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Fine Gael Ard Fheis 2007

Dave! · 2007-03-31 19:59:39

Hey folks, Just watching Enda Kenny's speech on RTÉ at the moment. What do ye think of it? I still don't know if I can picture Inda as Taoiseach, but it's a decent enough speech. Looks like the idea he's gonna be going with for the election is that the mandate given when you vote for Fine Gael is your signature on a…

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#62 21-04-2007 11:58pm
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irish_bob wrote:

hairy mary thinks that fine gael , fianna fail and the pd,s are ultra conservative reactionaty parties
she should take a trip abroad

in my opinion thier are no ultra right wing political partys in this country
most partys are so central , thier a white line in the middle of the road
compared to the republican party in the usa , the pd,s are pinko libs

thier are no ultra right wing partys in ireland because thier is no votes in being ultra right wing or ultra left wing for the most part in ireland
politically were a very moderate people by and large , were not idealogical to the extent americans are on the right or the way the french are on the left
and i for one applaud that in us

To an extent I'd agree (though France has a well developed right tbh), sometimes I bemoan the lack of left or right ideology in the main parties, it tends to muddy the policy waters just a bit. Though attitudes like "right wing = anti-worker" and other such nonsense goes a long way towards explaining why tbh.

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