Is it just me or have SF vanished?

20-03-2020 8:06pm

suicide_circus wrote: »

they won't be happy that Leo and Co seem to be doing a reasonable job over the virus. its a major potential banana skin for any government and FG seem to be keeping it together so far. Leo, as far as his abilities allow, did a good job with his state of the nation address.

Is that not called “damned with faint praise” ??

20-03-2020 8:11pm

Huntergonzo wrote: »

What disappear like SF have in the current crisis! ;-)

Maybe even disappear further, it's not like SF don't know people, you know.

suicide_circus · 20-03-2020 8:13pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Is that not called “damned with faint praise” ??

well he's a snakey clown and no great orator but his delivery fitted the bill and served the purpose

Huntergonzo · 20-03-2020 8:14pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Maybe even disappear further, it's not like SF don't know people, you know.

Oh shít ye :-(

Anyway they'll be back with a bang once things have all settled down, rest assured.

20-03-2020 8:24pm

suicide_circus wrote: »

well he's a snakey clown and no great orator but his delivery fitted the bill and served the purpose

Indeed so. Compare and contrast with Boris. Or the Donald. God help the UK and USA. Although I see that Boris is coming late to the party.....

Jimbob1977 · 20-03-2020 8:28pm

Simply put, Fine Gael are in government and they control the levers of power.

Sinn Fein, for the moment, are the opposition.

20-03-2020 9:29pm

Huntergonzo wrote: »

Oh shít ye :-(

Anyway they'll be back with a bang once things have all settled down, rest assured.

Absolutely. They'll be out in a few weeks saying how they would have done everything better and some saps will believe them.

blanch152 · 20-03-2020 10:26pm

Grab All Association wrote: »

Yet the millionth SF thread

SF are always the victim.

Funny how they were able to collapse Stormont over an Irish Language Act, yet last week when they could have collapsed Stormont over schools not closing, they did not do so.

In a choice between protest and positive action, protest always wins with SF.

ted1 · 20-03-2020 10:29pm

sydthebeat wrote: »

Mary lous kid goes to the Dublin school that was one of the first affected, so she has been in isolation every since.

This isn't a time for political point scoring.

They are looking after their families

That’s utter rubbish. Three other parents of kids in that school work with me. The parents were told that they don’t need to isolate only the kids. It’s her playing the victim card as usual.

blanch152 · 20-03-2020 10:32pm

Greyfox wrote: »

I wish all the anti SF eejits would just go away, now is not the time to be acting like silly children

When you spend your life hiding from the spotlight, you sure don’t like it when it is turned on you. That is why some people don’t like these threads.

blanch152 · 20-03-2020 10:35pm

ted1 wrote: »

That’s utter rubbish. Three other parents of kids in that school work with me. The parents were told that they don’t need to isolate only the kids. It’s her playing the victim card as usual.

Not only that, she set an early example of ignoring the rules set out by the HSE. The Irish entitlement culture live by the “I know best” and “I will do what I want” rules and rather than give real leadership and follow the expert guidelines, Mary-Lou played to that gallery.

Umaro · 20-03-2020 10:41pm

SF say something: "They should shut the hell up and let FG sort this out."

SF say nothing: "Well well well, look at the cowardly Shinners hiding out when there's a real crisis."

Lantus · 20-03-2020 10:52pm

It's a no win scenario for all tds. Sf don't want to form a government and be responsible for morgue trucks.

risteard7 · 20-03-2020 11:05pm

Aidan Harney wrote: »

MLMD was just on the radio there with Dermot and dave on an 'ask me anything'

"Demot & Dave" dear God, that's the place for her. SF would have a high vote from their listeners alright

dh1985 · 20-03-2020 11:17pm

risteard7 wrote: »

"Demot & Dave" dear God, that's the place for her. SF would have a high vote from their listeners alright

I would have thought they were more niall boylan fans tbh

corks finest · 20-03-2020 11:18pm

No just being responsible

corks finest · 20-03-2020 11:19pm

Well they haven't gone away you know

what2do · 21-03-2020 12:29am

Whatever your political leanings, Sinn Fein being in government now would be a disaster..... this is nothing personal but they have no experience or networks within the government departments - SF have not been in government and now is not the time for a new government (however formed) to be finding their feet

So basically now is a time for silence!

Greyfox · 21-03-2020 12:52am

blanch152 wrote: »

That is why some people don’t like these threads.

No people don't like them because it's anti SF people trying to score points by looking for silly oppertunities to knock the party when in reality keeping quiet is the right thing for SF to do. We all need to take a little break from any FG/FF/SF talk.

ted1 · 21-03-2020 3:15am

Who the F*** sound want to form a government right now ? We’re going to have a bigger crash than 2008. No money in the country to deliver on promises, and having to make drastic cuts.

