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General Election TV debates

Muahahaha

Deserving of its own thread I feel, especially with FF and FG being neck and neck.
Michael Martin and Leo Varadkar about to debate now on TV3, it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Likely to be a score draw but if Varadkar wobbles at any point it could send the campaign south pretty quick. TV3 reporting that they have a genuine hatred for each other so they'll have to keep emotions in check.

RTE will also be holding a Martin-Varadkar debate as well as one for all the party leaders together.

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Kermit.de.frog

gmisk wrote: »

This PBP fella....wreeeeeeck the head.
He is like the fella from father ted who talks about boilers!

Free houses and free public transport though

Suckit

Leo reminds me of the FF guy always on the radio. They both seem to thrive when everyone else is riled, and they stay calm. No good unless you have actually anything to backup what you are saying.

McMurphy

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Matt and Ivan have calmed down a good bit in fairness.

Feedback on social media filtering through I reckon.

Darc19

gmisk wrote: »

This PBP fella....wreeeeeeck the head.
He is like the fella from father ted who talks about boilers!

Knew I had seen him somewhere lol

According to him only working class people can decide on united Ireland

JohnnyFlash

The socialist lad made an excellent point about the carbon tax.

Millionaire only not

L1011 wrote: »

Murphy has been stumbling, bumbling and sounds like she's about to cry at any moment. Excellent??

Murphy and roisin , well met there sell by dates have well past !

Fann Linn

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Micheál talking about how all the focus was on a Climate Bill with the Green Party last time FF were in government.

No Micheál.

All the focus was on being on our knees begging for a bailout from the IMF/EU/Denmark/Sweden and the United Kingdom.

FG were happy to bed with them for the last 5 years.

Naggdefy

shenanagans wrote: »

Nobody has ever gone in with SF....That's not a record any party wants....to have contributed to putting SF into government....given their history.

There's always a first. See how the land lies. They all want the big pension.

C__MC

Naggdefy wrote: »

Well they got 44 seats to FGs 49 four years ago. So Irish people have short memories and more water under the bridge since 2016.

Plus people know FG would have done the same. Global recession after all.

Irish people are funny.
The country atm is stable in alot of aspects but of course has issues like any country has.
I though FG have done a good job but it looks like ff will pop them. They seem to have a strong core vote that remains

gmisk

L1011 wrote: »

Murphy has been stumbling, bumbling and sounds like she's about to cry at any moment. Excellent??

Nope sorry not at all, that's her voice.
She is definitely finding it hard to get a word in though.

Sir Oxman

Millionaire only not wrote: »

Omg Mary Lou is dogging a hole

I'm sure that's illegal.

derfderf

Naggdefy wrote: »

Well they got 44 seats to FGs 49 four years ago. So Irish people have short memories and more water under the bridge since 2016.

Plus people know FG would have done the same. Global recession after all.

FG tried to go a different path under Noonan, but got obliterated.

Millionaire only not

Barry has a load of crap figured wrote down he googled before coming on !

gmisk

This PBP fella....wreeeeeeck the head.
He is like the fella from father ted who talks about boilers!

Kermit.de.frog

Micheál talking about how all the focus was on a Climate Bill with the Green Party last time FF were in government.

No Micheál.

All the focus was on being on our knees begging for a bailout from the IMF/EU/Denmark/Sweden and the United Kingdom.

easypazz

Mm shares Eamons passion.

My hole.

He used fly up and down to Cork frequently when he was a minister.

Coming across as a right sleezeball now.

Fann Linn

Millionaire only not wrote: »

Omg Mary Lou is dogging a hole

Freudian slip.

shenanagans

Naggdefy wrote: »

If Dessie O'Malley went into coalition with Charlie.. Anything is possible.

Nobody has ever gone in with SF....That's not a record any party wants....to have contributed to putting SF into government....given their history.

L1011

gmisk wrote: »

He has been solid and calm, better than other debates so far.
I think Catherine Murphy has been excellent it's just a pity she has barely had a chance to speak!

Murphy has been stumbling, bumbling and sounds like she's about to cry at any moment. Excellent??

Millionaire only not

Omg Mary Lou is dogging a hole

Naggdefy

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Biggest problem for FF is that though people say they may vote for them a lot of people will be in their polling booth and just won't be able to bring themselves to vote for the party that brought bankruptcy, ruin, humiliation and shame on our country.

Well they got 44 seats to FGs 49 four years ago. So Irish people have short memories and more water under the bridge since 2016.

Plus people know FG would have done the same. Global recession after all.

leahyl

Michael Martin is a smug fecker, never liked him. Mary Lou didn’t let him away with it, quite comfortably won that exchange.

JohnnyFlash

shenanagans wrote: »

No love between MM and MLM tonight. There isn't a hope they'll go into a coalition together.

SF are in danger of taking some of those 2nd seats FF are looking for.

They really don’t appear to like each other as well.

blackcard

shenanagans wrote: »

No love between MM and MLM tonight. There isn't a hope they'll go into a coalition together.

The lure of being Taoiseach and Tanaiste will be a powerful aphrodisiac

piplip87

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Biggest problem for FF is that though people say they may vote for them a lot of people will be in their polling booth and just won't be able to bring themselves to vote for the party that brought bankruptcy, ruin, humiliation and shame on our country.

Yet the previous elections don't back that up. In the last election FF came out ahead.of polls.

It's SF I'd be worried about.... They where showing high during the last election and came out with 13%....

FrancieBrady

piplip87 wrote: »

Agenda ? By what telling the truth ?

That the north and the conflict/war is only important to him to get a dig at SF.

ThunbergsAreGo

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

All a load of hot air with Leo.

Can talk the talk but has never walked the walk.

Complete opposite, the only one using actual facts and figures not just emotive rethoric and anecdotes

But these debates won't change minds already made up.

Muahahaha

NIMAN wrote: »

I've already stopped watching. It was terrible. The 2 hosts were the worst part of it, allowing it to descend into a pub row.

Matt might think he is a serious journo and tv man, but with stuff like this he looks like an amateur. He made Miriam look like Dimbleby

You're not the only one turning off, the Ivan and Matt show being widely criticised on Twitter too

https://twitter.com/LilRochey/status/1223012019567235073

https://twitter.com/TVsCarlKinsella/status/1222998965060358150

https://twitter.com/wexfordobrien/status/1223000342671036416

Mantis Toboggan

C__MC wrote: »

Leo has walked this at a canter
Streets ahead.

All a load of hot air with Leo.

Can talk the talk but has never walked the walk.

Naggdefy

shenanagans wrote: »

No love between MM and MLM tonight. There isn't a hope they'll go into a coalition together.

If Dessie O'Malley went into coalition with Charlie.. Anything is possible.