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UCD AND its Student Political Parties

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    #32
    arbeitsscheuer
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    1st and 2nd year.

    I got disillusioned pretty quickly tho.


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    #33
    Het-Field
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    SebtheBum wrote:
    1st and 2nd year.

    I got disillusioned pretty quickly tho.

    And to think i socialised with you, studied with you, talked with you, mabye even loved you:rolleyes: , and all this time you had a deep dark secret that you had a SWP past. I mean they can be terribly authoritarian. I thought you were in the SP, but its all tainted now :p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p


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    #34
    Riamfada
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    Pat how do you know not Seb was an avid SWP. Jesus did you see his clothes/hair !


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    #35
    Het-Field
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    Grimes wrote:
    Pat how do you know not Seb was an avid SWP. Jesus did you see his clothes/hair !


    It gave me an idea to his leftist leanings, but i didnt know it was indicitive of how left wing he was :eek:


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    #36
    The_Minister
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    Ogra Finna Fail: Maybe. Good policies but not really my cup of tea.
    Fine Gael: No. They are pathetic. They have spent the last 6 months whoring themselves to the electorate, trying to ****-stir ans frighten people...I have no time for them. (Even though I agree with some of their policies that FF don't have)
    Green Party: Idiots. Technological neanderthals who don't understand the limits of renewable energy.
    Young Progressive Democrats (with the sexy vice chairman): Probably the best party in terms of Irelands future. I like all their economic policies but disagree with some social policies.
    Labour Youth: Rather visit Vet, and shag all the patients.
    Socialist Youth: I don't even know who these are.
    Socialist Workers Party: From what I hear, even the left don't like these guys as they try to hijack campaigns and parties. How are they different from the CP.
    Ogra Sinn Fein: I have yet to find a policy of theirs that I agree with.


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    #37
    panda100
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    TheVan wrote:


    No Irish party actually reflects what the Irish people want as a nation, they merely let people know what they are offering and we pick the best of a bad bunch. .

    In agreement.All of the parties have good points and bad points,good representatives and bad representatives. I usually try to vote for an independent over someone who is obsessed with towing the party line. Saying that my local td Dan Neville (fine gael)is pretty damn wicked.

    Maybe I might start my own party..............pandapolitics..the big bamboo will work for you......


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    #38
    Pythia
    Registered Users Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    TheVan wrote:
    Would you not vote on who shares your political ideology rather than who you like to hang around with?.

    Yes, but without good people, politics is nothing.

    Anyone want any info on YFG, pm me.


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    #39
    singingstranger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,270 ✭✭✭singingstranger


    Further to Pythia's offer, to keep things balanced, anyone can PM me and I can give you the details for the people in the other campus political parties - you tend to meet most of these people being a civil servant-style hack...


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    #40
    AngelofFire
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    Firespinner wrote:
    Labour Youth: Rather visit Vet, and shag all the patients.
    .

    Whatever floats your boat. You remind me of the guy from Clerks 2.


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    #41
    AngelofFire
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    By the way if anyone's interested in Labour Youth feel free to PM me, im the auditor, ive a lot of exciting plans for next year.


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    #42
    Chakar
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    Firespinner wrote:
    Ogra Finna Fail: Maybe. Good policies but not really my cup of tea.

    I trust you can be persuaded into joining the Kevin Barry Cumann.If you want to join, I can put you in contact with the Dublin South Ogra or other Ogras.Or just join in Freshers Week.


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    #43
    Het-Field
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    If you want to join the Young Progressive Democrats of UCD, PM me, i is Vice Chairman, and my chairman isnt on boards (i think). I might as well get it in given all the canvassing that is going on


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    #44
    panda100
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    If anyone wants to join pandapolitics please feel free to pm me as I am the official auditor next year....bit like the monster raving looney party only better


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    #45
    rainbow kirby
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    I think I'll start the "Screw student politics, just get drunk" party. Or maybe I'll just go get drunk.


