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About LinkBackswill these planned strikes affect the recent surge in support for labour?
members of the public wont like to be inconvenienced and they may associate labour with the strikes/unions etc
will these planned strikes affect the recent surge in support for labour?
members of the public wont like to be inconvenienced and they may associate labour with the strikes/unions etc
Yes, I think it will be bad news for Labour. They will be perceived as a party pandering to the Trade Union movement and trying to curry favour with trade unionists.
Most rank and file members vote for us. In the fullness of time, they will realise that Ff will look after their interests. Labour loons like Roisin Shorthall calling for a 150k cap on public salaries and a 15% pension levy on everthing above 100k or was it 150k on Today FM will alienate not win the caring classes.
Only self haters and useful idiots vote Labour
Yes, it could have an affect, though I suspect most of the 'surge' is from the the public sector itself. Not that anyone in the PS matrix gives a toss about what affect their actions have on the Labour Party or anyone else!Originally Posted by councillor
Sorry?
PS is overpaid and has hugely generous pensions (according to FF apologists) but you - a self-declared FF apologist - deride the idea of capping PS pay..
Care to explain?
Mr Gormley described calls for the resignation of his cabinet colleague as "absolute nonsense". He said Mr Lenihan was doing "a very good job under exceptionally difficult circumstances".
The type of person who is unable to understand the strike as a tool of the working class is very unlikely to vote any way apart from FF or FG in the first place. Labour would do much better if they came out in support of the strike rather than pander to right wing morons who are unable to think in a logical way.
I was commenting on the stupidity of Shorthall
*MRBI poll reveals huge switch from FF to Labour among the AB1-presumably a good percentage of which is from the officer class of the caring classes
*having just got this support, you alienate them by capping pay at 150k, introducing a 15% levy above either 100k or 150k
*raising (top?) rate of tax.
In addition, Labour propose making private sector pension contributions less tax effective & cutting mortgage relief on investment property (thats the Gardai gone then).
How dumb are they. People like Roisin Shorthall & Kathleen (Quantitative Easing) Lynch should not be allowed out in public.
I have to say I thought David Begg was sounding cosily sympathetic towards FF on Q&A last night.
I think we can rely on David to know what way his bread is buttered. How much access would David have to the corridors of power if Enda Kenny was Taoiseach
And quite right - the unions have been part of the problem.
Fianna Fail have to be the only political party in the history of Western Europe to have been in the pockets of every vested interest.
Society consists of representative groups. Ff's great success has been in listening to these groups and building a broad coalition by taking on board as much of their views as possible.
Sure times are tough at the moment due to the international credit crunch and the hiatus in the property market. However, there is a lot of goodwill towards FF for the good that we did in the good times.
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