Which party do you support / will vote for?

solskjaer20

Sinn Féin myself.

sovtek

I'm not that familiar and I can't vote anyway...but Sinn Fein on alot of local issues...which is all I can vote on.

Dave!

Does anyone know how I go about registering for a vote? I just turned 18 a while ago...!

LordSutch

solskjaer20 wrote:

Sinn Féin myself.

Would you care to tell us Why?

magpie

Londonderry + Che Guevara = Sinn Fein apparently

monkeyfudge

I'll vote as tactically as possible against Fianna Fail, the PDs and Sinn Féin.

constitutionus

voting sinn fein myself, and local independants. not because im particularly republican in view but last time NOT ONE MAINSTREAM CANDIDATE came though my area, and i dont reward cowardice

to be honest the main reason is because i see them as the ONLY functional opposition in the dail (with the possible exception of the greens who dont appeal to me ) fianna geal and labour give off a lot of steam but the only thing that REALLY pisses them off is that theyre not the one's implementing the EXACT same policies as fianna fail and the PDs , i mean honestly can you name anything that ACTUALLY differentiates between them on the EU constitution for example, or the ROSSPORT 5 ? on energy production in this country or action on the BLATANT exploitation of people by unscrupplous employers ?

fianna gael ,labour , fianna fail and the PDS are one big amorphous blob who dont offer any REAL alternative in terms of the future of this country. irregardless of WHICHEVER parties form the next government it'll STILL be business as usual I.E no one will even QUESTION if new permits for oil/gas exploration should be looked at/ changed:mad:

do i think sinn fein will make a huge difference, no. but thats not what i expect. what i WANT is an ACTUAL opposition whos views DIRECTLY oppose what the people in power hold so shock horror we actually get a descent debate in the dail instead of the usual boys own club that we have at the minute

its FAR too cozy in the dail at the moment, so much so most people dont even batt an eyelid when one TD defects to another party. nice to see what people convictions are worth

and to be brutally honest the more independant TDs we get in the dail the better chance we'll actually GET a presidential election next time around instead of the sadam style 100% of the vote we got LAST time around

Nuttzz

Anyone but sinn fein....

As it stands, Fianna Fail. Then Fine Gael.

Then will look at the Independants.

But will not give anything to Labour or Sinn Fein.

Goodshape

magpie wrote:

Londonderry + Che Guevara = Sinn Fein apparently

I think the majority consensus is that the place is called Derry. As it is in the OP's 'Location' field. Why make a point of including 'London' in your own reply?

Think I'd go for Sinn Fein myself, if only for the fact that they'd shake things up and get people thinking a bit. Although I'd have to weigh up the options at the time.

Flex

I wont be voting Fine Gael (since im not a southern Unionist or pro-EU federalist), and probably wouldnt consider voting Labour. So either Fianna Fail or Sinn Fein.

netwhizkid

I won't be voting Fianna Fail, or the PDs (I'd rather shoot myself) I will vote tactically to ensure maximum representation for Labour and Fine Gael, I would vote for Sinn Fein only they don't run in my constituency (Kerry South) I'd give my no. 1 preference to a Socialist Candidate in the absence of one I will vote Labour No.1 . I will saty up all night listening to the results and will be monitoring my blood pressure if FF or the Pds are winning, If they win it will be a one way Ticket to either Havana or Pyongyang.

Nuttzz

netwhizkid wrote:

If they win it will be a one way Ticket to either Havana or Pyongyang.

i'll get the donations going with €50

A Dub in Glasgo

Goodshape wrote:

Why make a point of including 'London' in your own reply?

To antagonise

---

Cannot vote but If I could

FF - Nope
FG - Nope
Labour - Nope
SF - Yes
Greens - Maybe
Socialist Party - Maybe
PDs - You gotta be joking!

netwhizkid

Nuttzz wrote:

i'll get the donations going with €50

I intend to have a Broadband connection while out in either of those places, and shall be posting from either Havana or Pyongyang, I will accept donations for my flight there though No seriously, if this current Gov are re-elected people just simply will have to Emigrate out as things will be so bad.

constitutionus

netwhizkid wrote:

I intend to have a Broadband connection while out in either of those places, and shall be posting from either Havana or Pyongyang, I will accept donations for my flight there though No seriously, if this current Gov are re-elected people just simply will have to Emigrate out as things will be so bad.

already happening man, most of the people i know have given up on this country and emmigrated to australia. personally i think the PDs will get decimated at the next election. theyve got WAY too much representation for their electoral market, fact is most people voted for em last time because of macdowels "dont let em get an overall majority" scam.
seeing as FFs own internal review reckon theyll lose 21 seats or more this'll stop that strategy working again so i wouldnt be surprised if they only get 2 seats
in regards to FF while i REALLY dont want it i reckon they'll get in, i just hope some of the smug gits like mary o rourke get a good kicking like last time and if mary lou gets berties seat i'll just fall about laughing
i mean does anyone know what the policy IS if a party leader doesnt get re elected and his parties going to be in government

gurramok

As i am from a deprived area of north Dublin, my vote would goto SF as they give a sh!t, it don't help that no other party gives a sh1t about problems in the area. My vote would be floating, maybe a protest, not hardcore though.

