Race for the ARAS 2025

[Rossfan]

I'll rephrase - usual 6 Cos Sinn Féin lovers having meltdowns bcause 26 Cos voters won't vote the way they (SF fans) want them to.

[Snapchap]

I'll rephrase - usual 6 Cos Sinn Féin lovers having meltdowns bcause 26 Cos voters won't vote the way they (SF fans) want them to.

Trying to find which post(s) you're talking about. Who's had a meltdown? What post would you say appears to be a meltdown?

[Franko]

When can I vote in any NI elections? Surely the c******ts haven't barred me.

Completely different as you well know...

If you guys want to saddle us with Sinn Fein heads, then surely we have the right to respond. 

That's probably the main reservation people would have. Unionists probably wouldn't vote, and 90% of nationalists would vote for SF candidate.

So the main reason people in the 26 would have for not giving the vote to those in the 6C is because they would vote for the 'wrong' person?

And without even a smirk, these people would call themselves democrats

We're a relatively mature democracy, whereas the North is still stuck in tribal politics, not sure what benefit it would be to merge the two.

  

"A relatively mature democracy"

Your two main parties, who should be on opposing sides of the political spectrum are doing a chuckle brothers 'to me - to you' with the highest office of state

Mature democracy me hole

It's a joke

FF and FG should be opposite sides of the political spectrum? How do you figure that?

OK, for the slow learners at the back, they have historically been on opposite sides

Now they give the pretence of having some opposing views to maximise the vote, then subsequently concoct cosy carve-ups to hold onto power between them

Actually, come to think about it - there's an argument that the north's political system is better, because at least there are some legislation/rules around the carve-up

'Mature democracy'   

The levels of delusion required to come out with this genuinely made me laugh out loud when I read it

Listen up like a good lad, historically they were on opposite sides of the civil war (or to be more accurate, the parties derived from opposite sides of the civil war).

They were not, and are not, on opposite sides of the political spectrum.

If you are going to argue that Fianna Fail were anything other than a centre left party for the most of their existence, then we're on Trumpian ground here

They used to call themselves 'real Labour Party' FFS

[Franko]

I'll rephrase - usual 6 Cos Sinn Féin lovers having meltdowns bcause 26 Cos voters won't vote the way they (SF fans) want them to.

We're discussing Irish politics on a thread about Irish politics

The meltdown thing seems to be projection - a SF obsession on your part

SF haven't even fielded a candidate 

[Rossfan]

Unless it's spin by the Humphreys camp.... looks like Kelly won't get enough support to even contest the FG nomination.

[Dag Dog]

Kelly is already fighting a rearguard action. Humphreys has the early support and momentum. The remaining Blueshirts who haven't declared won't want to back a loser.

[Dag Dog]

I saw further revelations that apart from endorsing Whacky Gemma, Connolly previously backed Dana, FFS.
Add that to her friendship with Kremlin Clare Daly and Moscow Mick Wallace, Connolly is clearly not left-wing in any meaningful sense, she's just another contrarian crank.

She has gotten an easy ride from the media so far, but that may eventually wear out as the mask slips on her fruitcake personality.

[seafoid]

I saw further revelations that apart from endorsing Whacky Gemma, Connolly previously backed Dana, FFS.
Add that to her friendship with Kremlin Clare Daly and Moscow Mick Wallace, Connolly is clearly not left-wing in any meaningful sense, she's just another contrarian crank.

She has gotten an easy ride from the media so far, but that may eventually wear out as the mask slips on her fruitcake personality.

She is a very good TD and strong on Gaza. Plus she is a Gaelgeoir.

[Franko]

I saw further revelations that apart from endorsing Whacky Gemma, Connolly previously backed Dana, FFS.
Add that to her friendship with Kremlin Clare Daly and Moscow Mick Wallace, Connolly is clearly not left-wing in any meaningful sense, she's just another contrarian crank.

She has gotten an easy ride from the media so far, but that may eventually wear out as the mask slips on her fruitcake personality.

Given your earlier pronouncements on this, I think you should stick a *citation needed beside some of these points

[Dag Dog]

I saw further revelations that apart from endorsing Whacky Gemma, Connolly previously backed Dana, FFS.
Add that to her friendship with Kremlin Clare Daly and Moscow Mick Wallace, Connolly is clearly not left-wing in any meaningful sense, she's just another contrarian crank.

She has gotten an easy ride from the media so far, but that may eventually wear out as the mask slips on her fruitcake personality.

She is a very good TD and strong on Gaza. Plus she is a Gaelgeoir.

That hardly compensates for her other flaws now.
She was happy to cosy up to the Assad regime which persecuted Palestinians. There is no consistency to her, she's just a west hating crank.

[PadraicHenryPearse]

I saw further revelations that apart from endorsing Whacky Gemma, Connolly previously backed Dana, FFS.
Add that to her friendship with Kremlin Clare Daly and Moscow Mick Wallace, Connolly is clearly not left-wing in any meaningful sense, she's just another contrarian crank.

