Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v2.0

take everything · 10-10-2011 11:22pm

Skid wrote: »

Just switched on, they are discussing the forthcoming referenda.

Funny vox pop recently on Damien Kiberd's radio show asking about a dozen people if they knew anything about the upcoming referenda.
Not one knew what they were about.

Skid · 10-10-2011 11:29pm

take everything wrote: »

Funny vox pop recently on Damien Kiberd's radio show asking about a dozen people if they knew anything about the upcoming referenda.
Not one knew what they were about.

It is an unsatisfying way of doing business ... slipping in Referenda on the same day as an Election.

I suppose it saves a few quid, but the rights and wrongs of each vote have hardly been mentioned in the media.

JonathanAnon · 10-10-2011 11:34pm

Howlin is in odd form tonight.. It's been so long since he was on any show, I had to think to try to remember exactly what his position was ... Very confident in confronting Vincent all the same, and caught Vincent out..

Plautus · 10-10-2011 11:35pm

Dunno about that Skid. The judge's pay referendum got quite some airing in the media. Opinion polls returned the most unequivocal verdict on that: 94% are in favour of pay reductions. Few other referenda have had that kind of consensus so far ahead of a vote. Then Susan Denham became Chief Justice, and reversed the line her colleagues had been towing, and said she had no problem with the referendum so it dropped out of the news cycle.

The second referendum, the so-called 'Abbeylara' referendum, however, has not been pondered that deeply. Vincenzo's doing a good job tonight of explaining how the executive could pack the oversight committees and convene a McCarthyist style star-chamber.

Howlin's been very weak on this. Did I hear him say you don't need the facilities of legal counsel if you're telling the truth? Feck off! I wouldn't trust myself to be found not guilty of murder given the way some people can manipulate testimony.

Corsendonk · 10-10-2011 11:35pm

Minister for Streamlined Government isnt he?

JonathanAnon · 10-10-2011 11:37pm

oh and guess who's back manning the twitter machine tonight lads...

Firewalkwithme · 10-10-2011 11:39pm

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Howlin is in odd form tonight.. It's been so long since he was on any show, I had to think to try to remember exactly what his position was ... Very confident in confronting Vincent all the same, and caught Vincent out..

Vincent is getting all riled up about this in the same way he did with Pat Rabitte. He seems to have a bee in his bonnet for some reason.

Mick seems to be the one who is in odd form IMO, well maybe not, considering the day he just had...

Plautus · 10-10-2011 11:40pm

If Vincent were Dana, he'd be thumping this at every public outing:
http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bundesrecht/gg/gesamt.pdf

hotmail.com · 10-10-2011 11:41pm

Cassie is on...cue sleazy aul fela responses on here.

Skid · 10-10-2011 11:41pm

Plautus wrote: »

Dunno about that Skid. The judge's pay referendum got quite some airing in the media. Opinion polls returned the most unequivocal verdict on that: 94% are in favour of pay reductions. Few other referenda have had that kind of consensus so far ahead of a vote. Then Susan Denham became Chief Justice, and reversed the line her colleagues had been towing, and said she had no problem with the referendum so the thing dropped out of the news cycle.

The second referendum, the so-called 'Abbeylara' referendum, however, has not been pondered that deeply. Vincenzo's doing a good job tonight of explaining how the executive could pack the oversight committees and convene a McCarthyist style star-chamber.

Howlin's been very weak on this. Did I hear him say you don't need the facilities of legal counsel if you're telling the truth? Feck off! I wouldn't trust myself not to be found not guilty of murder given the way some people can manipulate testimony.

Yeah, It is the 'Abbeylara' referendum I would be concerned about, rather than the Judges pay.

It just seems like bad, ill-considered law which will blow up in time to come, for the reasons you mentioned.

Also - that advert/information film about the referenda which ends with the woman ordering Ice-cream - Eh, what? :eek:

CASSIE IS BACK :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

Corsendonk · 10-10-2011 11:42pm

JonathanAnon wrote: »

oh and guess who's back manning the twitter machine tonight lads...

