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About LinkBackswhen the UK was in trouble in WW1 and WW2 they formed a coalition and won both times. Alan Dukes did as much.
We should have one.
when the UK was in trouble in WW1 and WW2 they formed a coalition and won both times. Alan Dukes did as much.
We should have one.
Of course we do. Just because you don't like the protagonists doesn't mean the system is any less valid.Originally Posted by rockofcashel
And if we had a National Government, there'd be another poll a week later in which 66% of people think we should scrap the National Government.
At any given time, all people want is someone else is to blame for their misfortunes, but given that they are themselves to blame, a time never arrives when they don't want whatever alternative is on offer.
A demagogue is someone who will preach doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
H'mmm...still not taking the medication ,I see.
God save Ireland.
Albert Ahern...AKA...CJ Reynolds...AKA...Bertie Haughey...(ah shure, amn't I all the one and what's a suitcase of money between pals)
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The Sindo have been banging this drum for over a year now. It's nonsense. If we didn't have such a government during the Second World War or the Troubles, we don't need one now. What we need is a new government. Now, if only we knew where to find a half-decent one....
Aren't you? Oh deary me. Haven't you heard it's good for you? Nurse....it's Albert again...he's playing up...
Do you EVER post a comment that isn't a collection of simplistic inaccurate childish cliches, cartoon analysis and far right fantasies?
PS: You forgot to post your ever present rolling eyes at the end of the post. Is this a first???
All views expressed are my own.
So the electorate want a government made up of incompatible parties with incompatible policies that could not agree on anything and would be headed by the people who got us into the mess in the first place!Zeech. Sometimes I despair of voters.
(But then I suppose it is the same electorate that elects Lowry over and over, elected Ahern despite the fact that his money trail stank to high heaven, repeatedly elected Ray Burke when everyone knew what what going on with him, etc. They are the same voters who in opinion polls complain about TDs doing constituency work, when asked on a Sunday. And then spend Monday ringing up TDs demanding they get medical cards, planning permissions etc for them, and tell them that unless they do constituency work they won't re-elect them. They are the same voters many of whom base their votes on whether a TD turns up for local funerals or not. And this is the same electorate who sacked Jim Mitchell, saying on the doorsteps that he wasn't doing enough constituency work anymore, even though they knew he had cancer and had been chairing the DIRT enquiry that pulled in billions. But that wasn't enough - he had to 'do' the funerals and constituency work too and when he was too ill to do it they sacked him. And they are the same electorate that demand one-off housing despite being warned that it is the single most expensive and least efficient form of housing in terms of service provision, and then complain when the services that they were warned would be expensive to provide to once-off housing turn out to be expensive and they are asked to pay for them.
So I am not in the least bit surprised that the Irish electorate endorse something as entirely unworkable as a national government.
All views expressed are my own.
When, WHEN, will the fools realise the innate greatness, courage, indefatigability, and sheer hotness, of Enda the Magnificent. If only Enda could flounce off, then they'd realise what they lost. Truly, a prophet is always rejected in his own time. Ungrateful churls. They seem to think that there's an onus on Enda to actually display some leadership! To think!...So the electorate want a government made up of incompatible parties with incompatible policies that could not agree on anything and would be headed by the people who got us into the mess in the first place!
(But then I suppose it is the same electorate that elects Lowry over and over, elected Ahern despite the fact that his money trail stank to high heaven, repeatedly elected Ray Burke when everyone knew what what going on with him, etc. They are the same voters who in opinion polls complain about TDs doing constituency work, when asked on a Sunday. And then spend Monday ringing up TDs demanding they get medical cards, planning permissions etc for them, and tell them that unless they do constituency work they won't re-elect them. They are the same voters many of whom base their votes on whether a TD turns up for local funerals or not. And this is the same electorate who sacked Jim Mitchell, saying on the doorsteps that he wasn't doing enough constituency work anymore, even though they knew he had cancer and had been chairing the DIRT enquiry that pulled in billions. But that wasn't enough - he had to 'do' the funerals and constituency work too and when he was too ill to do it they sacked him. And they are the same electorate that demand one-off housing despite being warned that it is the single most expensive and least efficient form of housing in terms of service provision, and then complain when the services that they were warned would be expensive to provide to once-off housing turn out to be expensive and they are asked to pay for them.
So I am not in the least bit surprised that the Irish electorate endorse something as entirely unworkable as a national government.
(I agree about the national government bit, though. Do you know where we could find a suitable alternative to the current lot?....)
Oh give it a rest, for crying out loud. No Irish person on a doorstep would have the faintest idea what you're on about.
"Elite - a small superior group; esp one that has a power out of proportion to its size." (Oxford English Dictionary)
The majority cannot therefore be the elite.
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