I used to vote for Greens until they went into bed with mainstream parties with ideas of paying way too much taxes to care for environment considering i'm not made of money
Otherwise, FF only care a bit on economy, but the fact i can't afford a mortgage nor rent as a 31yrold person living at home due to mismanagement of housing and the stealth taxes have turned me against them, not enough imho to warrant a vote.

Cronus333

lets see... heres how I see it:

FF: No way in Hell
SF: The moment they get in, Im emmigrating
Greens: smart people, bad policies
FG: Not credible as an alternative
Lab: 1 word: rabbitte. I say no more
Socialists: I won't justify this with a response.
That leaves the PDs....

solskjaer20

ArthurF wrote:

Would you care to tell us Why?

Because I'm a republican and they seem to be the only party who give a **** about reuniting our country.

Also they stand up for people, they care about local issues.
They're not perfect, but if you go into the SF offices here with a problem, most likely outcome is they'll sort it.

Also in the north we can't vote for the likes of FF, FG, etc becasue they only stand in 5/6s of our country. But I wouldn't vote for them anyway.

magpie wrote:

Londonderry + Che Guevara = Sinn Fein apparently

Oh we've a funny man I see.

Goodshape wrote:

I think the majority consensus is that the place is called Derry. As it is in the OP's 'Location' field. Why make a point of including 'London' in your own reply?

What he said.

Freelancer

netwhizkid wrote:

I won't be voting Fianna Fail, or the PDs (I'd rather shoot myself) I will vote tactically to ensure maximum representation for Labour and Fine Gael, I would vote for Sinn Fein only they don't run in my constituency (Kerry South) I'd give my no. 1 preference to a Socialist Candidate in the absence of one I will vote Labour No.1 . I will saty up all night listening to the results and will be monitoring my blood pressure if FF or the Pds are winning, If they win it will be a one way Ticket to either Havana or Pyongyang.

You are old enough to remember Dick Spring losing, and SF winning. The chances of a socialist winning in Kerry, good christ I'd rather bet on snowballs surviving in my mircowave.

Freelancer

solskjaer20 wrote:

Because I'm a republican and they seem to be the only party who give a **** about reuniting our country.

Yeah I'll think you find because of there less than stellar turn out down here, the rest of us don't really want to be stuck with those psychos any time soon.

Also they stand up for people, they care about local issues.
They're not perfect, but if you go into the SF offices here with a problem, most likely outcome is they'll sort it.

Like how they'll proclaim to be an anti bin tax party but vote for it in sligo. Or hospital privatisation in the North, they claimed to be aganist it, and voted for it.

constitutionus

Freelancer wrote:

Like how they'll proclaim to be an anti bin tax party but vote for it in sligo. Or hospital privatisation in the North, they claimed to be aganist it, and voted for it.

so we can look forward to a SF/ PD alliance then

solskjaer20

I said they're not perfect....which party is?

Raskolnikov

Fianna Fáil, best of a bad lot.

netwhizkid

netwhizkid wrote:

I will saty up all night listening to the results and will be monitoring my blood pressure if FF or the Pds are winning.

Why don't you just go to the count at the Gleneagle?

I'll be there, you can point out the Socialist in South Kerry to me...I could do with a massive laugh at the count...

Time Magazine

I'll be voting Sinn Féin. It's gotten too prosperous and safe down here altogether. And woe unto any party who state they'll only affirm reunification if the majority of both parts of the island want it :rolleyes:.

G'wan lads, whip out that Green Paper you always tout. Paisley, who has a strong majority, would love that.


Would ye ever cop on? Since GFA (at least) the best way to create the atmosphere where re-unification is possible is co-operating with the Unionists, and fostering all-Ireland links. Acting the maggot will hold us back, as ye have done since 1921.

The greatest steps to a single unified nation have been made by... Fine Gael. We founded this state with the expressed intention of using the Treaty as a means to freedom. And over the following decade we did just that. Balfour Declaration, Statute of Westminister. Within ten years of the Treaty, the "West Brits" of Fine Gael had paved the way our republican constitution to be passed without any problems.

And how did they do it? By working with the British.

And let's not even get into who declared the existence of the Republic of Ireland.

And that's all before you get to the drug-running, prostitution-racketeering, parliamentary-spying, economially-kamikaze, cultural fascists thugs that the Shinners are.

Fianna Fáil are corrupt, let's vote for a pile of thugs instead!

Vorsprung

Fianna Fail, as said above they're the best of a bad lot. Won't be putting any numbers beside Sinn Fein candidates.

Cronus333

solskjaer20 wrote:

Because I'm a republican and they seem to be the only party who give a **** about reuniting our country.

Would you care to tell us why that would be a good thing?

solskjaer20

Becasue every people on earth have the right to self-determination.

Its a disgrace in the 21st century that anywhereb should not have self-determination.

Its a crime against humanity for a people not to be in charge of their own destiny.

magpie

Becasue every people on earth have the right to self-determination

You've got free, democratic elections up north don't you? Much in the same way we have down here, and we voted to remove the cause in the constitution that lays claim to the 6 counties. Because, to be frank, we can do without the aggravation.

toiletduck

PD's tbh