jh79 wrote: » Only because they haven't been in government yet. Tweet by Pierce D, praising Stanley for having some crank give a talk about fluoride , was posted earlier in the thread. He's hardly minor. Are you saying they wouldn't follow through with any of this stuff ?
tikkahunter wrote: » Why is it strange, I detest them and their populist bollox so will call them out , I have another 800 not on SF .
Ireland2020 wrote: » Must hurt that they are the party on the up, youth on their side and at their highest ratings in the polls since they began. Have the poor Govt scrambling around trying to find anything on them as we now have a proper opposition with SF and a few other parties
Ireland2020 wrote: » Our current Govt have ignored public health advice which undermines NHEPT over lockdowns on more than one occasion causing us to have longer level 5 restrictions and then go against them again opening up too early according to the public health advice Facts
Brendan Bendar wrote: » How is Stanno’s week off going.. Strong rumours he’s toast in the next day or two..... #notanormalparty
tikkahunter wrote: » If you say so pity none of the other parties will touch team with a barge pole . Didn’t hurt me personally but I do worry what state the country would be in if they ever do get in . As many gripes I personally have with FG/FF I know the country is stable and our economy is in a good way . The country would be in dire straits if SF do get in . The party that wants to reward scrounges for sitting on their arse and tax the life out of people who go out and nark something of their lives. Look at their bench - that is the best they can up with . Load mouth frauds that have no viable solutions to any issues. They just shout what the people want to hear . All very easy until you have to put it into practice. So this is what counts as proper opposition these days is it ?
Ireland2020 wrote: » Have the poor Govt scrambling around trying to find anything on them as we now have a proper opposition with SF and a few other parties
the_syco wrote: » A proper opposition would be able to say where they plan to get the money from. If SF had "burned the bondholders", we wouldn't have anywhere to get loans from now.
Ireland2020 wrote: » If we hadn't have bailed the banks who robbed people and continue to do we might be in a completely different situation. You can read Sinn Féins alternative budgets every year on their website, you obvs havnt so when you do we can discuss that
Brendan Bendar wrote: » Tax the rich...... I got it there.
blanch152 wrote: » A friendly call from a neighbour.......that was unwanted......and made the recipient feel weird. #notanormalparty
Brendan Bendar wrote: » It appears Stanno going to fall on his sword regarding PAC. That seems imminent, sources say. Unable to get definite confirmation, but inside sources have indicated in that direction.
McMurphy wrote: » Morning Brenner - can I just ask, by "sources" do you mean "haunch plucked from your nether regions"?
FrancieBrady wrote: » I said that once the faux woke crowd ( you know the ones who invent words like 'heavies') got after him, he was toast. No biggie there Brendie.
jm08 wrote: » Really? I'd be surprised bearing in mind that a former FF Chair of PAC has said on RTE Drive time that the PAC is meant to be cross party and independent from party political influence and it as already accepted an apology from him. If he is to be punished, it should be in the Dail that he is censored.
blanch152 wrote: » There isn't a single person outside the membership of Sinn Fein who has publicly supported Stanley. A sincere apology to Varadkar is the minimum he has to do. Leo cleverly switching the focus to Mary-Lou's failure to pick up on it, just like on Holohan. More attacks on Leo, like we have seen on here this morning, just won't cut it. He is gay and of Indian heritage, get over it, stop the dog-whistle stuff, that is the message that should be going out from Mary-Lou to her party. He has been a problem to Sinn Fein oldies from the start. Because his great-grandparents didn't fight in 1916, the uber-nationalists just don't like him. I have previously spoken about the nastiness of the ideology of exclusionary nationalism as practiced by Sinn Fein. The attitude to Varadkar shows this up clearly.
blanch152 wrote: » There isn't a single person outside the membership of Sinn Fein who has publicly supported Stanley.
Fianna Fáil's Marc MacSharry said while the comments were very inappropriate and insensitive, Mr Stanley was a good chairperson and should not resign. While critical of the tweet, Labour's Sean Sherlock and Independent Verona Murphy also said he had apologised and should remain as PAC Chair. Fine Gael's Alan Dillon said it was a personal choice for Mr Stanley, while Green TD Neasa Hourigan declined to comment.
FrancieBrady wrote: » Self serving bull**** as usual from you.
blanch152 wrote: » You don't agree that his tweet was inappropriate and insensitive. In fact, you have consistently denied that the tweet had anything to do with Leo's sexuality. Nobody outside of Sinn Fein believes that, which is the point I am making. Everyone sees the tweet for what it was. Similarly, while people outside Sinn Fein might recognise his right to hold an opinion that Warrenpoint was a good thing, none of them share that opinion.
Ireland2020 wrote: » "There isn't a single person outside the membership of Sinn Fein who has publicly supported Stanley" Why did you lie?
FrancieBrady wrote: » People outside SF have accepted his apology and don't require his resignation. You just lied through your teeth again and are now pivoting to something else. I think both his tweets were insensitive and vulgar. I do not think, on the basis of his explanation that the second one was homophobic as many don't BECAUSE if it was his resignation would be called for.
blanch152 wrote: » I didn't lie. Not a single person outside of the membership of Sinn Fein has publicly supported Stanley. Not one of them has said he was right to tweet what he tweeted. Some are showing sympathy for him, or playing down the seriousness of it, but not a single one have said that his tweets were right.
Ireland2020 wrote: » Do you believe what you write? Nobody gives a **** Leo is Indian Gay Trans whatever People have issues with him lying and misleading the Dáil
