Irish election

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papasmurf

#17
February 11, 2020, 04:48:12 PM
Quote from: Streetwalker post_id=16119 time=1581439211 user_id=53
Is that your final answer or do you want to phone a friend ?


"Our Irish friends," have been commenting  ad nauseum on their own politics.
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Streetwalker

#16
February 11, 2020, 04:40:11 PM
Quote from: papasmurf post_id=16116 time=1581438246 user_id=89
The wall to wall news coverage of the Irish elections.


Is that your final answer or do you want to phone a friend ?

papasmurf

#15
February 11, 2020, 04:24:06 PM
Quote from: Streetwalker post_id=16109 time=1581437014 user_id=53
Whats that's got to do with the price of fish


The wall to wall news coverage of the Irish elections.
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patman post

#14
February 11, 2020, 04:14:11 PM
Quote from: "patman post" post_id=15739 time=1581088416 user_id=70
They may not gain a whole bunch of seats, but they could, perhaps, do well enough to push any coalition into governing with them in mind...

Guess I was wrong there — but it appears demands for a referendum on uniting Ireland will be harder to resist...
On climate change — we're talking, we're beginning to act, but we're still not doing enough...

Streetwalker

#13
February 11, 2020, 04:03:34 PM
Quote from: papasmurf post_id=16097 time=1581433861 user_id=89
Don't you have a television?


Whats that's got to do with the price of fish

papasmurf

#12
February 11, 2020, 03:11:01 PM
Quote from: Streetwalker post_id=16093 time=1581432454 user_id=53




 Strange that our Irish friends that are so keen to comment on UK politics are thus far silent on their own .


Don't you have a television?
Nemini parco qui vivit in orbe

Streetwalker

#11
February 11, 2020, 02:47:34 PM
What is it with the EU that drives its member states toward Nationalism ?



 Strange that our Irish friends that are so keen to comment on UK politics are thus far silent on their own .

patman post

#10
February 10, 2020, 02:17:41 PM
Quote from: Borchester post_id=16004 time=1581343832 user_id=62
It could be, but Sinn Fein appears to be Corbynism with added kneecapping. Their election manifesto promised wage rises for everyone, better housing, reform of the health system, higher taxes on the rich and every other fashionable left wing policy. They Micks seem keen enough on a vote for reunification, but I doubt that it is going much of a look in once the Fenians get a sniff of real power and start having to deliver on their other promises.

Proved the case in the UK for the LibDems, but looks like Sinn Fein has greater support. Tiocfaidh ár lá...
On climate change — we're talking, we're beginning to act, but we're still not doing enough...

Borchester

#9
February 10, 2020, 02:10:32 PM
Quote from: "patman post" post_id=15999 time=1581342740 user_id=70
But Sinn Féin seems to have more votes than either Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael. Looks likely a vote on reunification could be the price for forming a government...


It could be, but Sinn Fein appears to be Corbynism with added kneecapping. Their election manifesto promised wage rises for everyone, better housing, reform of the health system, higher taxes on the rich and every other fashionable left wing policy. They Micks seem keen enough on a vote for reunification, but I doubt that it is going much of a look in once the Fenians get a sniff of real power and start having to deliver on their other promises.
Algerie Francais !

patman post

#8
February 10, 2020, 01:52:20 PM
Quote from: Borchester post_id=15783 time=1581119780 user_id=62
42 actually, which is just over a quarter of the 159 seats up for grabs.

But Sinn Féin seems to have more votes than either Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael. Looks likely a vote on reunification could be the price for forming a government...
On climate change — we're talking, we're beginning to act, but we're still not doing enough...

Borchester

#7
February 07, 2020, 11:56:20 PM
Quote from: papasmurf post_id=15737 time=1581088136 user_id=89
Sinn Fein is standing in around half of the constituencies.


42 actually, which is just over a quarter of the 159 seats up for grabs.
Algerie Francais !

patman post

#6
February 07, 2020, 03:13:36 PM
Quote from: papasmurf post_id=15737 time=1581088136 user_id=89
Sinn Fein is standing in around half of the constituencies.

They may not gain a whole bunch of seats, but they could, perhaps, do well enough to push any coalition into governing with them in mind...
On climate change — we're talking, we're beginning to act, but we're still not doing enough...

patman post

#5
February 07, 2020, 03:10:16 PM
Quote from: T00ts post_id=15735 time=1581086288 user_id=54
Really - do you think those in Northern Ireland would play ball with that?

Would they have any choice? The govt already reneged on the promise of "no customs barrier", and the Loyalists in Stormont now appear to be weaker. I'll give it 20 years before a united Ireland and the UK are just good neighbours — the ties are too strong for anything else...
On climate change — we're talking, we're beginning to act, but we're still not doing enough...

papasmurf

#4
February 07, 2020, 03:08:56 PM
Quote from: "patman post" post_id=15731 time=1581084909 user_id=70
Sinn Féin seems to be gaining substantial support,


Sinn Fein is standing in around half of the constituencies.
Nemini parco qui vivit in orbe

T00ts

#3
February 07, 2020, 02:38:08 PM
Quote from: "patman post" post_id=15731 time=1581084909 user_id=70
Sinn Féin seems to be gaining substantial support, so Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil may find themselves unable to arrange their usual coalitions. And that might just get the impetus needed to achieve a united Ireland...


Really - do you think those in Northern Ireland would play ball with that?
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