Is she American/Canadian?

take everything · 10-10-2011 11:42pm

Pordable for twidder. :pac:
Only joking, Cassie's great.

Plautus · 10-10-2011 11:42pm

30% bigger ... Holy God!

JonathanAnon · 10-10-2011 11:43pm

Forget about the Three Player.. I just wanna look at Cassie..

RayM · 10-10-2011 11:43pm

hotmail.com wrote: »

Cassie is on...cue sleazy aul fela responses on here.

Phwoar! There's a woman on the telly.

etc...

take everything · 10-10-2011 11:49pm

Wouldn't mind him devoting a show to this.

Jess16 · 10-10-2011 11:52pm

Nama was established by crooks to help crooks.
The more I watch VB, the more I fantasise of emigrating

take everything · 10-10-2011 11:52pm

Howlin has really honed his "what can i do about it" look.

Plautus · 10-10-2011 11:52pm

Elaine Byrne, presumably in response to the return of Cassie (:pac:) tweets:

Anybody else think that #vinb can be sexist and particularly condensing (sic) to female contributors?

Her and Vinny are having a tiff, aren't they? I seem to recall they fell out when she pulled him up on how he cut through the bull**** with Haughey but wouldn't with Michael Lowry.

JonathanAnon · 10-10-2011 11:54pm

Plautus wrote: »

Her and Vinny are having a tiff, aren't they?

She got Dunphy's back up on Sunday by tweeting something about him as well.. She'd want to shut down her twitter account or she'll never get asked to appear on a panel show again..

Corsendonk · 10-10-2011 11:54pm

Plautus wrote: »

Elaine Byrne, presumably in response to the return of Cassie (:pac:) tweets:

Her and Vinny are having a tiff, aren't they?

An indirect bitch about Cassie looking way hotter than her.

Plautus · 10-10-2011 11:55pm

JonathanAnon wrote: »

She got Dunphy's back up on Sunday by tweeting something about him as well.. She'd want to shut down her twitter account or she'll never get asked to appear on a panel show again..

I was thinking that. Surely it would only make sense to be publicly burning bridges like this if you knew already that Vincent et al. won't be having you back?

Cassie, are you worried about NAMA or how you'll deal with 30% extra Vincent? :pac:

Skid · 10-10-2011 11:57pm

Mick Wallace should ask Cassie about Hair care - he could do with a few tips!

maddragon · 10-10-2011 11:59pm

Jesus, I heard it all now. Howlin a cabinet minister and in charge of public sector reform has no idea how much the jobs for the boys brigade in the NTMA and NAMA are being paid. This place will never change.

Firewalkwithme · 11-10-2011 12:01am

Vincent needs to get Cassie back, there's potential for some Adrian Chiles / Christine Bleakley style 'would she actually do it' on-screen chemistry here.

D1stant · 11-10-2011 12:05am

Low point for Vinnie. Now lets ask the dumb blonde what she thinks about Nama and we'll all have a laugh.

Jess16 · 11-10-2011 12:10am

D1stant wrote: »

Low point for Vinnie. Now lets ask the dumb blonde what she thinks about Nama and we'll all have a laugh.

Unfortunately for her, the answer she gave did little to dispel that stereotype.
Vincent rips it with everyone, I'm sure he was just being inclusive

enfant terrible · 11-10-2011 12:13am

D1stant wrote: »

Low point for Vinnie. Now lets ask the dumb blonde what she thinks about Nama and we'll all have a laugh.

Ya was funny.

JonathanAnon · 11-10-2011 12:15am

D1stant wrote: »

Low point for Vinnie. Now lets ask the dumb blonde what she thinks about Nama and we'll all have a laugh.

Yeah I thought it was lousy as well.... (but then I've always been protective of Cassie

)

take everything · 11-10-2011 12:23am

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Yeah I thought it was lousy as well.... (but then I've always been protective of Cassie )

Yeah.
As far as i'm concerned, Cassie did brilliantly :pac::pac:

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