The Fine Gael thread

[Rossfan]

Convenient FG and FF are pushing this issue right now.
To deflect problems with Irish Water? Poor by election results?

Yes of course, sexual abuse stories linking heads of parties are non-events really.

Imagine the Shinners if Kenny or Martin were involved.

+1.

[Maguire01]

Convenient FG and FF are pushing this issue right now.
To deflect problems with Irish Water? Poor by election results?

Should they have ignored the issue?

[Farrandeelin]

Convenient FG and FF are pushing this issue right now.
To deflect problems with Irish Water? Poor by election results?

SF had poor by election results as well in case you didn't notice.

[armaghniac]

Convenient FG and FF are pushing this issue right now.
To deflect problems with Irish Water? Poor by election results?

Perhaps because it is in the news now?
SF complaining about people calling them out on this is a bit like a Tyrone person complaining about diving.

[mrdeeds]

Frank Feighan has some neck. Check out his twitter feed. Naming a new wing of hospital after himself after being responsible for closing of A and E services. Couldn't make it up.

[Rossfan]

Frank Feighan has some neck. Check out his twitter feed. Naming a new wing of hospital after himself after being responsible for closing of A and E services. Couldn't make it up.

He's a bloody politician - it goes with the territory.
Meanwhile in other news Pope Francis is a Catholic...

[foxcommander]

Frank Feighan has some neck. Check out his twitter feed. Naming a new wing of hospital after himself after being responsible for closing of A and E services. Couldn't make it up.

That is just unbelievable. It's not his money. Who lets them away with this?
He really has a brass neck, just like the rest of these parasites in his party.

[foxcommander]

The Taoiseach said the issue with Saturday's protest was far beyond whether people could afford to pay for water.
He said there was a more "sinister agenda" at play.

Really what Kenny is saying is that he thinks that the people are too dumb to protest and they are being manipulated into doing so. Now he's playing the victim, especially with his car being blocked. Poor Joan Burton had a water balloon thrown at her allegedly.

You can protest all you want as long as it doesn't affect the people you are targeting. Very Father Ted.

[muppet]

The Taoiseach said the issue with Saturday's protest was far beyond whether people could afford to pay for water.
He said there was a more "sinister agenda" at play.

Really what Kenny is saying is that he thinks that the people are too dumb to protest and they are being manipulated into doing so. Now he's playing the victim, especially with his car being blocked. Poor Joan Burton had a water balloon thrown at her allegedly.

You can protest all you want as long as it doesn't affect the people you are targeting. Very Father Ted.

FF, FG & SF voted for the Bank Guarantee. Everything else is a consequence of that.

[foxcommander]

The Taoiseach said the issue with Saturday's protest was far beyond whether people could afford to pay for water.
He said there was a more "sinister agenda" at play.

Really what Kenny is saying is that he thinks that the people are too dumb to protest and they are being manipulated into doing so. Now he's playing the victim, especially with his car being blocked. Poor Joan Burton had a water balloon thrown at her allegedly.

You can protest all you want as long as it doesn't affect the people you are targeting. Very Father Ted.

FF, FG & SF voted for the Bank Guarantee. Everything else is a consequence of that.

What I'm more puzzled by is the statements by Enda regarding sinister elements. Are the people of the state considered sinister?

Who is he telling? The people who voted him in or the people he is really serving.

[muppet]

The Taoiseach said the issue with Saturday's protest was far beyond whether people could afford to pay for water.
He said there was a more "sinister agenda" at play.

Really what Kenny is saying is that he thinks that the people are too dumb to protest and they are being manipulated into doing so. Now he's playing the victim, especially with his car being blocked. Poor Joan Burton had a water balloon thrown at her allegedly.

You can protest all you want as long as it doesn't affect the people you are targeting. Very Father Ted.

FF, FG & SF voted for the Bank Guarantee. Everything else is a consequence of that.

What I'm more puzzled by is the statements by Enda regarding sinister elements. Are the people of the state considered sinister?

Who is he telling? The people who voted him in or the people he is really serving.

He is serving the Troika. Just like the rest of us are and the next few Governments will do as well.

[macdanger2]

The Taoiseach said the issue with Saturday's protest was far beyond whether people could afford to pay for water.
He said there was a more "sinister agenda" at play.

Really what Kenny is saying is that he thinks that the people are too dumb to protest and they are being manipulated into doing so. Now he's playing the victim, especially with his car being blocked. Poor Joan Burton had a water balloon thrown at her allegedly.

You can protest all you want as long as it doesn't affect the people you are targeting. Very Father Ted.

Protesting now is a complete waste of time, that ship sailed way back when we bailed out the banks. People didn't protest back then because it wasn't hitting them directly in the pocket.

The country is running a massive (5Bn?) deficit, how do we expect to pay for services??

[Farrandeelin]

Will the government fall before Spring 2016?

[muppet]

Will the government fall before Spring 2016?

No and no one wants it to either.

Labour will be terrified of an election at any time and FG will have told their increasingly squeamish troops that next years budget will be a giveaway. They will go the distance.

Gerry & SF need to appear all stately between now and then as they plan to be in the next Government. Fighting on the streets will not help them so we won't see any from them, but equally keeping everyone on message needs a lot of promises. The promises will only be a problem after the election.

FF will go into Government with anyone next time. But they are in no rush to an election either as the collapse is still fresh in some memories, even if many seem to have forgotten how we got here.

The lunatic fringe of a left leaning are behind the most public of the current protests. The questionable behaviour is to make sure that no ordinary people like most of us here, join up. They don't want us. They have their niche and run a crusade every few years (bin tax, property tax etc.) but are not serious about actually getting anywhere. The organisers make a great living off the easily led, but there are very few of them remotely genuine.

So, as no one wants an election in the short term, I honestly can't see one happening.

Which means there will probably be one in 8 weeks. 

[foxcommander]

The Taoiseach said the issue with Saturday's protest was far beyond whether people could afford to pay for water.
He said there was a more "sinister agenda" at play.

Really what Kenny is saying is that he thinks that the people are too dumb to protest and they are being manipulated into doing so. Now he's playing the victim, especially with his car being blocked. Poor Joan Burton had a water balloon thrown at her allegedly.

You can protest all you want as long as it doesn't affect the people you are targeting. Very Father Ted.

FF, FG & SF voted for the Bank Guarantee. Everything else is a consequence of that.

What I'm more puzzled by is the statements by Enda regarding sinister elements. Are the people of the state considered sinister?

Who is he telling? The people who voted him in or the people he is really serving.

He is serving the Troika. Just like the rest of us are and the next few Governments will do as well.

It's still hard to fathom why someone who holds the public with so much contempt has any popular support at all.