Plumbthedepths · 21-03-2020 3:23am

ted1 wrote: »

Who the F*** sound want to form a government right now ? We’re going to have a bigger crash than 2008. No money in the country to deliver on promises, and having to make drastic cuts.

Actually everyone is going to be in the same boat , no country can point at another and say you lived beyond your means ala 2011.
People will be willing to accept things ordinarily unacceptable but with a caveat as to why they are necessary.
Honestly we can come out of this crisis better than imagined if the while of society is valued.

astrofool · 21-03-2020 5:21pm

If the SF manifesto previously looked foolish...

21-03-2020 5:22pm

Pkiernan wrote: »

I haven't seen or heard anything from Mary Lou, Slab Murphy and other good Republicans in ages.

What's going on?

What exactly do you want SF to do right now? Argue everything the government are trying to do? You’d be doing some gurning then.

kingbhome · 21-03-2020 5:25pm

Pkiernan wrote: »

I haven't seen or heard anything from Mary Lou, Slab Murphy and other good Republicans in ages.

What's going on?

Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't haha.

nelly17 · 21-03-2020 5:26pm

In the days after the election (I did not vote SF BTW) I thought " you know what yeah, maby it's time for change" and I was on board. Now, I'm glad they are not in Government.

blanch152 · 21-03-2020 6:05pm

Greyfox wrote: »

No people don't like them because it's anti SF people trying to score points by looking for silly oppertunities to knock the party when in reality keeping quiet is the right thing for SF to do. We all need to take a little break from any FG/FF/SF talk.

Funnily you will always find that it is pro-SF posters who have the highest post-count on any of the threads related to Sinn Fein, or indeed any other party-political issue.

If they took the break, there would be nothing to say. As it is, pointing out the foolishness of the pro-SF defence is an entertaining diversion in these difficult times.

smurgen · 21-03-2020 6:14pm

blanch152 wrote: »

Funnily you will always find that it is pro-SF posters who have the highest post-count on any of the threads related to Sinn Fein, or indeed any other party-political issue.

If they took the break, there would be nothing to say. As it is, pointing out the foolishness of the pro-SF defence is an entertaining diversion in these difficult times.

Funny any Sinn Fein thread you're in there. A Green party supporter with Sinn Fein derangent syndrome.

smurgen · 21-03-2020 6:15pm

astrofool wrote: »

If the SF manifesto previously looked foolish...

What you mean? Not any more so than FFG's. Possible alot less.

Millionaire only not · 21-03-2020 6:18pm

sydthebeat wrote: »

Mary lous kid goes to the Dublin school that was one of the first affected, so she has been in isolation every since.

This isn't a time for political point scoring.

They are looking after their families

So have Harris and Simon Coveney children , point scoring Sinn Fein would be good at that

Millionaire only not · 21-03-2020 6:22pm

biko wrote: »

I suppose this goes to show how bombarded we are with snippets and images every day, and how politicians must stay in the press or be considered vanished.

Funnily sinn Fein were in our our face 24/7 up to 2 weeks ago ! Complaining and complaining but no action , there a great opposition party but please leave them there

Millionaire only not · 21-03-2020 6:26pm

zoobizoo wrote: »

They're writing letters.....

Mary Lou in an interview the other night: "I wrote a letter to the Taoiseach outlining what needs to be done/what needed to be done".

Pearse Doherty: "I wrote a letter to the banks telling them what needs to be done"

How are these letters delivered?
Are they read?

SF have a funny way of trying to claim that they have some influence from these letters...

Pearse was like one that the bank officials were waiting at a desk for his letter to arrive for advice on what to do next ! Omg the arrogance of them

Millionaire only not · 21-03-2020 6:28pm

Rows Grower wrote: »

Pearse Doherty's wife re registered as a nurse to help fight the Covid 19 so he's probably a stay at home dad at the moment.

Probably not allowed she was a nurse in a private army !

Millionaire only not · 21-03-2020 6:33pm

ronaneire wrote: »

That was from the 2nd of March for two weeks. Self isolation is well over. If you are in self ioslation, there is still plenty of ways to communicate to the outside world!

She was probably busy investing slabs recent inheritance on the collapse of shares

Millionaire only not · 21-03-2020 6:38pm

Irene Fresh Noblewoman wrote: »

The fact Varadkar is a detached doctor in a family of doctors did no favours to his popularity when the biggest concerns were about access to housing and healthcare for people outside that sort of social sphere.

Now his detachment comes across as courageous rather than indifferent, and his family are right in the middle of what's coming, not aloof from it all. He's been impressive since they started actually doing something, and his speeches have been superb.

