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

Lady Chatterton

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

It seems to me that a legal challenge should be taken over this. The Government is discriminating on grounds of a person's age.

This used to happen with redundancy payments too, but it was changed in 2003.

RayM

MrsD007 wrote: »

I heard some ambassador's wife being interviewed a few years ago about her time in Ireland and she said....

"The Irish are a lovely people but they lack a sense of outrage", I think she was right, we are very slow to challenge authority.

We really need a section of society to "go a bit mad" - a bit like the over-70s briefly did in 2008, when their medical cards were threatened and they heckled that Fianna Fail junior minister and grabbed his microphone when he was making a speech. It's pretty sad that that one minor incident is probably the closest we've come to any sort of civil disobedience in the last five years. Either that or the guy who threw a couple of eggs at the Bank of Ireland AGM.

It would be ugly and unpleasant, but I can't help thinking that a massive riot is needed. The obedience is getting embarrassing at this stage.

Lady Chatterton

Ah Ray, how could you forget about Joe aka 'The Anglo Avenger' who rammed the gates of Leinster House with his 'Anglo Irish Toxic Bank' Cement truck

BlaasForRafa

Well rammed would be a slight overstatement there MrsD, he parked it up nicely and put the handbrake on

Something Vinnie mentioned last night has a ring of truth about it. I wouldn't want to be associated with any protest organised by Sinn Fein or loonies like Eirigi or the Socialist Workers Party. People like that put off normal folk from wanting to go out protesting.

The only protest I've gone out on is the one for Waterford Regional Hospital around this time last year which was fairly massive but in the weeks and months after the march it all rather faded away. There's no real non-governmental bi-partisan movement with organizational capabilities here, that I'm aware of anyway.

Galwayguy35

Just watched last nights programme, some of these people think the world owes them a living.

That hunger striker fool should have got no air time at all.

vicwatson

Jaysus this should be good tonight, hope Stephen Donnelly rips Bruton to shreds.

Sarah looking tres well.

vicwatson

LOL, M Martin asking Kenny to commit to reversing the cuts for the elderly yesterday !! Like yeh he's gonna do that.

take everything

Hard to take a lecture from Martin seriously.
As much as i hate Enda's usual facile response about FF, it's hard to listen to a lecture from the people who brought this about.
Martin talking about credibility now.
Jesus, just a Punch and Judy show.

StewartGriffin

Michael Martin and his "opportunistic Bladder"!
P*ssing all over the place.

The Black Oil

Even if you put aside FF's recent economic history, it's hard to take them seriously. They would be making the same cuts (disability services, etc) if they were still in power.

coolhull

Good one, Vinny!

RobertKK

Richard Bruton hasn't a clue, when you are on his pay you would not notice.

coolhull

Just answer the f*ckin questions Brutal! :eek:

tayto lover

The big nobs got off scot free yet again.
They should have raised the corporation tax by 2%.

Busted Flat.

take everything wrote: »

Hard to take a lecture from Martin seriously.
As much as i hate Enda's usual facile response about FF, it's hard to listen to a lecture from the people who brought this about.
Martin talking about credibility now.
Jesus, just a Punch and Judy show.[/QUOT

The blame game has to stop, they are in government and is in power for the last two an a half years, the opposition who are now in government were the cheer leaders during the tiger years. Cut the $hit all the clowns were all involved. Move on and stop using the blame game. Govern which you were elected to do not keeping repeating " oh he started it first. Get a grip you parasites.

take everything

Bruton struggling badly.

tayto lover

Sarah looks stunning tonight. If I was only 30 years younger.

coolhull

Is Vinnie still there? He took a a long break there and let Stephen savage Bruton.. rightly so

hotmail.com

tayto lover wrote: »

Sarah looks stunning tonight. If I was only 30 years younger.

You still wouldn't have a hope.

take everything

Bruton saved by the bell. Feck you Vinny anyway.

hotmail.com

What was that McDonalds deal?

hotmail.com

Vincent hasn't read out that Mail headline about another TV3 show. Ouch for Lucy and Martin, 13,000 viewers.

StewartGriffin

tayto lover wrote: »

Sarah looks stunning tonight. If I was only 30 years younger.

I agree. but is that all she is there for?

tayto lover

hotmail.com wrote: »

You still wouldn't have a hope.

Here's your one now Hotmail

RobertKK

She has breathing problems.

vicwatson

Jaysus what does your one sound like breathing in?

hotmail.com

RobertKK wrote: »

She has breathing problems.

Thanks for that news flash.

RobertKK

I hope she doesn't die on live TV.

vicwatson

Ah lads, I'm muting this, cant be listening to that. Its disgusting FFS

coolhull

tayto lover wrote: »

Here's your one now Hotmail

Ah thats not PC