The National Party

The National Party are never going to get a single representative elected. There is less than 2% support for the far right in this country, thankfully.

Political donations are a way to ensure a corporate controlled society, not a free one. But I imagine that's too difficult a concept for NP supporters.

I'm not an NP supporter but they'll easily pickup votes based on the current/lack of immigration policy in this country, I'd give them a vote for that alone.

.all this talk about the "far right" well the crazy left are forcing common folk due to their hatred of the policies to go elsewhere.

Before I get a warning for bringing up immigration in this thread, surely its relevant.

Honestly don't care about the rest of their manifesto, yes you can argue that ignorance got us to WW2, but is what it is, the left have absolutely gone too far(I considered myself left in the past but cannot in any way associate myself with the current crazy left).

I'm sure I'm not the only one with this view.

Betcha they don't.

This Country went through some far worse difficulties 15 years ago, no significant far-right grew then and its not going to happen now.

There are several reasons for this.

PR counts against them.

They are small, disparate, conceited and badly organised.

The "National Party" is not a party, as it is not registered with SIPO and does not make the appropriate declarations and returns, so it is only right to consider it a group of individuals who happen to occupy the same room, very occasionally.

In point of fact, it should be illegal to run under any party banner in an Irish election if that so-called party is not properly constituted, registered and compliant.

Such people may still go forward, it should only be as individuals.

I suspect that the Irish Freedom Party will now get bigger and become a more potent electoral force. Having two right-wing parties made little sense, so this can only work in IFP's favour.

Fair enough, maybe I am in the 2% due to that issue but currently there's no alternative, like I said, is what it is.

I am absolutely certain that you are not the only one happy to vote for them while remaining ignorant of their policies.

100% agree

Never said it was, that's just the current situation, isn't it?

Was only talking to my mother the other day about Justin Barrett. She's 76, I'm 32. I know him as current day fascist slash irrelevant idiot. She remembers him as 1990s irrelevant idiot that got on the late late show cause he went on mental rants. Justin has largely remained the same force of idiocy throughout the generations. Neither the National Party or Freedom Party are relevant and will just remain obscure and hateful groups.

Okay I get that you are not a National Party supporter but would you concede that if it turns out that they were right to hold gold in preference to cash, people will recognize that as an indicator of competence? I remember Garret Fitzgerald who I did not like and considdered incompetent and I was not surprised when he had personal financial difficulties even after a lifelong high salary career at the public`s expence. Is it reasonable to look for a corrolation between how a party or a politician invests and how they might manage the country?

Idiots have never been in short supply

Ah yeh...but...something, something, imgrints.

Surely the NP's decision to invest in gold has been vindicated by the reckless ECB money printing and attendant inflation over the past three years (which started well before Ukraine). A classic example of the dangers of a fiat currency. Do you know that the ECB is continually printing money for Italy at our expense?

Regarding his ideas, what about the "mainstream" parties championing open borders, bemoaning "global boiling" (the new catchphrase) and claiming there are 7 genders? All of this stuff is nuts.