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Peter Casey to contest the European elections

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  • #92
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Shinners mocking Casey for being a populist.....have yiz no self awareness lads?


  • #93
    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭emo72


    Make Eire Great Again. its gonna be MEGA lads. im ordering 100,000 green caps right now.

    thanks to my man suicide circus...MAKE EIRE GRAND AGAIN! now before i submit the order, are we all happy with this?


  • #94
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    I can see one poster going into overdrive on this thread just as he did with the other Casey thread. Tedious and boring.


  • #95
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    emo72 wrote: »
    Make Eire Great Again. its gonna be MEGA lads. im ordering 100,000 green caps right now.
    change "Great" to "Grand"


  • #96
    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭emo72


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    change "Great" to "Grand"

    dude. i will...keep brainstorming with me. we're on a roll now!


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  • #97
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,820 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Topgear on Dave wrote: »
    England get out of Ireland? :pac:;)

    Don't think that banner was referring to immigration. More 'invasion' I would think.


  • #98
    jmreire
    Registered Users Posts: 8,258 ✭✭✭jmreire


    The way things are in this Country, voters don't see much difference between the parties, and feel that no matter who they vote for ( I am speaking here about Irish General Election's, but the same will apply to the EU elections I think.. ) you will still wind up with maybe different mix, but basically same same. So a lot of voters will not give a damn, and these are the ones who will even bother voting. So People will just say " Casey???? why not? Can't be any worse than what we already have. Considering all the negative comment's about him, be interesting to see what odd's the bookie's will give him this time. But I would not be writing him off anyway.


  • #99
    pjohnson
    Registered Users Posts: 23,139 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    Spleerbun wrote: »
    God forbid somebody say something that the "masses" might agree with.

    Is the alternative to go against what a majority may think in order to stay "pc"?

    If majority agreed he'd be president.


  • #100
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,008 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    Apparently so but he thinks all countries should have their own currencies again.

    He has a point about the immigration system in its current form though.

    If he knocks on your door, Necro, what would you ask him?

    I honestly don't know tbh.

    I'd have to find out what MEPs actually do other than turn up for work first :pac:


  • #101
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    pjohnson wrote: »
    If majority agreed he'd be president.
    he came second to an incumbant with a long exemplary record and mass meme appeal because of his Tolkienesque stature. He was never going to win but he did well because he voiced concerns held by a lot of people in this country.


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  • #102
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,478 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    jmreire wrote: »
    The way things are in this Country, voters don't see much difference between the parties, and feel that no matter who they vote for ( I am speaking here about Irish General Election's, but the same will apply to the EU elections I think.. ) you will still wind up with maybe different mix, but basically same same. So a lot of voters will not give a damn, and these are the ones who will even bother voting. So People will just say " Casey???? why not? Can't be any worse than what we already have. Considering all the negative comment's about him, be interesting to see what odd's the bookie's will give him this time. But I would not be writing him off anyway.

    He is only standing as an independent because Fianna Fail rejected his application to join the party. He probably will not mention this in his campaign


  • #103
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,820 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    He is only standing as an independent because Fianna Fail rejected his application to join the party. He probably will not mention this in his campaign

    Yeh, what happened that takeover...shouldn't he be FF leader now?
    Politicians and promises eh? :)


  • #104
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,008 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Just so I have it clear:

    He's not running on an Irexit ticket.

    But he does want Ireland to leave the single currency.

    He dislikes (rightly) that travellers have ethnic status.

    Something something immigration.

    He's a successful business man.


  • #105
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,820 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    he came second to an incumbant with a long exemplary record and mass meme appeal because of his Tolkienesque stature. He was never going to win but he did well because he voiced concerns held by a lot of people in this country.

    The bitterness is strong there, I'll give you that. Not only do you demean the president but those who voted for him too. Well done


  • #106
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,339 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    He's pretty shameless, he'll have lots to say in the media that'll keep his profile high. What might catch him is the fact he only had a short while before the Presidential election to enjoy a raised profile. If he keeps talking for an extended period of time before these elections eventually people will cotton on to the fact that he's fairly clueless.


  • #107
    Phoebas
    Registered Users Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭Phoebas


    Necro wrote: »
    Genuinely curious as to what he has done during his time as an MEP. Perhaps you could enlighten me?

    He took his first year off. Apparently his wife wasn't feeling well so Ming decided to stay off work to mind her.

    He did manage to turn up for water protest photo ops. Nice job if you can get it at €140k a year.

    It'd be nice if we could get some candidates for our few MEP positions who actually know about and care about the EU and want to get involved in proposing and debating EU legislation.


