Leo varadkar +LCD Sound system+ abortion = ?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 30-09-2017 03:54PM

CeilingFly wrote: »

Way I see it is a group of yanks came along to some foreign country, asked what the trending news was, looked it up, saw that leader of said foreign country was dithering about the issue.

Problem is, the yanks were looking at some report from months ago - if they bothered to check they'd have seen that there's a new leader and one of his first decisions is to prioritise the referendum on the eight and have it held as soon as possible.

But that's yanks for you.

It's an awful shame he's from the UK.

snowflaker · 30-09-2017 04:00PM

Leona Brief Teen wrote: »

It's an awful shame he's from the UK.

Fecking Brits, coming here, wearing tote bags....

Strazdas · 30-09-2017 04:05PM

20Cent wrote: »

Sounds like Leo was the rude one. Goes backstage and blanks one of the band.

We only have this guy's version of what happened. He may have given Leo daggers....I certainly wouldn't go over and say hello to someone whose body language was a bit hostile.

McMurphy · 30-09-2017 04:07PM

pilly wrote: »

It really depends whether Leo was invited back stage or if he invited himself.

This is it in a nutshell.

super_furry · 30-09-2017 04:08PM

I mean it would make sense if Varadkar had blocked the chance of a referendum but he hadn't. Just some clown having a go because someone else tells him to.

Strazdas · 30-09-2017 04:14PM

super_furry wrote: »

I mean it would make sense if Varadkar had blocked the chance of a referendum but he hadn't. Just some clown having a go because someone else tells him to.

There's a bit of attention seeking about his tweet, Varadkar probably has zero recollection of the incident or non incident last night. He probably meets hundreds of people a day as Taoiseach.

pilly · 30-09-2017 04:17PM

super_furry wrote:

I mean it would make sense if Varadkar had blocked the chance of a referendum but he hadn't. Just some clown having a go because someone else tells him to.

Varadkar has not set a definite date for the referendum as of yet and is playing the media game by refusing to express a view.

He has in the past expressed anti abortion views.

MadYaker · 30-09-2017 04:17PM

Strazdas wrote: »

There's a bit of attention seeking about his tweet, Varadkar probably has zero recollection of the incident or non incident last night. He probably meets hundreds of people a day as Taoiseach.

I doubt that, he obviously made a point of going backstage to meet the band, perhaps he's a fan, or maybe not and he just wanted to watch from backstage. I don't think he'd have liked it down the front anyway, I was at the thursday night gig, very sweaty, very crowded and very rowdy. I enjoyed it immensely but I'm not sure Leo would have.

Al Doyle didn't do his research before tweeting that and now has egg on his face as a result.

pilly wrote: »

Varadkar has not set a definite date for the referendum as of yet and is playing the media game by refusing to express a view.

He has in the past expressed anti abortion views.

That's a bit unfair. The referendum weill happen. He has said he wants to see the wording of the referendum before he decides, he's a doctor, I think that's a fair position to have until we have the actual specifics of the referendum. Do you not?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 30-09-2017 04:28PM

pilly wrote: »

Varadkar has not set a definite date for the referendum as of yet and is playing the media game by refusing to express a view.

He has in the past expressed anti abortion views.

Anybody who expresses their opinion on the referendum before we see the wording is either psychic or an idiot.

pilly · 30-09-2017 04:31PM

Leona Brief Teen wrote:

Anybody who expresses their opinion on the referendum before we see the wording is either psychic or an idiot.

Fair enough.

caff · 30-09-2017 04:31PM

Strazdas wrote: »

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.

Personally I am glad that I live in a country where you can happily call its leader a tosser to their face and not get locked up or deported

MadYaker · 30-09-2017 04:35PM

caff wrote: »

Personally I am glad that I live in a country where you can happily call its leader a tosser to their face and not get locked up or deported

He isn't saying that that's what should happen. He's saying that this guy should have had a bit of respect when meeting the leader of another country and probably shouldn't have resorted to throwing insults on twitter before he even educated himself on the issue at hand.

Calling someone a tosser to their face isn't exercising free speech, it's just personal abuse.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 30-09-2017 04:37PM

caff wrote: »

Personally I am glad that I live in a country where you can happily call its leader a tosser to their face and not get locked up or deported

He didn't call him it to his face though. He tweeted it. No guts.

