I think it will be FF/FG again with god knows who. Hopefully a left wing party
It will be November 15th
We are in an election situation. It doesn't matter whether a fall in house prices affects me in reality or not, what matters if whether falling house prices influences votes. I think it does, others think it will be put that aside out of concern for future generations.
Always expected. Wonder will @FrancieBrady move his vote elsewhere as promised.
Unfortunately as much as i'd love him to miss out, i'm not sure FG will take 2 seats there in that cons. Although , i don't know how popular or unpopular he is amongst that area
The real question is, if there's a housing crash coming, I'm not for a moment suggesting that there is, do we want a party in power that will keep the country running by raising taxes from the high income earners or one that will try to save money by taxing the minimum wagers, cutting welfare, raiding pensions, and cutting the public workforce?
No brainer Red, cut them fcukers on the welfare, have it easy they do 🤣
The real question is, if there's a housing crash coming, I'm not for a moment suggesting that there is, do we want a completely inexperienced party in power that will destroy the economy, increase emigration and cause huge unemployment through naive misguided policies or one that has a track record of managing us through the Covid crisis and the Ukraine-led economic crisis?
I'm local to the area and I can assure you he is loathed!!
I'd say Harris, Whitmore and Brady are bankers.
Last seat would between Donnelly and Matthews (Green)
I'd favour Matthews, and think most others would too.
Donnelly will suffer most from any anti-incumbent vote or abstention I think
That's a positive, i'd vote for the Greens myself over that fella. Fingers crossed the good people of Wicklow does the nation a favour!
If that is a move to the 'far-right' I now realise how desperate you people are tbh.
I assumed the same as you being from the area but Paddy Power has Donnelly favourite to take the 4th seat at c.60% chance.
Timmins & Matthew’s the only ones who can challenge him it seems. Timmins (FG) seen as twice as likely Matthew’s. Simon Harris is going to have a crazy amount of transfers to give…but then PP will know that and price it in!
How much move away from previous policies are you going to hand-wave away as if the party position hasn't changed?
Politicians can take steps to speed up court cases by increasing the number of judges, prison places etc.
Law and order is a matter for the government. This includes convictions.
I haven't said they haven't changed. There isn't a political party in the country that hasn't tweaked and altered policy in line with public opinion.
All of them, if SF were rounding up the Jews to put them in concentration camps, Francie would be telling us how aligned it was to their core principles. That is just the way he thinks.
Back on topic, it is not a surprise but it is shocking to see Sinn Fein pivot to an anti-immigration stance.
I never claimed you'd said that. I asked a specific question, one you have entirely failed to answer.
What are your red lines for slavishly supporting the party you apparently aren't even sure you'll vote for?
Glad to see we're finally agreeing on something
No need for the sarcasm regarding COVID and Ukraine mind, that's a bit harsh…
Yes you did.
as if the party position hasn't changed?
I have said on more than one occasion I require a political party to modify and adapt, to accept they are wrong or have failed. I am not aware of a single party who haven't done this, but apparently among the exceptionalists it is unique to SF.
And my main priority is to damage the 100 year old swapping of power between FF and FG or sharing power as pertains now. If I can do that here in my constituency I will even if it means not giving SF a first preference.
Here's hoping you never find yourself in need of a bit of welfare
Absolutely, that you agree that MLMD and Sinn Fein are a completely inexperienced party in power that will destroy the economy, increase emigration and cause huge unemployment through naive misguided policies is a major step for you and I offer my congratulations for your bravery.
Not many can step away from a cult so easily.
So how far right are you willing to let SF go, then? This is the bit you're evading entirely.
You defend every single thing SF does on here. Which is absolutely baffling for an apparently floating voter.
MLMD and Sinn Fein are a completely inexperienced party
This made me laugh haha!
Destroy the economy, increase emigration and cause huge unemployment through naive misguided policies
This is FFG all over though isn't it?
I wouldn't go calling FFG a cult but you do have a strange view of how they operate
Yeah, its inaccurate as they are experienced.
They're experienced at being really, really bad at housing, health etc in NI; and in general governance of the councils they have controlled in ROI (Dublin, Monaghan etc).
We know what SF are like in Government. "its power sharing!" doesn't work as an excuse; they'll only ever be in a coalition in ROI and they've shown they're unwilling to stand up for things even when they have a veto in NI that they'd never have in a coalition.
Massive tax rises, well over 100,000 jobs lost and pay cuts for over 300,000 public servants were the cause of that, you don't give a feck what your house is worth when you're worrying about paying bills.
How does it help owner occupiers though? They still have to pay the same mortgage, they can't in most cases release their equity until they die.
Lifetime loans were always a bad deal but hardly exist on the market since the banking crash.
I don't defend everything. On record as saying they need to up their economic policy game and have called them out on stuff they have gotten wrong, like the Storey funeral and MLMD's over the top praise for McDonghaile etc.
Can you tell me what is 'far right' about proposing taking a look at how registrations are working or not working or setting up an umbrella ministry for all involved in immigration is? Which seem to be the only new things they have said.
In all of those cases, you defended the half-arsed apologies to the hilt; even when they needed to be re-re-corrected.
I asked how much further right you were willing to let them go; you're twisting what I asked to avoid answering the question.
But we know you'll defend everything, basically. The party are perfect, the party can do no wrong, once they give a half-arsed apology for it; and all this from someone who apparently only voted for them once and might not again! This isn't credible.
As opposed to FFG who are running our health service perfectly and have not created any housing shortage?
Ok then
If you think house prices were cheap and traffic non-existent 40 years ago, you were either not alive then or very very young.
House prices look small from today's perspective, but incomes were small, jobs insecure, interest rates very high and home loans very hard to get. It was common for those who bought a home to be unable to furnish it for a few years. Traffic was in many ways worse, certainly for PT users with no Luas and no bus lanes getting into Dublin city centre was no joke.
I'm not voting for FFG. SF supporters could do with realising that there are other options than voting for their incompetent shower.
SF are only going to be capable of going in to Government with one of FFG anyway.
Ya I wouldn't know much about Dublin but around my way in Limerick car ownership was minimal (now 2 a house) and people doing the job I do now could afford a home.
