The Fine Gael thread

[seafoid]

His announcement reminded me of Klopp.

[Captain Obvious]

Jumping before he was pushed?

[marty34]

There are about 10 FG TDs who are not standing again at the next election.  Maybe a few more to come.  Deserting the sinking ship.

They obviously see the writing on the wall.

Give the people a vote on it now.

Could be a woman - trying to outdo MLMD's little piece of history. 

[seafoid]

Jumping before he was pushed?

He obviously took the political temperature and got out while he could.

[Milltown Row2]

Probably like that well know soccer manager.. just got tired and wants to chill out from all the crap!

[Eire90]

are they terrified of the rise of the far right are they going to call early general election to minimise damage.

[Eamonnca1]

Whoever takes over may inherit a poisoned chalice. Inflation is not over.

Inflation is down to 2.3%. It peaked at 9.6% in 2022.

[seafoid]

Whoever takes over may inherit a poisoned chalice. Inflation is not over.

Inflation is down to 2.3%. It peaked at 9.6% in 2022.

Inflation peaked 3 times in the 1970s. The yield curve is still inverted and interest rates are still high. Inflation is very sticky.

[Sportacus]

Undoubtedly, his greatest error as Taoiseach was to give Boris Johnson a compromise deal on Brexit when they met in the Wirral that time. Tories were sinking fast without it and it allowed Johnson put through an agreement he subsequently tried to renege on and never had any intention of upholding.

Are you saying you'd rather he had ignored the opportunity to lock down no hard border so that he could sink the Tories?

[seafoid]

Undoubtedly, his greatest error as Taoiseach was to give Boris Johnson a compromise deal on Brexit when they met in the Wirral that time. Tories were sinking fast without it and it allowed Johnson put through an agreement he subsequently tried to renege on and never had any intention of upholding.

Are you saying you'd rather he had ignored the opportunity to lock down no hard border so that he could sink the Tories?

I don't think that was a mistake. Boris Johnson walked into a trap. He couldn't reopen the border and he couldn't get a good deal.

[seafoid]

Undoubtedly, his greatest error as Taoiseach was to give Boris Johnson a compromise deal on Brexit when they met in the Wirral that time. Tories were sinking fast without it and it allowed Johnson put through an agreement he subsequently tried to renege on and never had any intention of upholding.

Are you saying you'd rather he had ignored the opportunity to lock down no hard border so that he could sink the Tories?

I don't think that was a mistake. Boris Johnson walked into a trap. He couldn't reopen the border and he couldn't get a good deal.
The Irish diplomats played a blinder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cZe2ihEZO8

[weareros]

Whatever about his many other faults, Varadkar did well on Brexit and Brian Feeney (not typically a fan of Leo) got it right in his Irish News column. There was no votes really in the 26 for that and many don't realise the consequences if the Unionists and Tories got their way. He is of course well hated by most Unionists and British right for the part he played in essentially keeping North in the Single Market. The North not in the SM would have been disastrous for the island in many ways, particularly the agri-food sector.

[seafoid]

It looks like there won't even be a vote. Simon Harris looks like being crowned without a contest.

[Armagh18]

Simple Simon. The f**king state of this country.

[Sportacus]

Undoubtedly, his greatest error as Taoiseach was to give Boris Johnson a compromise deal on Brexit when they met in the Wirral that time. Tories were sinking fast without it and it allowed Johnson put through an agreement he subsequently tried to renege on and never had any intention of upholding.

Are you saying you'd rather he had ignored the opportunity to lock down no hard border so that he could sink the Tories?

I don't think that was a mistake. Boris Johnson walked into a trap. He couldn't reopen the border and he couldn't get a good deal.

Agree, but Johnson did what he does, made the best of a bad job by saying he'd "got Brexit done" and won an election on the back of it.  Varadkar was more than happy to see the open border secured - definitely not an error, never mind his greatest error, in my view.