FG bear significant responsibility for state of the health service. But right now people are concerned with what is right in front of us. And with that they inspire infinitely more confidence than SF, FF or the greens would.

So SF are quiet because attacking them might just highlight this.

Or it might show sf for what they really are - wasters

21-03-2020 6:41pm

Millionaire only not wrote: »

Or it might show sf for what they really are - wasters

Every politician is a waster, even whoever you’re a little fanboy of.

Millionaire only not · 21-03-2020 6:50pm

I see sheep wrote: »

What have FG done that's any good in connection to COVID-19?

Have a useless health system?

It showed the hospital and trolley crisis does not really exist only clogged up with social welfare recipients because working people have go to work and no time for a/e with a sniffle .
Doctors as bad giving them letters to go !

Millionaire only not · 21-03-2020 6:53pm

Greyfox wrote: »

I wish all the anti SF eejits would just go away, now is not the time to be acting like silly children

Or all the sf boardies would piss off !

Millionaire only not · 21-03-2020 6:56pm

dh1985 wrote: »

I would have thought they were more niall boylan fans tbh

Niall Boylan followed by love island !

Millionaire only not · 21-03-2020 6:57pm

kingbhome wrote: »

Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't haha.

Dammed if u don’t sees to have won at there council meeting with slab

Sweet.Science · 21-03-2020 10:03pm

Their finance guy has piped up saying he would give laid off worker's 525 euro a week for 20 weeks

Id give them 550 euro for 26 weeks

Millionaire only not · 21-03-2020 10:30pm

Sweet.Science wrote: »

Their finance guy has piped up saying he would give laid off worker's 525 euro a week for 20 weeks

Id give them 550 euro for 26 weeks

28 weeks if u vote for me next election!

Junkyard Tom · 21-03-2020 11:49pm

After WWII the British electorate swung dramatically left, embraced social democracy, and Labour were given a powerful mandate to introduce sweeping reforms that included the NHS and massive Public Housing building schemes. I could see a similar swing away from the two all-things-to-all-men FF/FG parties.

Whatever happens the world will be very different politically after all this.

maccored · 22-03-2020 1:48am

theres quite a lot from Pierce Doherty on social media. just because the indo isnt slagging SF off doesnt meant theyve disappeared

Auguste Comte · 22-03-2020 2:14am

Millionaire only not wrote: »

It showed the hospital and trolley crisis does not really exist only clogged up with social welfare recipients because working people have go to work and no time for a/e with a sniffle .
Doctors as bad giving them letters to go !

The FFG comical Ali is in da house.....

storker · 22-03-2020 2:21am

Millionaire only not wrote: »

Or all the sf boardies would piss off !

...with the FFG fanboys and their pathetic point-scoring in the face of a serious world=-wide health emergency.

avalidusername · 22-03-2020 2:22am

zoobizoo wrote: »

Paul Donnelly SF soon realised that after his tweet about Varadkar's speech,

What was it? He's my local TD so I should know about it! :eek:

Plumbthedepths · 22-03-2020 2:29am

Yeah OP it's just you SF hasn't disappeared.

John_Rambo · 22-03-2020 2:38am

Sinn Fein have cravenly backed off into the hedge when there's a proper crisis in true Homer Simpson style

When the real women and men of Ireland are trying to get the country back on it's feet Sinn Fein will come out of the cowardly hibernation and start off the mouthing, barracking, bitching and usual sniping.

Then the usual dullards, mouth breathers and armchair revolutinoaries will shakily stand up in front of their tv's and laptops, shake their fists, and do nothing other than vote for them, then they'll sit back down, fart and belch and continue being utterly useless.

Plumbthedepths · 22-03-2020 3:18am

John_Rambo wrote: »

Sinn Fein have cravenly backed off into the hedge when there's a proper crisis in true Homer Simpson style

When the real women and men of Ireland are trying to get the country back on it's feet Sinn Fein will come out of the cowardly hibernation and start off the mouthing, barracking, bitching and usual sniping.

Then the usual dullards, mouth breathers and armchair revolutinoaries will shakily stand up in front of their tv's and laptops, shake their fists, and do nothing other than vote for them, then they'll sit back down, fart and belch and continue being utterly useless.

You clearly have no idea of what the constitution says after an election. The previous government stays in place till a new government is formed. Form what I can see all parties are fully backing the actions of the present government with a few suggestions.

solidasarock · 22-03-2020 4:48am

Dont worry. I am sure they will sudden have lots to say about FG's handling of the virus once its all blown over in 6 to 8 months.

Is it just me or have SF vanished?

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