Any politician you like/respect?
I agree with all of that
Limerick ROD for Taoiseach
German system
I think Garrett will retain that.
A quick google tells me re German health system āAbout 11% of the population has private health insuranceā.
I think Pawschal is decent. Knows what heās doing always on top of his brief and other important matters. A safe pair of hands when thereās some shit show unfurling.
Iāve mixed feelings on SF Doherty. Think heās excellent when prepared. But anything off script and heās a bit lost. At least heās good when heās on though.
Iād be struggling outside those two.
Martin is a grand inoffensive type. Heād probably be a good president.
To be fair to Leo he would have been alright if he wasnāt so insufferably smug and so proudly out of touch.
Iād be seriously struggling at the ballot box if it was tomorrow. Iād imagine Iāll be in the same boat come election time.
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Peadar Toibin is the best party political leader at the moment by a mile.
Should make gains in the next election. If he was over Sinn Fein rather than Mary Lou, I reckon theyād walk it.
People have had enough of the ultra progressive craic I think.
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FFG are going to end up being one party now. 30% of FGās TDās walking is a shocker for them 9-12 months out from election.
SF will make good gains in the last weeks before the election when people realise its the only chance to get FFG out. Not enough for a majority though obviously
They offer nothing different though to FFG really. People are dropping off from them for that reason. Mary Lou doesnt have it either. As a leader she isnāt it.
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They have gone to the centre to try and take the middle ground. They have very little to distinguish them from the others now.
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If Verona has her wits about her she could assemble a right motley crew of independents for an Alliance. She has 10 candidates running in the Wexford Local Elections under the Wexford Independent Alliance group. Michelle OāNeill the international soccerball referee being one of them. And a few others that would be high profile locally and could easily mop up a few non-political votes if people bother to turn out to vote.
Thereāll be a ball of independents in the next government youād imagine. An indictment of all the parties.
Absolutely. If AontĆ¹ could put together a decent band of candidates, they would make hay.
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Oh there will of course. But theyāre fuck all use to anyone on their own. Verona has the gumption and the ignorance to be able to bring a few of them together as a group in a more organised way that the way Wallace and Daly used to do it. It would be pure anti govt stuff but it could end up actually damaging Sinn Fein if she made any attempt at it
Simple Stevie
Itās inevitable really.
Costs are spiralling out of control
The Healy Raes need to decide if they will stick with two or run a third. If they managed it right theyād get three in no bother
Things have gone so bad that I reckon Fianna Fail, a party that could have been killed off, will make gains in the next election. Weāll have an increase in rooooral independents, running on single issue platforms. I wonder will SF lose some seats? The various IrelandisFull candidates - even though theyāre ideologically completely different to SF - might take a few first preferences off SF.
How about Labour? Could they make some gains by default.