Right-Wing Cliche Bingo

“Holding the country to ransom” - used by some bint on Marian Finucane’s SoDuCoMo just now talking about the Dublin Bus strike.

A strike effecting 3 or 4 counties is “holding the country to ransom” ???

Trickle down economics

This country doesn’t run without Dublin.

The country doesn’t run without culchies

Culchies living in Dublin, but then who spend half their time moaning about “Dubs”.

I suppose that’s the worst thing about dublin,it’s full of dubs

“Sack them all.”

Used any time there’s any prospect of a labour dispute anywhere.

“The country’s finances need to be run like a business/household budget.”

“fellow travellers”
“nice smug, middle class professionals” (pretty much always used by nice, smug middle class professionals)

“So you agree”

Champagne socialist’s

Read a book

“Grow up”
references to “student politics”

Or students union

Funny enough the only book they seem to read is a book of cliches, which they learn by rote.

“Get a job”

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This is gas.

Loony left

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