The Fine Gael thread

[gallsman]

And who's this lad Mc Dowell?

Christ alive.

[Eire90]

are politicians to be protected under this hate bill if someone calls fine gael scum would they be locked up


ohhhhhhhhh if someone in the north calls simon harris a nasty name i assuming they cant do shit.

[marty34]

And who's this lad Mc Dowell?

Christ alive.

Lol..exactly, who is he?

[gallsman]

Former AG
Former Minister for Justice
Former Tánaiste
Long time TD, current senator

Most importantly, massive gobshite. I've always thought of him as the southern, Fenian Jim Allister. Sees the 'ra everywhere he looks.

[marty34]

Former AG
Former Minister for Justice
Former Tánaiste
Long time TD, current senator

Most importantly, massive gobshite. I've always thought of him as the southern, Fenian Jim Allister. Sees the 'ra everywhere he looks.

Ahh, voters rejected him then a 'job for the boys' case.

[weareros]

Former AG
Former Minister for Justice
Former Tánaiste
Long time TD, current senator

Most importantly, massive gobshite. I've always thought of him as the southern, Fenian Jim Allister. Sees the 'ra everywhere he looks.

Ahh, voters rejected him then a 'job for the boys' case.

Never liked him. But he was one of the leading voices - if not the mastermind - of the No campaign on the changes to the referendum. There's a significant base that would be aligned with his views on many issues.

[seafoid]

Former AG
Former Minister for Justice
Former Tánaiste
Long time TD, current senator

Most importantly, massive gobshite. I've always thought of him as the southern, Fenian Jim Allister. Sees the 'ra everywhere he looks.

He is vehemently anti SF. He is the Sunday Independent in human form on this issue.
John Bruton would also have been anti violence but more pragmatic

[Tubberman]

Former AG
Former Minister for Justice
Former Tánaiste
Long time TD, current senator

Most importantly, massive gobshite. I've always thought of him as the southern, Fenian Jim Allister. Sees the 'ra everywhere he looks.

Ahh, voters rejected him then a 'job for the boys' case.

Never liked him. But he was one of the leading voices - if not the mastermind - of the No campaign on the changes to the referendum. There's a significant base that would be aligned with his views on many issues.

Yes, I worked with a couple of people who said "If McDowell is against it, that's enough reason to vote Yes".
Thankfully most people listened to what he was actually saying and realised he made a lot of good points.

[Eire90]

Harris faces uphill battle to secure Independents' support in key taoiseach vote
Several Independent TDs who have previously supported the government have indicated to that they either won't support Harris in the vote for Taoiseach

[Itchy]

Harris faces uphill battle to secure Independents' support in key taoiseach vote
Several Independent TDs who have previously supported the government have indicated to that they either won't support Harris in the vote for Taoiseach

Thats code for "We want more promises for our area so we can get elected in next GE if you want our support"

[Rossfan]

Usually is alright.
Lowry, Naughten and Berry will vote for Harris.
Lefty Indies, Nolan, Harkin, Healy Raes, Matty McFascist, Verona Murphy, the 3 Independent Independents will vote against.

[whitey]

Whether you like or dislike McDowell he argued points of law as it pertained to the failed referendums and what he said made all the sense in the world.

The govt tried to pull a fast one and it cost Varadkar his job

If I were to hazard a guess, "far right" (by the standards of this board) will get somewhere between 15-20% of first preference votes in the next General Election

[marty34]

Whether you like or dislike McDowell he argued points of law as it pertained to the failed referendums and what he said made all the sense in the world.

The govt tried to pull a fast one and it cost Varadkar his job

If I were to hazard a guess, "far right" (by the standards of this board) will get somewhere between 15-20% of first preference votes in the next General Election

I'd say similar all over Europe.

[J70]

And who's this lad Mc Dowell?

Christ alive.

Lol..exactly, who is he?

I've been on this board a long time, but I never really felt like I was getting old before!

Never had much issue with McDowell or the PDs myself. I liked their social liberalism, and Ireland badly needed a voice for economic liberalism at that time.

[gallsman]

If I were to hazard a guess, "far right" (by the standards of this board) will get somewhere between 15-20% of first preference votes in the next General Election

The far right will get nowhere near 20%. They'll do well to get near 5%. Not that you'd have a clue to begin with. Michael McDowell is far right.