Presidential Election 2025

Pridnestrovia has a population of ethnic Russians and Russiaphiles that broke away from Moldova in Yeltsin’s time not Putin’s

It does have a Russian army garrison yes whose soldiers funnily enough fly home through Chisinau

They used go through Odessa but not since the war

It’s an unrecognised country in of itself and completely different to the circumstances in Eastern Ukraine or Crimea in the sense that no subterfuge was required

None of this is really or should be relevant to the presidential election anyway except for CC either dragging it up or more so the case now the media being bored

The genie is out of the bottle though

 blamed USA, Nato, EU

Has criticised them.

I find this type of comment so frustrating, RE 'principled honest direct Politicians'

Corbyn was principled, honest and direct. And his sincerely held beliefs led the Torys to win a landslide, and drag the UK out of the EU, at a time when the public would have voted Remain by LANDSLIDE, in a second referendum.

Because Corbyn is NOT a politician, he is an activist. And sadly, it would appear that CC roughly the same.

Connolly's principles are bogus.

Ireland's political, economic and defensive integrity, and future reunification, are far too far down her list of priorities at the best of times, but especially for a person who aspires to be head of state and keeper of the Constitution.

Her utterances this week on several matters have been almost farcical.

But like I was saying the other day, it's the international stuff she seems to be most invested in

And being asked about from the get go.

We are not going to have a harsh budget. Benefits will be increased by more than inflation, tax allowances will at least be indexed, student fees will be reduced. There will be additional infrastructure investment. While some people may be difficulties, there is no a general cost of living crisis, wages increased 5.5% last year when inflation was 2.1%.

If you define good as harsh, then you will have a miserable life.

Soft Power matters too. Trump seems very thin skinned and some political smooching is necessary to stay in his good books. We saw that with the state visit in the UK recently.

I said there is no general cost of living crisis. There is too much Béal bocht in what are actually reasonable times.

As difficult as it is for you to accept. Corbyn walked labour into the sea during the 2019 election. Which was the last election before brexit, where the prospect of a second referendum seemed possible.

Rather than get out there, and highlight the pivotal moment in history, that the UK faced - and that this was britains ONLY chance to avoid the Iceberg

• Corbyn ran on the platform of negotiating his left wing brexit, and had to be dragged into committing to a second referendum at the 11th hour.
• because Corbyn is a closet Euroskeptic (a Bennite), the most he could come up with was that in a second ref, he would 'remain neutral'
• Vast nationalization of a tonne of industries, despite it not being viable according to economists of the day
• He then spent the election campaign unable to avoid talking about Gaza and Palestine, and unwilling, politically, to fully walk back positive things he had stated about Hamas and Hezbollah

And he got trounced.

Honestly il just leave it there, because i dont think i can get through to the modern Day Activist class of left winger.

All i can say is that you can lose an election, but be proud of how you conducted yourself. You stood for your principles, and you remain proud. And well done, i congratulate you!

But you still lost. The other guy won. Always remember that.

We also have some of the highest wages in Europe, I pay less for my car insurance than I did 30 years ago, and most people own their own houses.

• Student Fees are being reduced by 500 euro, from the previous temporary reduction of 1000 euro. Therefore NET - fees are up by 500 euro
• The cost of living crisis has continued, adding further strain on the poorest of our society. FFG have acknowledged this, freely. And decided that they will offer ZERO one off payments this year.
• FFG have also acknowledged that energy prices are still increasing, and after giving everyone 2 x 125 euro energy credits last year - they believe the best course of action, is to give ZERO energy credits this year

We can get into the weeds on this but honestly. The cost of living crisis is well underway, although some in society are not feeling it. Im happy for people who fall into this catagory, but be advised; Those outside this bracked, on lower incomes, are feeling the pinch increase year on year.

Im not going to get into name calling- i do not have a miserable life - but i do have leaving certificate maths. Please review the budget previews above, which have all been published and discussed. If you do not find them harsh, then i honestly dont know what else to say

OK id ask you to look up the details on this - the UK formally left the EU in January 2020 - right before covid - the BJ withdrawal agreement on future trade came in the following year

The election that cemented brexit, and prevented a second referendum was December 2019 - the election that Corbyn lost utterly - his last one as leader of the Labour party

The second referendum could have occured if Labour had won that election - as polling data at the time suggested Remain would win by as much as 60% - and it was (finally) on labours 2019 election manifesto

The election you are speaking of was the 2017 election - 2 years prior

The 2009 budget was harsh, a budget that increases expenditure is not harsh, it is normal.