TONIGHT With Vincent Browne

steelcityblues

hawkhead wrote: »

Bye Cassie.

There's a new girl in town

That's Susan Daly.

Met her before. Sound woman.

JonathanAnon

My dog make more sense when he barks about the economy, than this wan.. not a clue..

brianthebard

Its all unravelling now....

Sardonicat

SHUT UP, MARY!

The only concept you have of unemployment came out of a book.

C@non

MAD as HELL tonights VB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ToMKwv7EUI

Skid

ascanbe wrote: »

Thought Miriam O'Callaghan was a disgrace; she all but let Micheal Martin chair the debate himself.

I was disappointed when she said 'Banks are literally crucifying people'

Would have expected better from Miriam.

missingtime

God damn that mcwilliams talks a good talk

Craebear

clln wrote: »

great minds think alike or fools seldom differ?:p

I like to think it's the former

Sardonicat

SkidMark wrote: »

I was disappointed when she said 'Banks are literally crucifying people'

Would have expected better from Miriam.

She does have a love of that word, doesn't she?

yosemite_sam

missingtime wrote: »

God damn that mcwilliams talks a good talk

Talking is all he's good at, he should have stood if he wanted to do something

clln

C@non wrote: »

MAD as HELL tonights VB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ToMKwv7EUI

Ha [EMAIL="C@non"]C@non[/EMAIL] it is a hoot,ain't it

steelcityblues

SkidMark wrote: »

I was disappointed when she said 'Banks are literally crucifying people'

Would have expected better from Miriam.

Bet she watches too much Sky Sports footy analysis on the weekend!

take everything

SkidMark wrote: »

That same website (thejournal.ie) has a post debate poll on who won

Kenny 36%
Martin 32%
Gilmore 30%

The Irish people: 0%

clln

Craebear wrote: »

I like to think it's the former

Me too, but i am a fool!:D

take everything

hawkhead wrote: »

Bye Cassie.

There's a new girl in town

The thinking man's Cassie. :pac:

steelcityblues

How is SF on 11% pathetic?

yosemite_sam

take everything wrote: »

The thinking man's Cassie. :pac:

Do men think that deeply?

yosemite_sam

steelcityblues wrote: »

How is SF on 11% pathetic?

I know, they should be on at least 20% with their caliber of candidate

Bullseye1

steelcityblues wrote: »

How is SF on 11% pathetic?

I'm not a fan of SF politics but I believe they have a reputation of having hard working politicians in deprived areas of our larger towns and cities. So they are bound to get support.

clln

yosemite_sam wrote: »

Do men think that deeply?

well not Enda anyway for sure!

Bullseye1

yosemite_sam wrote: »

I know, they should be on at least 20% with their caliber of candidate

I wouldn't go that far. Their economic polices will need some serious refining if they are to make significant ground in the coming years.

To tell you the truth the whole lot of them are thin on policy when it comes to economics.

steelcityblues

yosemite_sam wrote: »

I know, they should be on at least 20% with their caliber of candidate

Given they have 5 seats before the Dail broke up, they look set to have at least 10 based on polling figures.

Also the ULA could win up to 5.

Just thought it was a lazy conclusion from Browne at the end there.

brianthebard

steelcityblues wrote: »

How is SF on 11% pathetic?

Well they have consistently been polling poorly in Dublin where you would expect them to see most gains. Considering the leftists from Labour and the republicans of Fianna Fail in theory seem likely to decamp in favour of SF in this election it is surprising that they are not doing better. However they were up to 16% in another poll a while ago. I don't personally put much stock in opinion polls, people are influenced by all sorts of things, plus its obvious that PR is not accounted for in opinion polls.

clln

I believe SF getting more seats should be part of the 'peace dividend' promised by the good Friday agreemant.

before Mc guiness and Adams are condemned out of hand it is worth remembering where FG and FF's roots lay.
only differance is time has passed since Treaty and civil war

yosemite_sam

Bullseye1 wrote: »

I wouldn't go that far. Their economic polices will need some serious refining if they are to make significant ground in the coming years.

To tell you the truth the whole lot of them are thin on policy when it comes to economics.

Why not 20%? I have to say that the others fill me with doom. They just want the old club to keep rolling in the same way and none of the others are up to the job. We are lucky Ollie and AJ will be running the show for the foreseeable future

Colmo52

SkidMark wrote: »

That same website (thejournal.ie) has a post debate poll on who won

Kenny 36%
Martin 32%
Gilmore 30%

so it's a wee bit misleading talking about negative coverage of Enda Kenny on twitter.

Edit:Here's the link, the percentages seem to be volatile

http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-who-won-tonight%E2%80%99s-final-leaders%E2%80%99-debate-2011-02/?voted=1

36%+32%+30%=98%

Something dosen't add up????

Skid

Colmo52 wrote: »

36%+32%+30%=98%

Something dosen't add up????

That's what the figures said when I posted.

Looking at the figures now, they seem to be rounding the percentages incorrectly (rounding down all part-percentages rather than rounding up when a candidate is on over a half of a percentage)

At the moment the leaders have the following votes

Martin (1029) 38.2% showing as 38%
Kenny (835) 31.0% showing as 31%
Gilmore (829) 30.8% showing as 30% - clearly wrong, should be shown as 31%

Doodah7

I assume that Vincent's show tonight will have to finish at midnight to comply with the moratorium on election discussion the day before the balloon goes up? Can anyone confirm?

Skid

tallpaul wrote: »

I assume that Vincent's show tonight will have to finish at midnight to comply with the moratorium on election discussion the day before the balloon goes up? Can anyone confirm?

No, the show goes on until 12.30 a.m.

The moratorium doesn't begin until 2 p.m. tomorrow, the rules have changed this year.

http://www.thejournal.ie/broadcasting-authority-revises-election-moratorium-rules-2011-1/

THE USUAL RULES that require broadcasters not to cover elections on the day before polling is to be amended this year, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has confirmed.


The authority today confirmed that it would be allowing broadcasters to cover election-related material until 2pm on the day before polling – expected to be on Friday February 25 – after broadcasters, most notably TV3, complained about the current code.

2pm seems like an arbitrary time to stop the discussion, but that's the rule, apparently.

Our man in Havana

It allows the news at one on RTE Radio 1 to get the last electioneering in.