Election 2011 Offical Thread.

[Galwaybhoy]

Going by this poll SF have got 35.1% of the vote.  I wonder would we get a clearer outcome if board members living in the 6 counties didn't vote.

I'm also surprised to see a high number of board members have still selected FF.

[muppet]

Aine Kerr on twitter 20 mins ago:

24 hours later and the scramble is on to get to the Merrion Hotel (again) for a press conference. Greens to announce outcome of discussions.

[muppet]

Greens press conference now on RTE website.

[muppet]

'Due to breakdown in trust.............we can no longer remain in Government'.

FG and others will help to pass the finance bill.

Government gone.

[Galwaybhoy]

Wow what a turbulent week in Irish politics.

Greens trying to save face.  Why not last year is what I want know?  Its too little too late and the Greens will be annihilated come the elections.

[muppet]

Wow what a turbulent week in Irish politics.

Greens trying to save face.  Why not last year is what I want know?  Its too little too late and the Greens will be annihilated come the elections.

Some week alright. GE campaign start in earnest now.

Last time the Indo which had been attacking Bertie did a complete U-turn and spent the campaign slaughtering Kenny. Will they do it again?

Of course the meeting between Bertie, Cowen and Tony O'Reilly around that time was routine and had nothing to do with the u-turn.

small print - there is no irony intended in my comments above

[Rossfan]

Can anyone save the Country from the damage done to it by the cuntish alliance of O'Reilly/Bertiebolox/Harney/McCreevy/Bankers/builders???
Hard to see where radical new thinking will come from looking at the FG/Lab ranks of wrinklies or the "new" whizz kids like Hayes/Varadkar whose notions would be suited to Thatcher in the 80s. or Bacik who is steeped in upper class Smoked salmon PC 1970s leftieism

At least I can vote for Ming 

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

Am I right in saying Cowen is the first Fianna Fáil member to lead a single party government since Charles Haughey!

[muppet]

Am I right in saying Cowen is the first Fianna Fáil member to lead a single party government since Charles Haughey!

He is no longer the leader of that party though.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

Am I right in saying Cowen is the first Fianna Fáil member to lead a single party government since Charles Haughey!

He is no longer the leader of that party though.

But he is a member 

[ziggysego]

Will he be the first not to win an election or lose an election?

[muppet]

Am I right in saying Cowen is the first Fianna Fáil member to lead a single party government since Charles Haughey!

He is no longer the leader of that party though.

But he is a member 

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

Will he be the first not to win an election or lose an election?

Will Micheal Martin, Brian Lenihan, Eamon O'Cuiv or Mary Hanifin be the last leader of Fianna Fáil?

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

Am I right in saying Cowen is the first Fianna Fáil member to lead a single party government since Charles Haughey!

He is no longer the leader of that party though.

But he is a member 

I see what you mean, he leads the government, not the party, yes!

Does anyone know if Mary Hanifin is the defacto leader of Fianna Fáil, is she F.F.'s Kevin Keegan?

[ross4life]

Talk in the papers that SF could get in with Labour but who would be the leader as Gerry Adams can't be?