Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v 4.0 (08/07/14 to date)

coolhull

RobertKK wrote: »

Man behind VinB trying to stay awake.

Aren't we all?

RobertKK

coolhull wrote: »

Aren't we all?

Indeed and time to give into it.

Goodnight coolhull, sleep well.

RobertKK

This is comedy tonight.

take everything

FG stooge absolutely dying here.
Vinny missed a trick by not calling him Dougal (after he called him Fr Jack).

He’s horsing down that water.
Why doesn’t he just answer the question.

Vinny loving it.

coolhull

I dunno how Gerry can keep a straight face. In a way, he's to be admired...... It can't be easy.

BaZmO*

RobertKK wrote: »

This is comedy tonight.

With a big lashing of tragedy.

jimmyw

Fine Gaeler making a total clown of himself..............:eek:

Happyman42

Enda has become that guy in the pub blowing his own sad trumpet, that everyone avoids.
Sad.

take everything

Hot stuff Juliet.

That’s my sexism quota for this year.
Sorry.

Atlantic Dawn

9 pints is an idiot, I'd love to know how much he was doing it before this.

Atlantic Dawn

The winners are the people who won't have to be on the road with this fookin idiot again for 20 years.

RobertKK

The man blinded by the botched operation is such a horrific story.

brooke 2

jimmyw wrote: »

Fine Gaeler making a total clown of himself..............:eek:

Thought he did very well, considering he was totally outnumbered.

Brendan Bendar

brooke 2 wrote: »

Thought he did very well, considering he was totally outnumbered.

That's Browns M.O. Load up against the Govt parties especially FG.

Happyman42

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

That's Browns M.O. Load up against the Govt parties especially FG.

He does what broadcasters should do...as best he can he makes government 'answerable'. I don't think it would be any different if it were FF/Lab?SF or others.
RTE, too often do the opposite.

RobertKK

Wish they would shut up about water charges.

Maybe the protesters liked the excessively leaky pipes and too many on boil water notices.

Anyway I supply my own water and I pay for my own water, paying taxes doesn't pay for my water.

Baggy Trousers

VB made fools of the government party TDs and candidates from the start. They look cowardly for not appearing and that will lose them votes.

RayM

Dún Laoghaire... where even the Sinn Féin representatives are well-spoken.

Walter E GO

RobertKK wrote: »

Wish they would shut up about water charges.

Maybe the protesters liked the excessively leaky pipes and too many on boil water notices.

Anyway I supply my own water and I pay for my own water, paying taxes doesn't pay for my water.

I also pay for my water through motor tax and property tax.

RobertKK

Let Richard Boyd Barrett and VinB have Travellers living on their doorstep.

They are all talk...

RobertKK

Walter E GO wrote: »

I also pay for my water through motor tax and property tax.

I pay both and get no water for it.

RayM

RobertKK wrote: »

Let Richard Boyd Barrett and VinB have Travellers living on their doorstep.

They are all talk...

I had travellers living around the corner from my house for a few years (they were there long before I was). Never had a problem with them. Like the people in Carrickmines, they kept the place tidier than it would otherwise have been.

RobertKK

RayM wrote: »

I had travellers living around the corner from my house for a few years (they were there long before I was). Never had a problem with them. Like the people in Carrickmines, they kept the place tidier than it would otherwise have been.

I had a bad experience.
The ones I put good faith in, ended up on the Sunday world and CAB seizing €1.4 million in assets from about 13 years ago, they also told me to hang myself off a bridge.

I had one coming selling me stuff, was not impressed when he pissed against my house and how it ran across the yard...

Others were alright, but I hate the ones who come selling stuff, some don't uinderstand the word 'no'.

take everything

Don't be shmart Vinny!

SEPT 23 1989

Despicable treatment of that American in that kangaroo court by browne

Any political party who supports this ethnic garbage argument will pay heavily at election time

tayto lover

Feck off Steve and Rachel, Rachel and Steve. I can't stand yis.

Busted Flat.

Renua guy is not very intelligent in his comment about local authority house building, Local authorities never built houses they were put out to tender and contractors built them.

frostyjacks

The sailing clubs are willing to share Dun Laoighaire harbour with the riff raff, how kind of them.

Roger_007

Good of TV3 to televise the People Before Profit AGM?

Walter E GO

Roger_007 wrote: »

Good of TV3 to televise the People Before Profit AGM?

Fine Gael and Labour were too scared to turn up. Blame them, not TV3.

Brendan Bendar

Happyman42 wrote: »

He does what broadcasters should do...as best he can he makes government 'answerable'. I don't think it would be any different if it were FF/Lab?SF or others.
RTE, too often do the opposite.

Does he not have a duty to call out the opposition on their populist policies?

Browne is the worst type of broadcaster- biased.

Roger_007

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Does he not have a duty to call out the opposition on their populist policies?

Browne is the worst type of broadcaster- biased.

I have watched a few of these programmes but I don't think I'll be watching any more.

