The Fine Gael thread

[mouview]

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.

[Rossfan]

His heart hasn't been in it for a while.
Got the glamour trip to Biden over with so a good a time as any.

Paschal next Taoiseach.

Is Coveney well out of favour then?

Thought he was a decent operator when the Brexit shít was going down.

He was excellent on the Brexit idiocy but had a few dodgy moments last few years so has likely slipped down the pecking order

[whitey]

Hopefully he'll be replaced by someone with some common sense

[joemamas]

Rural Ireland will be upset,
I mean whatever is left of it.

[Aaron Boone]

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.

I guess the main thing was no land border was agreed at that meeting.

But Brexit was/is the unsolvable conundrum. 

[Dubh driocht]

What next for Leo? My bet is game show host on british afternoon TV.

Apparently he wants to train Armagh in penalty taking and he can't combine that with being Taoiseach because it is so time consuming

Cruel but accurate

[clarshack]

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.

Not the time he leaked a confidential document to his mate?

[Itchy]

They should do the right thing and call an election. This giving some random FG'er the post of Taoiseach is not acceptable in my eyes. The last thing he did (before his retirement) was call out the Yanks and explain Irelands position on Gaza and the commonality between Irelands history and that of Palestine. It was late coming but was a powerful contribution so fair play to him for that.

[seafoid]

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

[Eamonnca1]

Maybe Mossad has some dirt on him.

[yellowcard]

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

I'd say inflation is well down the list. Fixing the housing crisis and improving the health system is top priority. It's a more divided society than any other time I can remember and I think that although Varadkar had his strengths when it came to remaining strong on Brexit, he was largely a divisive figure and never had the likability factor about him. He came across as a fairly aloof character and definitely didn't connect with very many outside the capital.   

[Rossfan]

They should do the right thing and call an election. This giving some random FG'er the post of Taoiseach is not acceptable in my eyes. The last thing he did (before his retirement) was call out the Yanks and explain Irelands position on Gaza and the commonality between Irelands history and that of Palestine. It was late coming but was a powerful contribution so fair play to him for that.

Won't the new FG leader will have to be elected Taoiseach by the Dáil?

[Itchy]

They should do the right thing and call an election. This giving some random FG'er the post of Taoiseach is not acceptable in my eyes. The last thing he did (before his retirement) was call out the Yanks and explain Irelands position on Gaza and the commonality between Irelands history and that of Palestine. It was late coming but was a powerful contribution so fair play to him for that.

Won't the new FG leader will have to be elected Taoiseach by the Dáil?

Yes but it is also clear from polls that people want a chance to vote. The rats are jumping ship in FG as they know a beating is coming. They need to get it over with now. An election is also needed to show these far right fucks that they have zero support.

[Rossfan]

Unless FF or the Greens pull the plug we won't be having a GE for the best part of 12 months.

[johnnycool]

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

I'd say inflation is well down the list. Fixing the housing crisis and improving the health system is top priority. It's a more divided society than any other time I can remember and I think that although Varadkar had his strengths when it came to remaining strong on Brexit, he was largely a divisive figure and never had the likability factor about him. He came across as a fairly aloof character and definitely didn't connect with very many outside the capital.   

The new FG leader could attempt to do a Rishi and say those x number of years they were in power and has nothing to do with this "new" leadership and you've a "plan" to fix all this shít...