Election 2011 Offical Thread.

[muppet]

Brian Cowen has announced on Midlands Radio 103 that he is not running in Laois Offaly.

Cowen not running!

http://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/search/votewhelan

Good man AZ

Ah feck it. That'll might be the only time Midland Radio beats (bates?) Twitter.

Sure Twitter were going for the five-in-a-row.

Midland probably did a push in the back too, not dat we are sour grapes or anythin like dat.

[AZOffaly]

Held their ground you mean. And what do you mean 'we?'

[muppet]

Held their ground you mean. And what do you mean 'we?'

We've been lifelong twitter supporters for all of our lives. (never mind dat it only stated in 2006). Three times my father brought me to Old Twitter to see them in action.

[An Gaeilgoir]

Final minutes of the 30th Dail. Roll on the Election.

[muppet]

Final minutes of the 30th Dail. Roll on the Election.

A lot done, more to do.

[ONeill]

Back to the standard league selection tonight with Rosicky replacing Nasri. Thought Arshavin or Bendtner would've received the nod but a strong midfield nonetheless.

[trileacman]

Back to the standard league selection tonight with Rosicky replacing Nasri. Thought Arshavin or Bendtner would've received the nod but a strong midfield nonetheless.

Yeah but Noonan would wipe the floor with all of them. Strong cabinet none the less.

[ONeill]

oops

[Shamrock Shore]

Split in hairy lesbian party here in Dun Laoghaire and now running two candidates! Haven't a hope of a seat. Their action has caused me to reconsider running as a vote pact is now off the cards. Stay tuned.

[Nally Stand]

Indo poll out tonight:
(Millward Browne)

FG 30 (-4)
FF 16 (No change)
LAB 21 (No change)
SF 13 (+3)

[muppet]

Indo poll out tonight:
(Millward Browne)

FG 30 (-4)
FF 16 (No change)
LAB 21 (No change)
SF 13 (+3)

Indo poll?

[Donnellys Hollow]

Indo poll out tonight:
(Millward Browne)

FG 30 (-4)
FF 16 (No change)
LAB 21 (No change)
SF 13 (+3)

Indo poll?

Probably slightly more accurate than the current gaaboard poll though:

FF  24 (15%)
FG  34 (21.3%)
LAB  11 (6.9%)
SF  57 (35.6%)
Others  9 (5.6%)
Greens  3 (1.9%)
Not going to Vote  22 (13.8%)

[Bogball XV]

Indo poll out tonight:
(Millward Browne)

FG 30 (-4)
FF 16 (No change)
LAB 21 (No change)
SF 13 (+3)

Indo poll?

We'll see muppet, but I think fine gaels leadership is going to cost them badly.  Ignore and deny it all you want, but the general populace do not really want Enda to be the next taoiseach.  You can say it's media spin, but if it has worked and people do not want him.  If FG had a more palatable leader they'd be hitting 40%.

[muppet]

We'll see muppet, but I think fine gaels leadership is going to cost them badly.  Ignore and deny it all you want, but the general populace do not really want Enda to be the next taoiseach.  You can say it's media spin, but if it has worked and people do not want him.  If FG had a more palatable leader they'd be hitting 40%.

If they somehow make Gilmore Taoiseach I'd expect a very rapid default (latest 2013). They wanted €1.5 less cuts in the budget and were highly unlikely to deliver even that (imagine a left party cutting PS pay, pensions and welfare). Then we would have another election quickly afterwards. Yes Kenny would be gone by then but maybe that's what needs to happen.

Like it or not the only route to recovery, short of striking oil, is massive public spending cuts. There is a chance none of the parties have the balls or even cop to deliver the cuts but the only two likely to try are FF and FG. And there is only one choice there.

That daft thing about the media/country wanting strong leaders, who rule their parties with an iron fist, is that it almost always leads to disaster. Haughey? Ahern?? Cowen???

Thatcher? Is that what we need?

[Bogball XV]

We'll see muppet, but I think fine gaels leadership is going to cost them badly.  Ignore and deny it all you want, but the general populace do not really want Enda to be the next taoiseach.  You can say it's media spin, but if it has worked and people do not want him.  If FG had a more palatable leader they'd be hitting 40%.

If they somehow make Gilmore Taoiseach I'd expect a very rapid default (latest 2013). They wanted €1.5 less cuts in the budget and were highly unlikely to deliver even that (imagine a left party cutting PS pay, pensions and welfare). Then we would have another election quickly afterwards. Yes Kenny would be gone by then but maybe that's what needs to happen.

Like it or not the only route to recovery, short of striking oil, is massive public spending cuts. There is a chance none of the parties have the balls or even cop to deliver the cuts but the only two likely to try are FF and FG. And there is only one choice there.

That daft thing about the media/country wanting strong leaders, who rule their parties with an iron fist, is that it almost always leads to disaster. Haughey? Ahern?? Cowen???

Thatcher? Is that what we need?

Personally, I don't want any of them, not Kenny, not Gilmore, not Adams, not Gormley (did I need to include him there?) and not Martin (see Gormley comment).

Kenny may even be the best of that bunch, as for all the talk of cuts in spending and tax increases etc, it's all irrelevant bollocks imo.  The small beer of the exchequer deficit can be looked at after the default next November or December, there's little point in pretending that we can keep come up with a plan until that elephant has been run out of the room.