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    #46
    arbeitsscheuer
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    rainbow kirby wrote:
    I think I'll start the "Screw student politics, just get drunk" party.
    Where do I sign-up?


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    #47
    scop
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    If you want to join The Peoples Party of Paul PM me.


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    #48
    panda100
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    scop wrote:
    If you want to join The Peoples Party of Paul PM me.

    Maybe pandapolitcs and the PPP (peoples party of paul) should go into coalition together.We may get more members that way? We can call it the PPPPPP party(PandaPolitics and the Peoples Party of Paul Party)


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    #49
    singingstranger
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    How many of the committee members of the parties do we have here on Boards, actually? We've got the Chairs of LY and FG, the secretary of FF, vice-chair of the PDs...


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    #50
    Het-Field
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    singingstranger wrote:
    How many of the committee members of the parties do we have here on Boards, actually? We've got the Chairs of LY and FG, the secretary of FF, vice-chair of the PDs...


    I didnt know we had the Secretary of Ogra.


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    #51
    scop
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    panda100 wrote:
    Maybe pandapolitcs and the PPP (peoples party of paul) should go into coalition together.We may get more members that way? We can call it the PPPPPP party(PandaPolitics and the Peoples Party of Paul Party)

    Good idea, we'd have more members than the SWP within a week :D


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    #52
    ferdi
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    Sangre wrote:
    Is it just me or does anyone else try to avoid associating with anyone involved in student politics?
    its not just you. In order to get involved in any major political body you have to be an asshole or a sheep - its a prerequisite.


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    #53
    boneless
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    I just made yis all members of the Anarcho-Stalinist (with the last wishes of Trotsky and Pope John XXIII Incorporated) Party.


    Yis'll never get to to the USA now.... HA HA HA HA HA..... and it has an agressive pacifist green policy too....


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    #54
    Chakar
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    Het-Field wrote:
    I didnt know we had the Secretary of Ogra.

    Er.. John Butler as secretary of KBC


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    #55
    AngelofFire
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    Het-Field wrote:
    If you want to join the Young Progressive Democrats of UCD, PM me, i is Vice Chairman, and my chairman isnt on boards (i think). I might as well get it in given all the canvassing that is going on

    My goodness paddy who let you near a computer:D


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    #56
    Chinafoot
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    ferdi wrote:
    its not just you. In order to get involved in any major political body you have to be an asshole or a sheep - its a prerequisite.

    I agree in terms of student politics.

    "University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small."
    -Henry Kissinger

    Also, how about saving the political pimping for the newswire?


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    #57
    The_Minister
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    AngelofFire wrote:
    Whatever floats your boat. You remind me of the guy from Clerks 2.
    I never saw that film. Its like the time I was told I looked like Curly from Coronation Street, and I'd never seen the show.

    EDIT: Peachy, beginning to feel of your lost powers?


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    #58
    ferdi
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    Firespinner wrote:
    was told I looked like Curly from Coronation Street
    hmmmm...yeah i can kinda see where they were coming from on that one
    peachypants wrote:
    "University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small."
    -Henry Kissinger

    LOLZERS!!! great quote there peaches :D


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    #59
    Dave!
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    Firespinner wrote:
    I never saw that film. Its like the time I was told I looked like Curly from Coronation Street, and I'd never seen the show.

    It's true


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    #60
    Chakar
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    The student political parties are also involved in the students union the main parties involved are Kevin Barry Cumann, Labour Youth and Young Progressive Democrats .Kevin Barry Cumann do an excellent job and a few are holding SU positions.


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    #61
    SGKM
    Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭SGKM


    What do college politcal parties do? I joined the youth PDs last year in 1st year ucd and all they seemed to do is email and text me looking for me to go canvassing or putting up posters for them! Looking back on it, I dont know why I bothered joining a political party,I joined the PDs because they have the best policies for the development of the Irish economy and they arent left wing loonies or fianna fail.


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