who are you going to vote for in this election (259)
jimbo79: they are not cuts in the north they treasury is just giving them less money it's slightly different
Sinn Fein have agreed to cutbacks in the next 4 years, Catriona Ruane who is education ministe has agreed to spending cutbacks.
Ken35: Sinn Fein have agreed to cutbacks in the next 4 years, Catriona Ruane who is education ministe has agreed to spending cutbacks.
they don't have control over how much money they are given though it is slightly differentnvosiris: I would love to see Maggie and Enda on Vincent Brown
I don't think the auld hag's fit for it any more!
And neither is Maggie!
KingLeonidas: no party in ireland will go into any coalition with sf i spoke to eamon gilmore a fortnight ago in tulsk and he said under no circumstance would he
Oh well the shinners are going to have to become a normal political party before coalition can be considered, amongst people over 35 years of age we can still remember the horror of the troubles, I can remember the misery of Enniskillen in 1987.
I heard Thatcher has dementia now, how Ireland needs a Ronald Reagen now who would provide decisive leadership.
Godsgift: I don't think the auld hag's fit for it any more! And neither is Maggie!
Godsgift: I don't think the auld hag's fit for it any more! And neither is Maggie!
Ok..................
I respect your point of view .... !!!!
nvosiris: I would love to see Maggie and Enda on Vincent Brown
2 scowlers
i think if they had a lovechild it would be a rottweiler
blipper2000: 2 scowlers
i think if they had a lovechild it would be a rottweiler
i think if they had a lovechild it would be a rottweiler
oh im bored.. buzzy111: who do you all plan to vote for, what do you think of enda?
I'll probably vote Independents and Fine Gael, purely because i know their local candidates' backgrounds. And a change cannot do much harm..
But the system is flawed.
In 1997 the PD's got into government with 8 seats. In 2002, that dropped to 4 seats. In 2007 they won 2 seats (surely a mandate to disband and stay out of government) And yet we see Mary Harney sitting pretty in the cabinet until January 2011.
If i had any power, i'd disband the Dáil and let those in the Senate rule. Senators aren't nearly as prejudiced by local issues as TD's seem to be.
blipper2000: 2 scowlers
i think if they had a lovechild it would be a rottweiler
i think if they had a lovechild it would be a rottweiler
A bit like Carol Thatcher
Blipsugar77: oh im bored..
do beards scare you too
we furbys are very easily startled
Youdneverguess: I'll probably vote Independents and Fine Gael, purely because i know their local candidates' backgrounds. And a change cannot do much harm..
But the system is flawed.
In 1997 the PD's got into government with 8 seats. In 2002, that dropped to 4 seats. In 2007 they won 2 seats (surely a mandate to disband and stay out of government) And yet we see Mary Harney sitting pretty in the cabinet until January 2011.
If i had any power, i'd disband the Dáil and let those in the Senate rule. Senators aren't nearly as prejudiced by local issues as TD's seem to be.
on the 25th you get to hold the government to account, if senators were in charge you would never get that opportunityBut the system is flawed.
In 1997 the PD's got into government with 8 seats. In 2002, that dropped to 4 seats. In 2007 they won 2 seats (surely a mandate to disband and stay out of government) And yet we see Mary Harney sitting pretty in the cabinet until January 2011.
If i had any power, i'd disband the Dáil and let those in the Senate rule. Senators aren't nearly as prejudiced by local issues as TD's seem to be.
Ken35: I take it you don't want Dr James Reilly as the next minister for health then if FG are in government
nvosiris: A bit like Carol Thatcher Blip
wasnt she in the jungle with ant and dec from byker grove fame
a snake bit her on the bum
she didnt like that
Ken35: He's promising universal healthcare knowing dam well its unaffordable.
so i can get my gonnerhea treated for nothing
well jump on me back and call me trigger,
im made up
blipper2000: wasnt she in the jungle with ant and dec from byker grove fame
a snake bit her on the bum
she didnt like that
a snake bit her on the bum
she didnt like that
Ya......... That was her !!!!!
You've a fair point, but there's something wrong when men like Michael Lowry and our South Kerry TD Jackie Healy Rae can prop up a government and hold it to ransom over local issues when the public clearly wants them out.
Perhaps i'm wrong, but i think senators seem better vetted or "educated" for the job of governing. Large chunks of the Dáil's opposition don't get any power of persuasion whatsoever unless they form a "group" to get speaking rights, whereas every senator is entitled to contribute their point before a vote. It just seems more disciplined to me...
Perhaps i'm wrong, but i think senators seem better vetted or "educated" for the job of governing. Large chunks of the Dáil's opposition don't get any power of persuasion whatsoever unless they form a "group" to get speaking rights, whereas every senator is entitled to contribute their point before a vote. It just seems more disciplined to me...
nvosiris: Ok.................. I respect your point of view .... !!!!
There was no need for that !!!!!!!!!!! be as smart as you want to be
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Fair play to the mourners at your grandmothers funeral if more decent people in nationalist and loyalist areas in the North had stood up to the provo and UDA sum then the troubles would have ended earlier. The reason why the peace movemnet amongst a group of women in the 70's was unsucessful was because of provo and UDA scum who seemed to believe that murdering people was a better way of achieving their objectives when by the late70's early 80's it was blatantly obvious that the only way to achieve a united Ireland was through the ballot box not the armalite and the bomb.