smurgen wrote: » Hypotheticals are clearly better things to discuss than the shambles were are currently seeing play out in real time for some. How are the Greens getting on Blanch?
blanch152 wrote: » Which bit of "things would be worse if Sinn Fein had got in and reduced the pension age and spent the Apple money as they promised" do you disagree with?
dundalkfc10 wrote: » How do you know what they would have done? They wouldn't have caused as much ****s ups in month 1 as the FFG party have caused. Scandal after scandal after scandal, Leo and MM obvs don't talk and Leo says stuff that he knows are lies (i.e airports are giving Govt passenger info, just to make MM look bad)
dundalkfc10 wrote: » How do you know what they would have done?
blanch152 wrote: » Are you saying that Sinn Fein are in the habit of breaking their promises? If they had done what they promised, this country would be a lot worse off.
smurgen wrote: » Blanch waiting for a reply on the other thread.you were in the middle of defending FG for a change.
dundalkfc10 wrote: » You might remember LV saying letting FF in Govt wouldn't be like letting John Delaney back in the FAI. You might remember MM saying under no circumstances would FF enter Govt with FG And then FFG were formed
blanch152 wrote: » No issue with that. Does that mean that you are accepting that Sinn Fein are liars, but are no different than other parties?
dundalkfc10 wrote: » Your fine with the shambles of a Govt this past month, apart from it been a **** show from the start I'm not accepting that about SF because it's all hypothetical.
christy c wrote: » What has that got to do with SF's hair brained pension and spending plans?
Truthvader wrote: » Just seen some Cork Sinn Fein member is suing Joe Duffy not for being a fake self serving sanctimonious dick as you might expect but for defamation. Hard to imagine that anyone who would join Sinn Fein would have character capable of suffering injury by being defamed but there you go. Hard to watch a case where you want both parties to lose.
JohnnyFlash wrote: » Seems Sinn Féin bought a property in Donegal with cash.https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/bitter-dail-row-as-taoiseach-claims-sinn-feins-donegal-office-established-with-american-money-39404901.html Doesn't take Einstein to work out that this is part of a burgeoning story relating to SF owning at least 50 properties around the country. Where the money came for to make these purchases will be the subject of much scrutiny over the coming months.
Clarence Boddiker wrote: » Sinn Fein senator Fintan Warfield, the man who wants to allow under 16s to change gender.. No comment...
Truthvader wrote: » Mmmmmmm can't see Slab and the boys wearing this
smurgen wrote: » I’m sure those that were accusing others of attacking Leo for his sexuality will be here to defend Fintan any minute now....
zoobizoo wrote: » Maybe with a balaclava on
blanch152 wrote: » The one in Belfast looks a lot more valuable than that. As for the one in Donegal, if its only work 50k, that's bad for him after all the money he spent renovating it.
blanch152 wrote: » Who is Fintan? Don't have any issues with his sexuality, might even change my username to "Fintan Warfield's Partner" to prove that I have no issues with his sexuality :D
markodaly wrote: » Seems there is more talk in this thread about FG and Leo rather then SF. Lets see. Leo is mentioned 296 times FG is mentioned 957 times FF is mentioned 631 times FFG is mentioned 116 times Just saying.
SafeSurfer wrote: » Fifty properties? So the party that rails against vulture funds and landlords turns out to be a significant landlord themselves. What is that line from Animal Farm? “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
jm08 wrote: » The purchase of the Donegal Property was a Constituency Office for Pearse Doherty. So they own their own Constituency Offices instead of paying out to landlords! Whats the problem with doing that?
Truthvader wrote: » The "problem" is that they are pretending to survive on the average industrial wage. I don't believe they are.