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Not me B. I told you, for the good it did.
So you think being gay makes a difference in government. What is that exactly?
I asked questions. You see lies and bots everywhere. I'd get that looked at.
I think if they can't make money off it they've no interest. They got hammered by Dobbo the other day on not following up or doing much of anything on the retention of organs without the family's knowledge.
Mind you, if there's money in it, like housing, they'll happily make the deal that makes their friends the most money. The tax payer isn't given a thought.
Good for you.
If I was a member or supporter of a party whose reigns were handed over at the height they were at, and watched them sink to the lows they are now, especially when the majority voted for the other lad, I would be fuming and want them out.
Perhaps you don't understand Irish politics. FG did not win the last GE. It did not win the 2016 GE and it did not win the 2011 GE. In each of those elections, it relied on other parties to make up a working majority for government.
Technically, FG lost in the 2020 GE. It lost in the 2016 GE. It lost in the 2011 GE. It lost in the 2007 GE. It lost in the 2002 GE. It lost in the 1997 GE. It lost in the 1992 GE. It did not win a majority to govern in any of those General Elections.
There is no guarantee that Varadkar will be elected taoiseach by FF and the Greens. His election as taoiseach is dependent on those votes. FF has its own problems and it may be about to replace Martin as leader. It has already held at least one meeting to discuss what happens next.
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Pretty much the attitude that has us here. We are here and we’ll do what we want and fcuk everyone else. The housing crisis is the highlight grabber but pretty much every single category of service that the government has influence over is at the moment in complete disarray. Been trying to get my young lad some occupational therapy and speech and language and despite an Asd diagnosis it’s just not happening. They point blank refuse to let him in for any help because he’s not bad enough. Add in child care, class room rates and availability, children hospital, metro, maternity hospital public transport, energy, it’s endless. I reckon it started before Fg ever got in but it’s snowballing to a crescendo now it seems. Nothing works efficiently in the country.
No blanch, ‘losing’ is about losing.
The jury is out on whether going in to government will be another decimating loss for FG. Signs are not good.
Yet he will be Taoiseach.
The people that lost sit in opposition, difference is I would never refer to any TD as a “loser”.
"And it has nothing to do with the Mica disaster. It has to do with people not wanting "transient populations" of students and single workers living in apartment blocks near their semi-D homes. It is appeasing selfish NIMBY twats."
No mention of crony developers either..
I ask him before I would some person on internet who didn’t understand LPT.
No need to lie now. I know it’s the standard is to lie about a poster but I have zero interest in responding to lies
If I was a politician, I'd take sneers from the sideline about losing an election every single time I went into government.
Losing is ending up in opposition. FF, FG and the Greens were the winners of the last election, all the rest were losers.
Speaking of Varadkar's time in Health, how's that National Childrens Hospital coming along? Has FFG managed to get the budget under control? I don't think that Donnelly would have made quite the mess that Varadkar and Harris made of things.
The protection racket is funny.
Personally he has lost every election he has led FG into.
There is no other descriptive term that applies.
Would you ask a doctor to fix your car? He was a non-event in health ffs. I don't know what his sexuality has to do with anything either. A weird thing to keep commenting on. Do you think gay people are different? That's pretty out there thinking off you.
How on earth would you know if I wouldn't seem to understand the scale of being an openly gay Taoiseach? In any case, I literally made no reference to either, other than to correct you.
You repeating yourself the last few days a lot. the RIC, blocking houses etc. I wonder could you point out two that the opposition blocked with the reasons cited?
They are all a shower of massive hypocrites on this front. However, its predominantly the opposition calling it a massive crisis while also blocking housing.
And it has nothing to do with the Mica disaster. It has to do with people not wanting "transient populations" of students and single workers living in apartment blocks near their semi-D homes. It is appeasing selfish NIMBY twats.
FG had to go into government with Labour, Official Sinn Fein/Workers Party/Democratic Left and Independents. It had to rely on Fianna Fail and then had to go into government with FF and FG. The electorate hasn't trusted FG to give it a majority for decades.
Seems that Twitter is down. This may be a major blow to FG's Social Media policy. :)
So now we are at the stage of trying to downplay getting qualified as a doctor 🤷♂️
Also you don’t seem to understand how big of a deal been a openly gay Taoiseach is, not just in ireland but across the World
Then again we did have people on here creating accounts in his partners name. Another weird obsession by some posters
Again, they are in government, how is that losing?
