General Election 2011

fourthirtythree · Post by **fourthirtythree** » January 17th, 2011, 5:25 pm

Amz wrote:Heard Willie O'Dea is not going to be siding with Cowen (or so he's saying).

Willie will be back.

Mackman15 · Post by **Mackman15** » January 17th, 2011, 10:32 pm

Forgive me but what has made Dun Laoghaire so special that they get a television debate for all their candidates?

Amz · Post by **Amz** » January 17th, 2011, 10:40 pm

Is it Pat's constituency?

Mackman15 · Post by **Mackman15** » January 17th, 2011, 10:41 pm

Amz wrote:Is it Pat's constituency?

That answers that alright.

Broken Wing · Post by **Broken Wing** » January 17th, 2011, 10:43 pm

The constituency is losing a seat in the election making it of particular interest.

Mackman15 · Post by **Mackman15** » January 17th, 2011, 10:47 pm

Broken Wing wrote:The constituency is losing a seat in the election making it of particular interest.

Nothing unique in that BW. Meath East/ Meath West are being gerrymandered, Louth is loosing a seat off the top of my head.

Grumpy Old Man · Post by **Grumpy Old Man** » January 17th, 2011, 11:45 pm

Mackman15 wrote: Louth is loosing a seat off the top of my head.

Head up your arse again Mackman 15?

BlueArmyOriginal · January 17th, 2011, 11:57 pm

Mackman15 wrote:Forgive me but what has made Dun Laoghaire so special that they get a television debate for all their candidates?

Was there one on?

Amz · Post by **Amz** » January 18th, 2011, 12:03 am

It was on RTE's Front Line this evening. It's probably up on the RTE player, should anyone be suffering from insomnia.

CRAZYDAVE · Post by **CRAZYDAVE** » January 18th, 2011, 8:22 am

Grumpy Old Man wrote:
Mackman15 wrote: Louth is loosing a seat off the top of my head.
Head up your arse again Mackman 15?

He'#s technically cortrect. With the Ceann Comhairle, Seamus "Captain" Kirk autimatically re-elected, Louth is effectively a three seat constituency this time round.

Mackman15 · Post by **Mackman15** » January 18th, 2011, 9:37 am

Grumpy Old Man wrote:
Mackman15 wrote: Louth is loosing a seat off the top of my head.
Head up your arse again Mackman 15?

Not for the first time GOM, not for the first.
Indeed Louth going up to five but it shall be effectively four as a result of 'the Captain' returning automatically.

Hence the reason why Gerry Adams has decided to, (ehem,) live there.

Leinsterman · Post by **Leinsterman** » January 18th, 2011, 9:39 am

Anyone else pick up on Ivana the Terrible's comment about the Climate Change Bill?
Labour want to bring in one that is "more radical with greater legislation".
Marvellous.
That'll help our competitiveness.

Armchair · Post by **Armchair** » January 18th, 2011, 9:41 am

Leinsterman wrote:Anyone else pick up on Ivana the Terrible's comment about the Climate Change Bill?
Labour want to bring in one that is "more radical with greater legislation".
Marvellous.
That'll help our competitiveness.

If we get a very strong Labour party in power after the election you can kiss goodbye to all of our competitiveness

Mackman15 · Post by **Mackman15** » January 18th, 2011, 9:42 am

Leinsterman wrote:Anyone else pick up on Ivana the Terrible's comment about the Climate Change Bill?
Labour want to bring in one that is "more radical with greater legislation".
Marvellous.
That'll help our competitiveness.

She has been and for ever will be a monumental pain in the arse.

Broken Wing · Post by **Broken Wing** » January 18th, 2011, 9:54 am

Mackman15 wrote:
Broken Wing wrote:The constituency is losing a seat in the election making it of particular interest.
Nothing unique in that BW. Meath East/ Meath West are being gerrymandered, Louth is loosing a seat off the top of my head.

Fair enough but that was the reason given in the ads for the show. Maybe they'll do the other ones in future weeks.

Leinsterman · Post by **Leinsterman** » January 18th, 2011, 9:55 am

The problem is that she was parroting their policy.
No doubt they will want to enforce unattainable targets and then fine the hell out of companies that don't comply. Genius.

She should stick to lecturing.

Sean Barrett was good.
Richatd Boyd Barrett is a loon, and a dangerous one at that.
I wonder where he's hiding his magical money tree that will fund all his loony schemes.

Broken Wing · Post by **Broken Wing** » January 18th, 2011, 10:50 am

Did anyone see Mícheal Martin on Six One? He was talking about how he'd be the man for leading a big party in opposition when the government needs support to get finance bills through in these testing times that we somehow find ourselves in and how if the opposition is made up of independents and small parties like SF the government could have problems passing these bills.

Ignoring the delusion that a government with a majority in the Dáil would need their support and ignoring the dig at SF (they must be afraid of them if his pitch for party leadership included a swipe at them) his policy was "I'll lead FF into being the biggest government supporting opposition party" which is a policy no self respecting FF member could reject, right?

Mackman15 · Post by **Mackman15** » January 18th, 2011, 2:01 pm

Word has it that the Dapper Dan of Economics shall be running for election....... Interesting debates ahead.

CRAZYDAVE · Post by **CRAZYDAVE** » January 18th, 2011, 6:15 pm

Mackman15 wrote:Word has it that the Dapper Dan of Economics shall be running for election....... Interesting debates ahead.

Not Dan McLaughlin...

Jeez, he must be desperate

Leinsterman · Post by **Leinsterman** » January 18th, 2011, 6:29 pm

I think he might mean David McShithead

Babbling 'brook

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