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Leo Varadkar resigns as Taoiseach

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  • #182
    AllForIt
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    So, he realises he's not as popular as he once was, basically.



  • #183
    LambshankRedemption
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916754#Comment_121916754

    Thats my thinking as well. You don't emotionally resign out of the blue by your own choice.



  • #184
    Modulok
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭Modulok


    Good riddance to bad rubbish as far as I’m concerned. One of the worst Taoisaigh in my opinion. There isn’t a single alternative in the current government that I’d like either.

    I have no doubt that Leo was ultimately bored by Ireland, silly notions of nationhood, and things Irish.

    Off to some cushy role in the private sector on some board or other, I suspect. Or worse for all of us, an EU post.



  • #185
    gym_imposter
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    Worst Taoiseach ever



  • #186
    amacca
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916575#Comment_121916575

    Will inanimate carbon rod be on the ballot paper? I think I like the cut of inanimate carbon rods jib!



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  • #187
    Bob Marley Park
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916764#Comment_121916764

    He got bored and knows a rinsing is coming at the next election.

    He made his money.



  • #188
    LambshankRedemption
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,884 ✭✭✭✭LambshankRedemption


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916759#Comment_121916759

    Maybe he's being announced as the next James Bond?



  • #189
    StrawbsM
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916724#Comment_121916724

    Broadband was installed in my parents area. They used the bottom of my folks garden (at the road) as their base and were in the area a good few months. Rang up sky to get it activated, sent their guys out, and engineers couldn’t find a connection. Turns out they went left and went right of my parents but forgot to do the one property that they’d squatted on!

    Sums up Leo’s time in office 😂



  • #190
    supereurope
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916726#Comment_121916726

    McEntee would ensure an electoral wipeout. Perhaps that's why she might be the one to take over? No one is really going to want the job at this time, so put her in the role, then replace her after the next election.



  • #191
    evolvingtipperary101
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    Be some knife fighting in FG party now.



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  • #192
    amacca
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916650#Comment_121916650

    On the contrary, I'd say most of the country would burn.



  • #193
    Gibson Itchy Tightrope
    Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭ Gibson Itchy Tightrope


    There has to be something seismic coming. Strange one.

    He may have started politics with the best of intentions but he has left the country in a far worse place. Social cohesion is on the floor.



  • #194
    Gregor Samsa
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916754#Comment_121916754

    Timing and suddenness is weird, but if there was a scandal, he'd be resigning as Taoiseach with immediate effect, not hanging on for a few weeks for FG to elect a new leader to take over from him.



  • #195
    Patser
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    Coveney might get it, he's FG to the core and could get the support from within the party.

    Slightly uninspiring but might be what FG need as they reorganise. Someone earlier in this thread said he'd be another Enda - but Enda as boring as he was steadied the ship massively after the 2008 crash, at a time of massive political pressure.

    FG more than likely out of power next year, so Coveney quietly reorganising from within might be what FG need.



  • #196
    rodders999
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    No doubt he leaked the story himself.



  • #197
    hoodie6029
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    IMG_1120.jpeg


    One of the few times I’ll agree with Paul Murphy. Let’s hope he organises a peaceful protest for this…

    This is water. Inspiring speech by David Foster Wallace https://youtu.be/DCbGM4mqEVw?si=GS5uDvegp6Er1EOG



  • #198
    RobbingBandit
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    Never forget The Biffo.

    This has been one of the worst governments ever but Leo definitely not the worst leader that has to be Biffo



  • #199
    yagan
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916611#Comment_121916611

    It's something I don't like admitting having emigrated after the bertie bubble, but MM has been much better at saying things as they are compared to the waffler Varadkar. On issues like Gaza MM is more aligned with SF than FG. Varadkar has no spine.



  • #200
    Rocket_GD
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    RTE political correspondent saying "He looked as surprised as the rest of us that he was making this statement."

    Him saying that he has no plans set in place makes me think he was pushed rather than jumping, doesn't seem to want to be stepping down. (Somehow) He thinks he's done a great job.



  • #201
    Peter Flynt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭Peter Flynt


    He ran his party into the ground and left them without a leader for three elections. Ran away from the judgment of the people on his appalling record.

    Leo Varadkar was no leader. He was nothing more than a coward.



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  • #202
    rovers_runner
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    A good day, he has been a disgrace from day one. I hope he is held to account for the many instances of corruption he has been able to sweep under the carpet to date.

    Presided over the mass immigration WEF Policy and has bolted now with the barn door left open unattended.

    I hope Tayto McEntee goes for it to get FG utterly destroyed.



  • #203
    almostover
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916661#Comment_121916661

    No fan of Leo but in fairness what option had he? The referendum was so close to the trip to the US that it made sense that he go as Taoiseach to perform the usual pleasantries with the president. It would have represented Ireland badly had he resigned knee jerk and we have to scramble some substitute in his place.



  • #204
    awec
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916772#Comment_121916772

    lol.

    I get that Varadkar is not everyone's cup of tea but the only way anyone thinks he's the worst ever is if they have absolutely no notion of some of the people who had the job before him.

    There have been many worse.



  • #205
    dublincc2
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    Everybody knew he was going to jump ship to a cushy EU job as soon as the opportunity arose.



  • #206
    LambshankRedemption
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916789#Comment_121916789

    It does have that feel doesn't it? Except, who can push him? Which is why I am thinking scandal.



  • #207
    AndyBoBandy
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    Watching on RTÉ...

    Mary Regan looks like she had a late one last night and was totally unprepared to be on TV at lunchtime today!!



  • #208
    PopePalpatine
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916493#Comment_121916493

    I'm calling it now, he'll get a Nick Clegg-style role at Salesday or some other CRM conglomerate.



  • #209
    Donald Trump
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    Big scandal incoming. Rumours flying around that Leo is going to be outed as a heterosexual.




    I'd say in reality he's either just moving on to some other bigger role (as in EU) or else deciding to get out and go back to being a doctor. There'd only be so long you could put up with sh1te from the public



  • #210
    whisky_galore
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    Getting out to leave someone else deal with the mess, classic Leo move.



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  • #211
    MintyMagnum
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    Did he thank Matt in his speech?



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