Losers in politics are outside government. The likes of Ruth Coppinger, Paul Murphy and Claire Daly are the serial losers of politics in Ireland. Never a day in government, never a single positive achievement, never even a successful Act passed by the Dail. They are complete and utter losers, out in the fringes looking on.
There are some in the opposition - SF, Labour, SDs - who may get into government at some stage, and then become winners. Until, then, they are at best competing, but still end up losers like the crowd I just mentioned.
Since Leo has become FG leader they have lost their vote share and became the third largest party during the last election. How is that what winners do? If Leo had not been so arrogant they would have won the last by election in FG heartland.
I predicted he would lead them back to GE figures. He has surpassed himself.
Martin is odds on to lead FF past FG as Leo will lead them into what will be a bruising election for the power swap and the Greens. As long as Michael can steer his tenure home that is.
I wonder has Michael sleeveenly engineered the last laugh?
In the June 2020 Irish Times/Ipsos poll, FG was polling at 37%. In the July 2022 Irish Times/Ipsos poll, FG is at 18%.
Admittedly, polling was highly abnormal then due to Covid but support for FG under Varadkar has more than halved since that 2020 poll. :) At 18%, FG is heading into the old Labour "third party" position in Irish politics. The political model, if this polling was replicated in a GE would result in one big party, two smaller parties and a bunch of fringe parties.
The instability of the Big Three model (FF/FG/SF) is that no two parties of the Big Three have enough seats to form a government. There is the possibilty of a kind of 2.5 party model returning but it might be more accurate to describe it as a 1, 2, many model with the two smaller parties being FF and FG. On 18%, FG has to be looking at damage limitation for the next GE and choosing which seats can be saved and which will be lost.
"He is the youngest person to be Taoiseach and also the first openly gay leader of Ireland"
FIFY.
It may be worth pointing out to you that being a qualified doctor, or a homosexual are not competitive events. However, as the leader of FG, he has lost every single election he and they have run in. He didn't even win his own leadership overall vote. - A loser.
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Without a doubt and long may it last!
Nothing like exposure.
This is what we call “debating” ?
Not sure how anyone can call Leo a “loser” and he is about to become Taoiseach. What does that make the leader of the opposition? 😂
Am I mistaken, or is this the longest time that FG have been in government unbroken? Can someone check that for me, as I might be wrong about FG actually winning elections and getting into government.
I mean that is how you win - get elected into government.
You can't call him "Leo The Winner". What has he won since he became leader of FG? Nothing as he has the habit of losing.
So all this talk of housing, Vacant properties and all the promises of Darragh O Brien.
This morning, waiting outside a medical facility in Tullamore, waiting for a scheduled appointment, what do I see right in front me 🤔
Three of about 50 similar properties around Tullamore in this state. Many abandoned for 8 years or more .
im hoping for an emergency recall of the dail, as its bloody required, but i wouldnt hold my breath....
it truly is time to start planting those magical trees, cause we bloody need them now, more than ever!!!!
There heading off for Hols with not a care in the world and keeping us in suspense with the kite flying goodies they've "mentioned" , at the current state of affairs, they'll be nothing left in the Kitty by September. Maybe they'll be bring back , sticks of candy rock and a magic money tree for everyone in the audience 😏
I will repost this as a reminder.
The government tell us they are taking the housing disaster, that FF/FG created, seriously but news stories over the past few weeks show that they are not taking it seriously at all.
1) Land Development Agency working at a “glacial pace” in delivering land to build homes.
2) Property funds bulk buying 350 homes despite ‘Mullen Park’ stamp duty levy. Figures show that the funds have spent over €100 million since the government attempted to limit the practice.
3) An Bord Pleanála hit with fines as 5,500 houses now delayed, Section overseen by Paul Hyde faces new deadlines on plans for 25,000 home by August.
4) More than half of the country’s local authorities have not collected a single euro of the vacant site levy from landowners since its introduction in 2018. Only 8pc of money due for payment under the levy last year was collected by various city and county councils.
5) Darragh O'Brien busy pulling political strokes after introducing a last-minute amendment to the Electoral Reform Bill to allow political parties obtain lottery licences for political fundraising. He also has very strong ties to the construction industry.
