spent the last few days moaning that RTE didn't cover it.

An appalling creature. How she was ever an elected public representative is a mystery. The problem with social media is that it gives nutjobs like Coppinger a platform. In the past, she would have slunk off into obscurity after being resoundingly rejected by the electorate.

Northernlily

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Not to mention his unbelievable smugness on anything.

A good example of confidence being mistaken for competence. Being smug and confident gets you far in politics.

ButtersSuki

Had a quick glance at the thread and can’t see a mention of either Eoghan Murphy or Regina Doherty......forgotten already?

For me at the moment it’s Norma Foley by a nose over Stephen Donnelly, with Helen McEntee and Leo tied for third.


Fwiw, I’ve been in the room with two of the above at meetings. It would be an understatement to say that neither were inspiring.

BENDYBINN

Any votes for Noel Grealish?

Arlene foster/peter robinson......utter self-serving bigots,who'se distain of the poor is only bettered by hatred of all things irish....while wrapped in a smug sense of middle class respectability



Mary butler,a woman so dense,its difficult to describe or put into words,.....should never have risen to level of county councillor,no mind level of junior ministry.....an example of whats wrong with irish politics

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Arlene foster/peter robinson......utter self-serving bigots,who'se distain of the poor is only bettered by hatred of all things irish....while wrapped in a smug sense of middle class respectability

I saw Arlene Foster on the TV recently saying (in summary) 'people in the republic don't get it, they think we are deluded Irishmen/women but we feel ourselves as part of the UK just as they feel part of ireland and a border poll won't change that'.

I am fully behind a United Ireland, but she has a point. I don't think she's a bigot at all. I think we sometimes fail to understand life from her perspective. Imagine if the public in this country voted to rejoin the UK, would you accept it? I hope not.

Well let's not get into a debate about reunification but when you are the beneficiary of some great public services, you do feel a bit of loyalty to the community that provided that service. I think we badly need to get our act together, especially in terms of healthcare, before we think we can entice the north into our fold.

As for class politics, Foster would slip seamlessly into a southern party. No problem.

its_steve116

Bolsonaro with Farage a close second.

ted1

Badabing wrote: »

Paul Murphy. He hates people working

Cant stand the f€€king ejeit

Hamachi

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Any votes for Noel Grealish?

On what basis? Seems relatively innocuous.

A Tyrant Named Miltiades!

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I saw Arlene Foster on the TV recently saying (in summary) 'people in the republic don't get it, they think we are deluded Irishmen/women but we feel ourselves as part of the UK just as they feel part of ireland and a border poll won't change that'.

I am fully behind a United Ireland, but she has a point. I don't think she's a bigot at all. I think we sometimes fail to understand life from her perspective. Imagine if the public in this country voted to rejoin the UK, would you accept it? I hope not.

Well let's not get into a debate about reunification but when you are the beneficiary of some great public services, you do feel a bit of loyalty to the community that provided that service. I think we badly need to get our act together, especially in terms of healthcare, before we think we can entice the north into our fold.

As for class politics, Foster would slip seamlessly into a southern party. No problem.

I seen that interview,blew a fair few holes in naivity of suggestions of changing flags etc to appease unionism

Oh she is no doubt an utter bigot about all things irish,delayed a harmless irish language act for 12 years,done her level best to bring about a hard border to cut nationlists off from republic,cant even abide to remain in a dublin run 32 county state......

but she has her reasons for this,afaik ira tried to take out her father,some of blackest of prodestants also inhabit fermanagh along the border,it being one of last places in ireland where farms were handed out for military service....but none of this justifies the way she carries on

Yurt2

rorrissey wrote: »

Jack Chambers irks me to the core, and I can't manage to figure out why exactly that is...

Not human. He was grown in a lab at a Fianna Fail black site somewhere outside Athlone. After Fine Gael's experiment with Project Quiff (known as Neale Richmond to you and I), FF invested heavily in their own genetically engineered nodding dog "bright young thing" operation.

its_steve116

And pretty much the whole Brexit Party. Except Anne Widdecombe

EmmetSpiceland

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I don't think she's a bigot at all. I think we sometimes fail to understand life from her perspective.

Very hard not to be a “bigot” when you’re the leader of a party rife with bigotry. Sectarianism aside, they are seriously lacking when it comes to civil, and human, rights.

What was it Frankie Boyle called them, the political wing of the Old Testament? Was something like that.

glenfieldman

St Jerome wrote: »

That Labour headbanger Aodan O Riordhan (or however you spell his name)

On a global stage? Chuck Schumer. Man I'd like to see a bunch of Qanons strangle that little prick.

On the global stage, Ted Cruz takes the biscuit all the way to Cancun

trashcan

its_steve116 wrote: »

And pretty much the whole Brexit Party. Except especially Anne Widdecombe

Fixed that for ya.

trashcan

trashcan wrote:

Fixed that for ya.

They have lovely little union jacks for waving though.

trashcan

Widdensushi wrote: »

George Lee, ex politician but no doubt he will run again.

Oh I have a special contempt for George Lee. Won a seat in the dail on the back of being RTEs financial expert, then went running when he realised it might be harder out in the political world, and he might have to actually work his way up to being Minister for Finance, a position I imagine he thought would be his as of right. I have to turn off RTE now when he comes on.

Another thing, why does he get so much of the Covid coverage, more so that RTEs actual health correspondent ? “Science” correspondent, yeah, right :rolleyes:

trashcan

trashcan wrote:

Another thing, why does he get so much of the Covid coverage, more so that RTEs actual health correspondent ? “Science†correspondent, yeah, right

Because his voice sounds grave.

Yurt2

trashcan wrote: »

Oh I have a special contempt for George Lee. Won a seat in the dail on the back of being RTEs financial expert, then went running when he realised it might be harder out in the political world, and he might have to actually work his way up to being Minister for Finance, a position I imagine he thought would be his as of right. I have to turn off RTE now when he comes on.

Another thing, why does he get so much of the Covid coverage, more so that RTEs actual health correspondent ? “Science” correspondent, yeah, right :rolleyes:

Much like Donnelly in FF, he was an 'outsider' to the political apparatus of FG, he wasn't wanted by the party upper echelons except to be ar*se in a seat -- and also represented a threat to the career prospects of some within the party with his profile and (perceived or real) expertise.

We have an awful tradition in our democracy of our backbenchers being nodding dogs and good for nothing bar the odd media appearance and being sent out as an attack dog or this and that. The whip system in Westminster allows for more party internal dissent that can be made public without being sent to political Siberia by the party leader.