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Luke Ming Flanagan's Credibility

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  • #202
    C14N
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,656 ✭✭✭C14N


    nice_guy80 wrote: »
    because they are voting for the other candidates.
    a protest vote would be spoiling your vote, surely.

    That's not much of a protest considering it doesn't actually get the people you dislike out of office.


  • #203
    ebbsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    Hopefully Burton will get the job, so the voters can finish Labour off with a smile on their faces.


  • #204
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,257 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    ALDE possibly?

    Is that a party or a supermarket?


  • #205
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    flazio wrote: »
    Is that a party or a supermarket?

    Third largest grouping in the European Parliament. Marian Harkin is VP, I believe. Ming has been working with her on the count and spoke favourably on her election so he may possibly want to continue a working relationship in a group he already has an influential "independent" friend in.

    On the downside, FF are also in that group :pac:


  • #206
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,688 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    I've no doubt we'll see the odd rousing speech from Ming in the European Parliament and it will make the news here and probably abroad too. But let's face it the European Parliament is nothing more than a talking shop, the Commission is where all the real policy decision are made. Ming will defintely get airtime but the real decisions have already been made from above.


  • #207
    Good loser
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Good loser


    Mings notions about small things are reasonable.

    When he scales up to the bigger issues he's off the wall.

    Not stupid though.


  • #208
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    Ming has joined European United Left–Nordic Green Left http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUE/NGL same group as Sinn Fein same group as Paul Murphy was in.
    https://www.facebook.com/Lukemingflanagan/posts/643937022350284 I have joined the GUE/NGL grouping in the European Parliament. In many ways the group fits with my ideals. On issues which I don't agree the good news is that the group is a confederation with no whip. Membership of this group will I believe facilitate me in achieving the best possible result for Ireland.


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