The problem with the so-called People's Debate is that it is anything but a 'people's debate'. Most of the speakers are TDs, wannabe TDs, political party hacks and campaigners for some cause or other.

If you want a genuine people's debate, all the above should be banned from taking part and allow a discussion involving a cross section of ordinary people on a range of topical issues.

The discussion should be moderated by a competent host who would not take sides or go off on some personal agenda of their own.

Vincent Browne is a deplorable host for this type of programme. He indulges contributors who agrees with his personal views and jumps down the neck of anyone who doesn't. He also tries to belittle people with smart-alec remarks which only he thinks are funny.

Brendan Bendar

Roger_007 wrote: »

I have watched a few of these programmes but I don't think I'll be watching any more.

The problem with the so-called People's Debate is that it is anything but a 'people's debate'. Most of the speakers are TDs, wannabe TDs, political party hacks and campaigners for some cause or other.

If you want a genuine people's debate, all the above should be banned from taking part and allow a discussion involving a cross section of ordinary people on a range of topical issues.

The discussion should be moderated by a competent host who would not take sides or go off on some personal agenda of their own.

Vincent Browne is a deplorable host for this type of programme. He indulges contributors who agrees with his personal views and jumps down the neck of anyone who doesn't. He also tries to belittle people with smart-alec remarks which only he thinks are funny.

Agree completely, and he has been at that since the cosy days on RTE radio with Sean Ardagh.

Fair play to FG and Kenny for not giving him the oxygen of publicity.

coolhull

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Fair play to FG and Kenny for not giving him the oxygen of publicity.

And you reckon that's the reason why Kenny doesn't appear on TV, do you?

tayto lover

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Does he not have a duty to call out the opposition on their populist policies?

Browne is the worst type of broadcaster- biased.

Should FG and Lab not have turned up and called them out themselves?

JustTheOne

He never really recovered from his fg failure days.

"In 1994, he sought a nomination for the Fine Gael party in that year's European elections or the possible general election of that year (it was thought a general election might follow the collapse of the Albert Reynolds' government). He was rebuffed by the leader of Fine Gael and future Taoiseach, John Bruton. He then became a vocal critic of the party."


Yeah no bias there at all lads.

Brendan Bendar

coolhull wrote: »

And you reckon that's the reason why Kenny doesn't appear on TV, do you?

What other reason would it be?

tayto lover

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

What other reason would it be?

Foot in Mouth disease??

Brendan Bendar

tayto lover wrote: »

Foot in Mouth disease??

Nah, country is swinging,pal.

All the real issues have been sorted.

Just fiddly stuff and 'agendas' left .

coolhull

^^
Is that you, Mary-Louise O'Donnell?!!

Agent Smith

coolhull wrote: »

And you reckon that's the reason why Kenny doesn't appear on TV, do you?

Pretty sure he doesn't appear with Vincent Browne is ever since Vincent Browne said he should have gone into a dark room with a bottle of whiskey and a revolver during the failed heave...

coolhull

And what are his reasons for not taking part in televised debates, Prime Time against any Opposition Leaders, or any RTE current affairs except for 'soft' interviews where he can wind down the clock?

Brendan Bendar

coolhull wrote: »

And what are his reasons for not taking part in televised debates, Prime Time against any Opposition Leaders, or any RTE current affairs except for 'soft' interviews where he can wind down the clock?

Obvious ones.

He has something to lose, whereas the others have noting to lose.

Why would a world champion boxer,who fought hard to get to the top,risk everything against some no hope slugger,who might get a few lucky punches in.

Common sense, bub.

Galwayguy35

I can't suffer The Peoples Debate anymore, watched a bit of it last night and it was the same oul bladder about water charges.

Walter E GO

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Obvious ones.

He has something to lose, whereas the others have noting to lose.

Why would a world champion boxer,who fought hard to get to the top,risk everything against some no hope slugger,who might get a few lucky punches in.

Common sense, bub.

World Champion Boxer? FG really are deluded.

tayto lover

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Obvious ones.

He has something to lose, whereas the others have noting to lose.

Why would a world champion boxer,who fought hard to get to the top,risk everything against some no hope slugger,who might get a few lucky punches in.

Common sense, bub.

So he is scared then?

coolhull

Tonight's presenter (can't recall her name) is a lot more pleasing to the eye than Vincent.

Mary-Louise O'Donell, not so much....

Roger_007

coolhull wrote: »

Tonight's presenter (can't recall her name) is a lot more pleasing to the eye than Vincent.

Mary-Louise O'Donell, not so much....

What about Eoghan? Eye-candy or what?

coolhull

Roger_007 wrote: »

What about Eoghan? Eye-candy or what?

:D

CatFromHue

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I can't suffer The Peoples Debate anymore, watched a bit of it last night and it was the same oul bladder about water charges.

They're terrible. I'm surprised they've gone on so long and do wonder what the ratings are for them.