Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v3.0 (07/04/13 - 08/07/14)

RobertKK

Save money and abolish expenses.

grey_so_what

RobertKK wrote: »

Yes, we can trust this government to keep their promises :pac:

How would you feel if you were a Labour supporter??:pac:

Skid X

Busted Flat. wrote: »

The big surprise tonight, is the SF/FG marriage before the people. That must sicken the LP.

Strange days indeed, in the words of John Lennon.

RobertKK

grey_so_what wrote: »

How would you feel if you were a Labour supporter??:pac:

Wonder why I trusted their commie leader...

vicwatson

tayto lover wrote: »

Have they kept any of them?

In fairness, have any of them ever kept any of them !;)

Harry Angstrom

Skid X wrote: »

Strange days indeed, in the words of John Lennon.

And Jim Morrison

hotmail.com

Martin forgetting that there is one well known Northerner in the Dail - Gerry Adams.

Lady Chatterton

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Was it wise of Vinnie to write this, just before he's supposed to be an "impartial" chairman in a televised Seanad debate??

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/don-t-allow-the-coalition-to-get-away-with-its-cynical-seanad-campaign-1.1546388?page=2

It was unwise, I don't think that he has shown any bias tonight though.

tayto lover

hotmail.com wrote: »

Martin forgetting that there is one well known Northerner in the Dail - Gerry Adams.

Not for long after he allowed his sex abusing brother work in youth clubs.

vicwatson

Also, 100 TDs is MORE than enough to run this tiny island on the western periphery of Europe with a population similar to Manchester.

The politicians in this country think they are running the USA or somewhere.

Skid X

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

And Jim Morrison

^^ It's the quality of the posts that stand out for me, not the quantity

Here's to many more, Harry

RobertKK

Remove the Seanad and one of the means for a citizen of this state to run for the presidency is removed.

grey_so_what

Is that not hearsay??......:)

Lady Chatterton

Mary Lou has turned McDowell into a quivering mess :eek:

jjf1974

vicwatson wrote: »

The politicians in this country think they are running the USA or somewhere.

The politicians there arent doing much of a job at the moment.

Lenin Skynard

I'm not on the abolition side of this but I think Mary Lou is really wiping the floor with McDowell.

_Kaiser_

RobertKK wrote: »

Remove the Seanad and one of the means for a citizen of this state to run for the presidency is removed.

You don't need an Irish President in a United States of Europe

grey_so_what

jjf1974 wrote: »

The politicians there arent doing much of a job at the moment.

There or here imo...........:(

Skid X

vicwatson wrote: »

Also, 100 TDs is MORE than enough to run this tiny island on the western periphery of Europe with a population similar to Manchester.

The politicians in this country think they are running the USA or somewhere.

I see there is a movement in Canada to abolish their useless Second Chamber too.

It's an antiquated colonial throwback from when the concept of Universal Sufferage was laughed at.

The Seanad has never stood up for the people when we needed it. They never will. Time to do the right thing and consign it to history.

grey_so_what

Ha Ha Ha....Vincent has to get the dig in about the imaginary Enda who is supposed to be running the Country..........

RobertKK

The role of Enda Kenny in this debate.

I loved his magician act of disappearing. Just a pity he doesn't do it permanently.

Lady Chatterton

'We're going to discuss the role of Enda Kenny in the referendum campaign after the break'.

Good luck with that Vinny

Enda Kenny, the Invisible Man :rolleyes:

hotmail.com

When Brian Lenihan Sr lost his Dail seat in 1973, he got "elected" to the Seanad. In 2002 his sister Mary O'Rourke lost her seat in the Dail and was appointed to the Seanad by Bertie.

I think I'll be voting Yes.

duridian

hotmail.com wrote: »

I heard it's being turned into a nightclub for the TDs.

FG demanded a more professional standard of lapdancing after the Tom Barry/Aine Collins incident, so they brought Peter Stringfellow in as a government advisor.

RayM

RobertKK wrote: »

Wonder why I trusted their commie leader...

Eamon Gilmore is a lot of things - and at least one of them begins with 'C'...

A communist though? Really?

coolhull

''We'll discuss the role of Enda Kenny in this campaign after the break''

Role? What role?

hotmail.com

tayto lover wrote: »

Not for long after he allowed his sex abusing brother work in youth clubs.

I think he could be in deep trouble over this.

tayto lover

hotmail.com wrote: »

When Brian Lenihan Sr lost his Dail seat in 1973, he got "elected" to the Seanad. In 2002 his sister Mary O'Rourke lost her seat in the Dail and was appointed to the Seanad by Bertie.

I think I'll be voting Yes.

It might not be a bad thing to retain it with 30 Senators IF they had to be elected and not appointed by the Taoiseach, Universities etc. Putting their own men in there just doesn't sit right with me.
Elected Senators or no Seanad at all.

Lenin Skynard

coolhull wrote: »

''We'll discuss the role of Enda Kenny in this campaign after the break''

Role? What role?

He had a lovely breakfast roll this morning. Maybe that's it?

Lady Chatterton

Richard is going to struggle here I'd say.