She has gotten an easy ride from the media so far, but that may eventually wear out as the mask slips on her fruitcake personality.

She is a very good TD and strong on Gaza. Plus she is a Gaelgeoir.

That hardly compensates for her other flaws now.
She was happy to cosy up to the Assad regime which persecuted Palestinians. There is no consistency to her, she's just a west hating crank.

there is very much consistency, she didn't cosy up to Assad. all you do it attack people with labels, tankies, crank etc.


are you consistent? I must have missed the calls for Palestinans to get weapons etc. and defeat Israel.

[Dag Dog]

I saw further revelations that apart from endorsing Whacky Gemma, Connolly previously backed Dana, FFS.
Add that to her friendship with Kremlin Clare Daly and Moscow Mick Wallace, Connolly is clearly not left-wing in any meaningful sense, she's just another contrarian crank.

She has gotten an easy ride from the media so far, but that may eventually wear out as the mask slips on her fruitcake personality.

She is a very good TD and strong on Gaza. Plus she is a Gaelgeoir.

That hardly compensates for her other flaws now.
She was happy to cosy up to the Assad regime which persecuted Palestinians. There is no consistency to her, she's just a west hating crank.

there is very much consistency, she didn't cosy up to Assad. all you do it attack people with labels, tankies, crank etc.

are you consistent? I must have missed the calls for Palestinans to get weapons etc. and defeat Israel.

What possessed her to start championing the Assadist Fares al-Shehabi who was under EU sanction then?
She went to Syria with her close friends Mick Wallace and Clare Daly who were unashamedly Assad backers (as well as Russian stooges).

I'd be delighted if the Palestinians had smarter leaders instead of more weapons.

[PadraicHenryPearse]

I saw further revelations that apart from endorsing Whacky Gemma, Connolly previously backed Dana, FFS.
Add that to her friendship with Kremlin Clare Daly and Moscow Mick Wallace, Connolly is clearly not left-wing in any meaningful sense, she's just another contrarian crank.

She has gotten an easy ride from the media so far, but that may eventually wear out as the mask slips on her fruitcake personality.

She is a very good TD and strong on Gaza. Plus she is a Gaelgeoir.

That hardly compensates for her other flaws now.
She was happy to cosy up to the Assad regime which persecuted Palestinians. There is no consistency to her, she's just a west hating crank.

there is very much consistency, she didn't cosy up to Assad. all you do it attack people with labels, tankies, crank etc.

are you consistent? I must have missed the calls for Palestinans to get weapons etc. and defeat Israel.

What possessed her to start championing the Assadist Fares al-Shehabi who was under EU sanction then?
She went to Syria with her close friends Mick Wallace and Clare Daly who were unashamedly Assad backers (as well as Russian stooges).

I'd be delighted if the Palestinians had smarter leaders instead of more weapons.

So you are not consistent, are you calling for smarter leaders for Ukraine instead of more weapons??

she went to Syria so what, fair play to her to actually go and see what she could. world leaders can imbrace a Joleni a former ISIS leaders and BiBi so the hysteria you, media and Ff/FG try and cause over going on a trip to Syria with Mick Wallace and Claire Daly is pathetic.

[Dag Dog]

So you are not consistent, are you calling for smarter leaders for Ukraine instead of more weapons??

she went to Syria so what, fair play to her to actually go and see what she could. world leaders can imbrace a Joleni a former ISIS leaders and BiBi so the hysteria you, media and Ff/FG try and cause over going on a trip to Syria with Mick Wallace and Claire Daly is pathetic.

If Ukraine's leaders were fanatical nutters looking to wipe Russia off the map and would incinerate every Russian man, woman and child if they had the opportunity, then yes, I would call for smarter Ukrainian leaders.

[PadraicHenryPearse]

So you are not consistent, are you calling for smarter leaders for Ukraine instead of more weapons??

she went to Syria so what, fair play to her to actually go and see what she could. world leaders can imbrace a Joleni a former ISIS leaders and BiBi so the hysteria you, media and Ff/FG try and cause over going on a trip to Syria with Mick Wallace and Claire Daly is pathetic.

If Ukraine's leaders were fanatical nutters looking to wipe Russia off the map and would incinerate every Russian man, woman and child if they had the opportunity, then yes, I would call for smarter Ukrainian leaders.

They are resisting an occupation. They offered numerous peace deals prior to 2023, numerous ceasefires and had the great march which was peaceful, israel used them as target practice and it is Israel doing the wiping off the map.

Also it is Israel arming and supporting ISIS in Gaza, who steal aid etc. not Hamas.

should I not support Ukraine as their leader meets with EU/Uk/US leaders who have armed and supported a genocide of Palestine...  that's the logic you are spouting..