What’s your most controversial opinion? **Read OP** **Mod Note in Post #3372**

aero2k

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123408588#Comment_123408588

I see what you did there!

ShagNastii

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123409841#Comment_123409841

Maybe a bit controversial opinion but I'd say the opposite. I feel there is space for both parties to tweak their vision again. Both can probably afford to harken back to their roots. I'm sure FG would like to lean a bit more right and FF could lean a bit more left.

NIMAN

But do you genuinely see a time when the 2 parties DON'T form a coalition government in the short term future?

I can't.

El_Duderino 09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411067#Comment_123411067

Exactly this. Who on earth would they mess with that sweet little deal by merging and potentially halving their vote?

Eventually they might run out of voters when the older people die off. That's a matter of whether they can court young people as they grow older. But in the meantime, they're likely looking at another decade or two in coalition.

This is great if you're someone who thinks things are going great as they are and we don't need to change much about how things are run.

Sgt Hartman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411165#Comment_123411165

Anyone who thinks things are going great must be living in a bubble, far removed from those in my own social circle.

RobbieTheRobber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411899#Comment_123411899

If you own your own home or maybe even have one spare to rent. Things might be going quite alright.

There are over 100k registered landlords.

El_Duderino 09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411899#Comment_123411899

Well you say that, but going by people's behavio, they keep voting for more of the same. So no change is preferable to change at a population level.

People behave in weird ways,but that's what we keep voting for. I would bet on them continuing to do it in the future too.

Sgt Hartman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411922#Comment_123411922

100k registered landlords at present, mostly middle aged and middle class, making up the vast majority of people who actually get off their ass and vote in this country, especially considering the low voter turnout in the last election. Rents higher than they’ve ever been, and more money to be made from letting properties to house asylum seekers, or “IPAs applicants” as they’re called these days. Of course that lot will keep voting for the status quo.
Check out the comments on the FF/FG social media pages, and on Martin and Harris’s own social media accounts. The vast majority of commenters are absolutely lambasting them out of it. I hear the same levels of extreme dissatisfaction among family members, work colleagues and friends. However the sad reality is, unless they turn up at the ballot boxes and try help outnumber the FF/FG fan base then nothing will change.

EmergencyExit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123412015#Comment_123412015

We've a lad in my estate i talk to him the odd time about current affairs he's always ranting about FFG governments so i asked him a few weeks ago whilst we stood there watching the dogs play who he voted for at the last election, his response " i didn't bother they are all c nuts"

The country has no hope if idiots like this continue to exist.

babyducklings1

Make Home Economics a compulsory subject in school. Teach children ( both girls and boys how to cook) and about good nutrition. That way when they leave school they know how to nourish themselves.

Bogey Lowenstein

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123412367#Comment_123412367

And teach them how to put up shelves and fix TV bracket to stud wall, bleed radiators, basic car maintenance, change a flat tyre, lay tiles and wood floor and things like that you will actually need to do at some point in your life to save you money.

babyducklings1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123412429#Comment_123412429

Yes absolutely agree. These are importante life skills. Very much needed, again teaching people to fend for themselves, give them the skills and to do it themselves.