Presidential Election 2025

Irish, English, and German are among the 24 official languages of the EU. So Connolly has three of those. Probably best suited as an MEP, not President of Ireland.

I assumed such fightin’ words were being dragged up from decades ago but no, they seemingly represent her current views. Does she realize her dream job entails being as inoffensive as possible on both home and away fixtures?

What are any of these people going to do about houses or hospitals up in the Park? That’s not their job. Higgins was lucky enough not to attract too much attention stateside for some of his more colourful statements but we can’t afford someone even wilder by the looks of things with that maniac in the White House waiting to take offence. Connolly simply does not fit the job description. She’s way too ready to wade into delicate foreign policy matters that would be none of her business.

This is a very odd job. The candidates have to pretend they’re ready to change the country even though they can do no such thing. We big it up too much and force them into these silly performances.

Amongst a certain section of the populace, maybe, Pat.

A large portion out there in the real world. Probably not many in whatever bubble you live in.

The Palestinians are making the decision - which bit of what she said contains a problem for you?

Not the problem at all. Her criticism was of Starmer, why? He said it couldn't involve Hamas, because he knew, being informed, that the Palestinians didn't want them. Connolly being a mouthpiece criticised him for recognising that.

She virtually said it should involve them!

Pretty simple.
You cannot genuinely recognise a state as a sovereign entity and then go on to dictate how it is governed.
Research the British trying that here and having their asses handed to them and climbing down.
What Starmer wants is a dependent puppet government.

If the Palestinians decide Hamas will have nothing to do with the state that's fine and up to them.

We are on the wrong thread to go into the whole Gaza/Palestine solution. But CC, like yourself can't see the trees you're so lost and deep in the woods , well maybe you can but your going to defend CC to the hilt as you would if she were a SFer now.

You cannot dictate who runs a sovereign state.

It is counter to any notion of sovereignty to suggest otherwise.

Those are the very clear trees.

Germany are nazis again

Did someone just mention 'making stuff up'?

You might disagree with the view that part of why Germany was allowed rebuild in the 1930's was a fear of Russia and communism, but it is not unique to me.

American companies were right in there financing and rearming them, Ford, IBM GM etc. They even gave Henry Ford The Grand Cross, the highest Nazi award that could be given to a foreigner.

It's complex and there are other reasons but Germany was seen by some as a potential bulwark against the Russians.