Not necessarily. There’s plenty time allowed to piss off to European capitals for think-ins and big feeds and assorted bollocksology. This is when your Deputy (Pat the Cope) slides into the chair to justify his additional €30k. It’s a super oul’ gig really.
I don’t think so.
The indications from the party at large in FF have been far more positive to a SF coalition than that of FG.
Martin is harder on the Shinners than Leo but don’t think that’s reflected in the parties as a whole.
In reality, going in with SF (as the junior party) suits FF more than FG.
Martin seems diametrically opposed to going in with SF, but the party would say otherwise. The opposite to FG i think.
He was a far right racist Brexit and Trump lover and immigrant basher?
I’m of the view that this would be the time for FF to do it.
They can try to hammer SF as the junior party, north and south.
SF are too canny to go in with them, in my opinion.
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Offer POD Finance and they may not be able to resist.
Ah, you do know him! He lived for brexit and trump alright. They were his bread and butter, his moon and stars. As for immigrants bashing… well he moved from Dublin to Galway so that’ll tell you…
Has there ever been a junior coalition partner that didn’t get clobbered in the next election? It’s a proper poisoned chalice. Loads of responsibility but not very much power. I’d be v surprised if Sinn Fein went for it.
This is a new paradigm
Not always but ultimately they do.
They could take it to give themselves governing credibility for a year and then pull the plug over something spurious I guess.
I doubt Pearse holds ultimate sway in the party frankly.
A grand coalition of FF FG and SF in the national interest.
Surely FF would love to dump health onto SF
There you have the forums no.1 FF man showing his true colours.
I thought SF wanted to fix the health service? But they are afraid of work, quelle surpeeze. Are they gonna have to expand arts culture and the gaeltacht to a four minister post?
Who is that?