  • #108
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    The bitterness is strong there, I'll give you that. Not only do you demean the president but those who voted for him too. Well done

    ah dont worry Francie, Casey wont be able to steal the populist mantle from SF, he's no threat, relax


  • #109
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,820 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    ah dont worry Francie, Casey wont be able to steal the populist mantle from SF, he's no threat, relax

    My chosen candidate won handsomely last time Peter tried the lowest common denominator policy option, it will be interesting to see what windmills he attacks this time.


  • #110
    [Deleted User]
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    Necro wrote: »
    I honestly don't know tbh.

    I'd have to find out what MEPs actually do other than turn up for work first :pac:

    Taken from European Parliament page....
    What do MEPs do?

    Your MEPs are your elected representatives in the EU and they represent your interests and those of your city or region in Europe. They listen to people with local and national concerns, interest groups and businesses. They can question and lobby the Commission and the Council of Ministers.


    Above all, MEPs pass laws that affect many aspects of our lives, for example:

    how many hours employees throughout the EU can be required to work and how much rest and holiday they must be given;
    which pesticides are safe to use on the food grown in the EU;
    how much you pay for mobile phone calls when you go to another EU country;
    how to use and label Genetically Modified Organisms;
    making children's toys safe;
    the safety of thousands of chemicals used in everyday manufactured goods such as TVs and sofas;
    cleaning up the air we breathe and the water we drink and swim in;
    getting health care in another EU country either on holiday or when the queue is too long in your own country;
    making it easier to study at university in another EU country.

    I dunno whether to laugh or cry. I think I might try for the role. €140k a year plus expenses???


  • #111
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,008 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote:
    I dunno whether to laugh or cry. I think I might try for the role. €140k a year plus expenses???

    You've got my vote anyways! :D


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  • #112
    paw patrol
    Registered Users Posts: 2,314 ✭✭✭paw patrol


    Rocco Tiny Wingspan wrote: »
    What are the main things Ming has achieved as an MEP?

    His voting rate of just 16 percent in European Parliament plenary sessions is abysmal. The average across MEPs is about 75 percent.
    Tell me how wrote: »
    He was tweeting recently that he has attended 94 out of 95 meetings of a particular committee which he is involved with over there.

    MIngs wife was quite ill for a period and he was absent, I think that is reasonable. Outside of that period his attendance is decent.

    Ming is highly thought of , I'd doubt Casey will take his seat , maybe get Casey will get votes off the FF/FG faithful.


  • #113
    Danzy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,236 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Phoebas wrote: »
    He took his first year off. Apparently his wife wasn't feeling well so Ming decided to stay off work to mind her.

    He did manage to turn up for water protest photo ops. Nice job if you can get it at €140k a year.

    It'd be nice if we could get some candidates for our few MEP positions who actually know about and care about the EU and want to get involved in proposing and debating EU legislation.

    Meps can't propose legislation, they can only deal with the things the commission puts forward.


  • #114
    Danzy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,236 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Phoebas wrote: »
    He took his first year off. Apparently his wife wasn't feeling well so Ming decided to stay off work to mind her.

    He did manage to turn up for water protest photo ops. Nice job if you can get it at €140k a year.

    It'd be nice if we could get some candidates for our few MEP positions who actually know about and care about the EU and want to get involved in proposing and debating EU legislation.

    Flanagan has a good reputation in the Eu, he seems to be a hard worker.


  • #115
    Topgear on Dave
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Topgear on Dave


    Ming, like him or loathe him, is a professional politician. Casey is not.


  • #116
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Danzy wrote: »
    Flanagan has a good reputation in the Eu, he seems to be a hard worker.
    A good reputation as a bull ****ter


  • #117
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,787 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Is he running on an Irexit ticket?

    The Irexit party are supporting him

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #118
    Phoebas
    Registered Users Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭Phoebas


    Danzy wrote: »
    Meps can't propose legislation, they can only deal with the things the commission puts forward.

    True - they can amend legislation 'though.

    Hopefully this time around we'll elect some people who want to do the job and not just have a local popularity contest again.


  • #119
    Phoebas
    Registered Users Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭Phoebas


    Danzy wrote: »
    Flanagan has a good reputation in the Eu, he seems to be a hard worker.

    He skived off for a full year.


  • #120
    Danzy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,236 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Edgware wrote: »
    A good reputation as a bull ****ter

    No, not according to people in the EU.

    What ever you think of his political views, he dies seem to take it seriously.

    Most of the independent or smaller parties, across Europe tend to, may be they have to as party block voting will carry others across.

    We've had commissioners in the last 20 years who often were at meetings pissed out of their mind and not the only there's to be.


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  • #121
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Phoebas wrote:
    He skived off for a full year.


    He looked after his sick wife, thought this was covered several times here.


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