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Beta Ray Bill wrote: »

I Hope you're taking the P*ss....

OP of the thread here.
I feel the thread is till relevant, Maria Bailey declared she was ready to move on 6 days ago (she might be, the rest of us aren't)

I think the thread should be kept open until at least the next general election.
Once the public decide on whether they want Maria Bailey or not, at that stage, the thread can be closed (as it is then no longer relevant)

Having re-read the last few pages of thread it's clear that there are big FG supporters attempting to get the thread removed/locked etc.

A lot of people feel there will be an election before Xmas, and all parties are in clean up mode. (For that reason alone it should be left open)

Of course I’m not “taking the piss”. If they want to avoid any frivolous, not fraudulent, claims they should, most definitely, put up a sign. In fact, they should take them down altogether. What were they thinking putting swings in a pub??

The insurance “crisis”, relevant.
Possible general election, relevant.
Marie Bailey swing, no longer relevant.

Set up new threads on insurance and on the general election, reopening this one will just be more “dumps” of both of those topics and very little about Bailey, herself.

I get that it might have stung a bit for you, personally, as it now terminates your 15 minutes of Boards “fame”. Especially since it got so close to the 10k limit, some see that as a “badge of honour” so that is a shame, for you.

Any dissenting voices in that thread were lambasted out of it. You think that is going to lead “constructive” debate? Then you have users accusing other users of being “trolls”, even ones who’s own username is “trolling”. The irony.

Not to mention the “accusations”, which I believe are against the forum rules, of a bunch of users, I’ve lost count at this stage, being the one user. These types then follow you, across the Boards, like a bad smell hurling these “insults”.

The thread served its purpose for a few weeks. Then, once the summer recess commenced you just had that “mobilised” cell constantly “resuscitating” the thread with cries of ‘we can’t let this die!!’. It became a pathetic pantomime and that is why, I assume, it was locked.

I look forward to those, suggested, threads being set up. And I do hope that, once they are, the debate is “robust” and constructive without the need for, baseless, accusations and, unnecessary, insults.

Beta Ray Bill wrote: »

You literally just insulted me four lines prior to your unnecessary insults remark.

Perhaps you're right though about the thread, I just think people forget about the questionable things our elected politicians do/say at election time.
Hence the reason I said to keep it going until election time. (which is fair I think)

Apologies, B, but I’m not seeing any “insult” there at all. None was intended.

Do you not think that an election “megathread” would be a better idea?

Coupled with a thread on the insurance “crisis” I believe that all ground would be “covered”.

Ms. Bailey could feature in both threads but I don’t believe a story about someone faking a slip on a tin of beans in a supermarket or a judge’s ridiculous pay out ruling belong in a thread about Bailey.

Anyway, just to re-iterate, there was no insult intended.

Some of those threads seem super attractive to rereg trolls I see

Some things never change:

https://www.thejournal.ie/tds-senators-expenses-dail-maria-bailey-4845883-Oct2019/

WishUWereHere wrote: »

1) I wonder can You or your fellow posters EVER reply withOUT resorting to calling posters names???

2) I wasn't aware of the other thread. Thank You for enlightening me.

3) I belong to NO 'group'.

Why do I think You are trying to get this thread locked like the last one? AND what can possibly be achieved by that?

You posted a random link in a “feedback” thread, I would call that “apropos of nothing”, what on earth were you thinking?

You’re welcome.

Ah, got it. *wink* *wink* my lips are sealed.

This is a “feedback” thread, I don’t believe it will be locked anytime soon, nor should it be.

Why do I think that you, and others in a group that you’re not, in anyway way, attached to, are turning the “expenses” thread in the “current affairs” forum into another news dump for any random story that mentions Fine Gael? Are you trying to get the thread locked yourself?

Matt Barrett wrote: »

TBF, people are commenting on the 'expenses' of Maria Bailey and Alan Farrell and how it pertains to them and their party. Also, related, how they both put in dodgy claims. You might not have read about that. I'd say ignore it.

Here, even now you lot are “dumping” a link about a FG politician removing Bailey from social media. Nothing to do with expenses.

Anything to keep the thread “bumped” but then you’ll throw accusations of dragging the thread “off topic”, pure hypocrisy.

Beasty wrote: »

Just to be clear. I am seeing no good reason to close the current thread (I accept I took a different view on the original Bailey thread, but we were in no way "lobbied" to close that one - as already mentioned I made a judgement call on that - one that some others clearly disagreed with)

If anyone believes there is good reason to close any thread, it's not something to be discussed here. Report it and we will consider any representations made.

Judgement call my arse. :rolleyes:

Totally biased and further posts since then have done nothing but confirm this for me.

That's fine, it's done and gone but it certainly won't be let go so easily again.