General Election 2020 Part 2

[anon26343222]

Danny Healy rae as environment minister

[Lazarus]

Sinn Féin on the possibility of a united Ireland - BBC Newsnight

[Bandage]

FFG justify not speaking to SF about government formation on the basis it’s what their supporters voted for.

Yet they consistently rebuked and ridiculed SF for not taking Westminster seats despite the abstentionist policy being well established and something their supporters voted for.

FFG said it was imperative to have Irish representation in Westminster for Brexit, I’m sure they would agree we also need a government in the Dáil for Brexit too.

This is rank hypocrisy and their stance is putting the country at risk. It must be called out by all reasonable observers.

[Dziekanowski]

@Lazarus

All down to Independents. Would need a breakdown on each independent TD, their voting records, politcal history and the like

I’d say a ranking of independents from left to right, with those most left being towards the top and those most toxic right being at the bottom would be:

Joan Collins
Catherine Connolly
Thomas Pringle
Michael McNamara
Michael Fitzmaurice
Cathal Berry
Matt Shanahan
Marian Harkin
Richard O’Donoghue
Sean Canney
Carol Nolan
Denis Naughten
Mattie McGrath
Michael Healy Rae
Michael Collins
Peter Fitzpatrick
Michael Lowry
Danny Healy Rae
Verona Murphy
Noel Grealish

After Naughten you get into the nutty squad, with the exception of Lowry, who is toxic for other reasons.

[Lazarus]

Connolly will def play ball with a left wing Government. Shes a genuine person and will be in tune with the peoples call for change

Grealish is a scumbag but a canny one. He will vote with whoever makes it easier for him to get re-elected, principles and people won’t come into it.

One of the real questions for SF is to what extent they push the 32 County Republic. Their success is based on their standing on Housing and Health as much as anything about a United Ireland. It is to their credit that the country has put their trust in them on these issues but now they must deliver and their ability to convince independents and the broader left parties that these issues are priority will be crucial. Sould they can succeed on the big day to day issues, like those mentioned, a United Ireland will be a legitimate formality

[Midshipman_Asha]

Michael Fitzmaurice and The Greens might struggle to see eye to eye too.

[Copper_pipe]

Election 2020: Sinn Féin's plan to put the squeeze on Micheál Martin

[balbec]

@Dziekanowski

Graham Linehan is calling people Nazis now.

Ah now.

[balbec]

@Bandage

You’ve mixed her name up here.

Diarmaid Ferriter has aged a lot.

He did a podcast with Dunphy yesterday. Interesting enough.

[balbec]

@Dziekanowski

…, do they actually want to make a difference for the betterment of society. I wouldn’t vote for Richmond because my ideas about society and the best way to change it for the better probably differ quite a bit from his but you made an arbitrary judgement about his bona fides based on literally nothing.

Only problem with being a career politician is that if you’ve never worked a normal job you might get separated from reality eventually once you get a taste of the state car. Just look at Labour in the UK. Early days for most of the SF crew of course.

[anon61878697]

@tallback and @Tim_Riggins were loudly banging this drum all brexit long.

[balbec]

@the_man_himself

The SFers are mad for the BBC on here. Glued to it

The Irish are obsessed about what the people on the mainland think about them. I was watching Jaws myself, great movie.

[balbec]

@Bandage

“We stood up to the plate during the Brexit process and didn’t get the credit we were due.” - Niall Collins.

This from the guy who hid the FF logo on his election car in 2011.

[balbec]

@ChairmanDan

Officer class.

Teacher’s pet

[anon61878697]

@Bandage

…porters voted for.FFG said it was imperative to have Irish representation in Westminster for Brexit, I’m sure they would agree we also need a government in the Dáil for Brexit too.This is rank hypocrisy and their stance is putting the country at risk. It must be called out by all reasonable observers.

That’s a lovely point. That will drive a few right wing nut balls nuts on the twitter.

[tazdedub]

Another election in 6 months.

[Juhniallio]

What are you talking about? MaryLou said she wanted to talk to the left first. The counting is only just over.
Maybe don’t jump on the high horse just yet…

[myboyblue]

It’s all about the narrative now. The narrative battle must be won.

[anon61878697]

Bertie big bollix on newstalk now… the curse of fucking iptv, I think i’m 20 seconds behind live events every time I’m watching / listening to something…

Thinks a sizable amount of FF party wont have appetite to go in with SF.

[anon61878697]

Are FFG both posturing now to be the main opposition?