Probably just another April Fool spoof! Jim does make us all laugh - sometimes.

McDaid is potentially playing the government side- let's say they want an adjustment of €4.5b.

Labour start saying €2.5b is all that can be taken

Now so leftie FF backbenchers start threatening to take down the government (the papers have speculated on this) unless the adjustment is say €3.5b

So now McDaid from the far side also is playing the ultimatum game ...

This takes the bolshie lefties out of play

cYp

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So are there more lefties or righties in FF?

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One might say the good doctor's mantra is "I'll vote for ye if I think ye're hard enough"

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Their a r s e s kiss in the middle (metaphorically). You can see it in JHR, just about.

Well the question really is how many of either are willing to go the whole way & bring down the government ?

McDaid on the right has nailed his colours to the mast
The Independent was speculating about 4 lefty FF TD's ...

cYp

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Indeps/Greens?

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- Niccolò Machiavelli

Indeed , things get messy, there's 4 factors at play here

1) Coalition member's with any form of interest / positions that would diverge sharply from the government's
___2) The chutzpah of such members: would they actually go through with voting against ?
___3) The co-operation power of such people: can they team up, signal to each other ?
___4) Their brain power: are they good at game theory & bargaining ?

And the " interest / positions that would diverge sharply from the government's" would include

A) Lefties
B) Righties
C) Looters like Michael Lowry
D) Other issues like say Finian McGrath on CF

So this is turning into one motherf*cking complex ultimatum game

I wonder what JHR thinks of it ?


cYp

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YouTube - Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Concert)

YouTube - Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Concert)

Fits the mood perfectly I think...

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- Niccolò Machiavelli

Poor McDaid is driving on the wrong side of the" motorway" again