Rothko · 30-09-2017 04:42PM

alchemist33 wrote: »

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

You're missing out

Irish Guitarist · 30-09-2017 04:48PM

I looked up their music as I had never heard any of their songs. Jesus, they're terrible shite.

Water John · 30-09-2017 05:05PM

Not sure Pumpkin, what Leo's father being of Indian extraction has got to do with anything. Neither the Repeal Referendum or maybe you think it justifies the lad calling Leo a tosser?

MadYaker · 30-09-2017 05:20PM

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I looked up their music as I had never heard any of their songs. Jesus, they're terrible shite.

That songs not great but they have some belters and they are epic live. Go listen to the Sound Of Silver album for their best stuff. They are a blend of punk rock, disco, electro.

Lotus Flower · 30-09-2017 05:28PM

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I looked up their music as I had never heard any of their songs. Jesus, they're terrible shite.

They're massively overrated. Have some alright songs but never understood why people lose their minds over them

pumpkin4life · 30-09-2017 05:37PM

Water John wrote: »

Not sure Pumpkin, what Leo's father being of Indian extraction has got to do with anything. Neither the Repeal Referendum or maybe you think it justifies the lad calling Leo a tosser?

Nothing at all. Partly trying to be funny, but partly making fun of yet another attempt to market Leo Varadker as "the cool young energetic progressive Taoiseach".

The media are going on about it a lot. But when you try and apply that or market that to working class lads or rural lads, they either make fun of it or they flat out dislike it.

Oh look, there's Leo at the ploughing championships. Economy is still bum though. Screw Fine Gael.

For that reason, Leo Varadker will cost Fine Gael, especially outside Dublin in the next election.

Call Me Jimmy · 30-09-2017 05:45PM

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I looked up their music as I had never heard any of their songs. Jesus, they're terrible shite.

**** the 80's right back to hell

emo72 · 30-09-2017 05:54PM

MadYaker wrote: »

That songs not great but they have some belters and they are epic live. Go listen to the Sound Of Silver album for their best stuff. They are a blend of punk rock, disco, electro.

That's a great song. Yis have no taste lads.

somefeen · 30-09-2017 05:57PM

I can't believe it but I actually feel bad for Leo.

Imagine meeting a band you really like and then later on they tell everyone that your a bit of a knob.

Beechwoodspark · 30-09-2017 06:06PM

pumpkin4life wrote: »

Nothing at all. Partly trying to be funny, but partly making fun of yet another attempt to market Leo Varadker as "the cool young energetic progressive Taoiseach".

The media are going on about it a lot. But when you try and apply that or market that to working class lads or rural lads, they either make fun of it or they flat out dislike it.

Oh look, there's Leo at the ploughing championships. Economy is still bum though. Screw Fine Gael.

For that reason, Leo Varadker will cost Fine Gael, especially outside Dublin in the next election.

I think a lot of people are getting weary of the attempts to present a certain image of varadkar.

30-09-2017 06:15PM

Can we all just agree now that Pascal Donohue is a fan that LCD sound system are no longer cool or relevant..yeah, they were good in 2007 with a few pills in you, but they should never have reformed..

GoldFour4 · 30-09-2017 06:16PM

On mobile and so poor link but Caroline Downey of MCD has tweeted that this didn't happen. She then followed up by tweeting a picture of the band including the Al lad posing with Varadkar all smiles.

This lad is a tool, acting the big man on twitter about something that never happened

https://twitter.com/CarolineAtMCD/status/914168643574915072

20Cent · 30-09-2017 06:25PM

The plot thickens.
I call it LcdGate.

30-09-2017 06:26PM

Brilliant, what a little snake.

Anesthetize · 30-09-2017 06:28PM

alchemist33 wrote: »

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

LCD Soundsystem have been around since 2002, and you've seriously never heard of them??

Stheno · 30-09-2017 06:31PM

Anesthetize wrote: »

LCD Soundsystem have been around since 2002, and you've seriously never heard of them??

I haven't either!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 30-09-2017 06:31PM

Anesthetize wrote: »

LCD Soundsystem have been around since 2002, and you've seriously never heard of them??

Nope. I asked the young uns here today ( some teens and others 32 to 45 age bracket) and none of them had even heard of them.

Leo varadkar +LCD Sound system+ abortion = ?

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