[Deleted User] wrote: » She didnt have a head cold?? She litteraly had coronavirus and developed plueircy,yous spent a month mocking and sneering at someone for following medical advice and isolating, Scummy posts imo...but seems about your level
all about the mane wrote: » She disappeared without any explanation. A head-cold doesn't cut it. Leaders need to be accountable. She ain't. And why did she disappear the first time again?
blanch152 wrote: » The issue is that Mary-Lou disappeared for the guts of a month. Boris ended up in intensive care and didn’t disappear for anywhere near as much. It is a sad day when a politician looks bad compared to Boris.
all about the mane wrote: » And she doesn't even meet that...
Fann Linn wrote: » So you benchmark illnesses against Boris now?
Deleted User wrote: » Your the guy,who sneered at and mocked mary-lou for isolating when she had cv-19 and developed pluericy What was it,40 odd posts of sneering iirc
all about the mane wrote: » SF must be crapping themselves
McMurphy wrote: » For the hard of understanding, I would assume she meant without another party (perhaps Sinn Féin) to keep check on them.Not long to go now before they all have to crap or get off the pot. National government of unity of a fresh election coming up later in 2020. Fg might be denied a go at making Micheál Taoiseach.
Bishop of hope wrote: » Perhaps the greens? Anyway, why doesent SF come up with an agreement paper to rival FF and FG and press ahead with that and see how they get on, the numbers are still there for an alternative Govt. They can change their original manifesto now as things are different?
McMurphy wrote: » For the hard of understanding, I would assume she meant without another party (perhaps Sinn Féin) to keep check on them. Not long to go now before they all have to crap or get off the pot. National government of unity of a fresh election coming up later in 2020. Fg might be denied a go at making Micheál Taoiseach.
cms88 wrote: » They're very busy on Twitter showing everyone how great they are by returing their €8k. Other TD's doing the same but oddly don't fell the need to tell everyone about ot...
Jinglejangle69 wrote: » Mary Lou also said a government with FF or FG in it would be a disaster. Yet she was willing to go into government with them. Complete hypocrisy.
McMurphy wrote: » True enough I suppose. He suggests time frames in the article I linked to. I still think it's a more realistic development than a FFG coalition that is only going to get off the ground of they get themselves a patsy.
threeball wrote: » Perfect time for the Greens to go in. This pandemic has shown what can be done if there is enough political will. They can also very clearly demonstrate the difference that even this short lockdown has had on CO2 levels. Polar ice fields at their highest level in a decade. An economy that needs a significant stimulus and green projects the best way to spend that stimulus. They will never get a better opportunity. As long as they leave the wolves and other hair brained plans behind they'll be ok.
Suckit wrote: » It's an absolute Bullsh*t post, as is yours. It is an attempt on a forum of wooing the first likely party to back the FFG party. I don't gaf if they do, but to call that very very crap post a 'truly excellent post' is like telling your kids you can make lego with muck.
Deleted User wrote: » This is a truly excellent post tbh. Both SF and the Greens are subject to internal pressures though. Both have voters who think they are left wing parties and who think being left wing should be a main part of their identity.
blanch152 wrote: » You are looking at the Greens through a normal political lens. Along with Sinn Fein, they should be looked at differently. Yes, the Greens were burned by FF before, but that doesn't mean they won't go into government with them again. If they go in, it will be with certain clear objectives in mind and with a focus on achieving those. Being in government is important to achieve the climate change agenda. Opposition does not hold much attraction for them. They want to really achieve change, and being in government is the only way that they can do that. With concrete amendments to the Programme, it is possible that the Greens can come on board, if FF and FG won't agree to that, then the Greens will walk away. Sinn Fein are the polar opposite to the Greens. They also have a singular policy objective - agitate for a united Ireland, but they have no interest in government to achieve that. They realise that people won't vote for a united Ireland in isolation, that the party needs general popular support to make that push. Hence, they jump on every bandwagon, from anti-vaxxers to 5G causing coronavirus, to grab every populist vote. Being in opposition until the time is right is the only thing that interests them. Hence there was never any serious attempt to form a government this time out, as many of us have pointed out, despite the numbers allowing them to do so. They reduced themselves to whinging and crying about FF and FG. If they had been serious, they would have publicly asked MM what would it take to form a government with them, and demanded an answer. They didn't. They have no real interest in the welfare of the people, just in achieving an outdated political objective.