Leo worrying about meeting Kylie? WTF

JohnnyFlash

Tabloid click bait. Surprised some of the heavyweight intellectuals around here fell for it.

Wheeliebin30

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Tabloid click bait. Surprised some of the heavyweight intellectuals around here fell for it.

The usual suspects.

TheValeyard

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Tabloid click bait. Surprised some of the heavyweight intellectuals around here fell for it.

Ah, come on. The whole thing is hilarious. I'm just really looking forward to the Gift Grub special about it. Mario Rosenstock could have so much fun with it.

lbc2019

mgn wrote: »

When this clown goes to a Kylie concert he's a cool dude.
When Enda Kenny went to a Bruce Springsteen concert in Croke Park he was on the front page of most papers the next day saying he was making a fool of himself and didn't look good abroad.

I thought that was unfair on Enda and this is fairly low on Leo.

Yet the media loved man a de people Bertie...

TheValeyard

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

The usual suspects.

Great film

Franz Von Peppercorn

meeeeh wrote: »

It's good that Aodhán Ó Ríordáin could spend a few minutes not writting objections to local house building projects and critize Vradkar for writting a letter to Kylie and not solving homeless crisis.

Am I the only one who is sick of that hypocrite.

Clown. When I bought my house, barely a week went by before I got a leaflet from him opposing a development near by. Same clown blames homelessness on housing shortages. Twat.

As for Leo, I don’t mind the guy but he’s in above his head as Taoiseach.

FrancieBrady

meeeeh wrote: »

And Shinners would be way more effective. They would also print some leaflets at state cost while writting a letter.

I don't think SF will be shouting for a resignation here, Leo is doing so well as a republican, they'll proably have a good chuckle at his expense like the rest of us.

cameramonkey

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

You know, I genuinely would support a petition campaign to have him fired out of a cannon directed towards the surface of the sun.

https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/what-surface-sun-made

https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/19392/what-is-the-longest-effective-range-artillery-weapon-ever-built

Good idea but falls down on a number of fronts.

Anteayer

I'm not his biggest fan, but I don't really see the issue.
I don't really have any expectations that a taoiseach should have exclusively non-pop music taste.
He likes Kylie. Big deal!

She did churn out some cringe inducing pure cheese in the early days but her last incarnation was actually fairly credible electronica influenced pop.

I would rather we focus on how he's doing in terms of delivering policy. I think he's doing quite well on Brexit and global affairs and his government has delivered on a lot of key sosial policy issues : marriage equality, bringing Irish abortion law to some kind of vaguely sane situation, getting rid of blasphemy as an offence and probably dealing with the crazy divorce laws in may too.

However, his government isn't delivering on health or housing in kind of radical way that is clearly necessary. I appreciate there's a lag in getting houses built but we need to be pulling out all the stops and getting things moving.

Health is complicated and goes back decades but where did this promise of major reforms and single tier health cover go?!

Those two issues are really all I'll be focused on as negatives.

I also find the jibes between FG and SF annoying. I'd doesn't make me want to vote for either of them. I'm not into negative campaigning and tribalism.

I've no issues whatsoever with his taste in pop music and I also have no issues with him just being himself. I'd frankly prefer if he felt he could loosen up a bit.

My vote will come down to policy though not pop music or personality.

pumpkin4life

https://twitter.com/MickeyVaugn/status/1111607531514839040

kowloon

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Great film

At least everyone can agree on that.

Duckworth_Luas

Should have voted for Jason Donavon, but his manifesto of nuking Dublin was rejected by the majority.

TheValeyard

cameramonkey wrote: »

https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/what-surface-sun-made

https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/19392/what-is-the-longest-effective-range-artillery-weapon-ever-built

Good idea but falls down on a number of fronts.

You're just not trying hard enough!

Believe in something

GMSA

Fann Linn wrote: »

An overpaid clown.

Which one?

tupenny

Is this a ****e april fool thing? God HATE april fool crap

tupenny

Never even funny

Agent Coulson

Hi Kylie I'm the offical arse checker of Ireland I would love to officially greet your arse to Ireland I can meet you in your hotel room if that suits or you can meet me in my caravan.


Signed Arse Checker.

Fann Linn

GMSA wrote: »

Which one?

The one with the funny socks and who is familiar with Bridget Jones knickers.

AllForIt

Funny, just last night I was out in my local dive bar and happened across a gay friend of mine who actually works as a trad singer. Not a big time star just someone who gets work in mostly rural towns.

Anyway ,somehow Kylie came up (not me) and I was too tipsy to think of the one song of her's I liked. He dutifully went up to the DJ and got him to play a Kylie track. He guessed right, the very one I was thinking off - Spinning Around. Apt, as it turned out to be one of those tequila shot nights.

Your Face

I'd just like to say I've nothing against the gays.

I'm really comfortable with them, whomever they may be.

I also don't see colour.
Well I do but like, I'm not colour-blind or anything but I don't see colour.

I always recycle too.

smurgen

Larbre34 wrote: »

Ah FS, no politician, or anyone doing anything is on duty 24/7, plus just cos he likes Kylie rather than golf or garden parties or the Ballet he gets scoffed at.

If he didn't turn up to the All-Ireland finals some other lad would be accusing him of treason.

I think he could be doing a much better job in some areas of Government, but then it also occurs to be I could be living in Britain or Italy or America or Poland or Russia or Venezuala right now and I'm pretty thankful.

The fact that we're better off than those other countries is down to the collective effort of the irish public,not dopey varadkar or fine gael

smurgen

pumpkin4life wrote: »

https://twitter.com/MickeyVaugn/status/1111607531514839040

That's a real eye opener

Nikki Sixx

I think any backstage photos of him with musicians are cringeworthy. He is like some geek, who is trying to be cool. It’s embarassing behaviour for a Taoiseach.

tototoe

The issue is not him liking Kylie. The issue is him using government headed paper to get a meet and greet for him and his chums with her. Go to the concert, enjoy yourself, but save us all (including Kylie) the bull crap of " I want to welcome you, I'm a big fan"

For all his waffle, he has little class or style. The Leo fan boys/girls on here are hilarious though

ChikiChiki

pumpkin4life wrote: »

https://twitter.com/MickeyVaugn/status/1111607531514839040

He should be tackled on this. Very concerning.

I see the Australian PM has promoted tweets there too. What is this, a pay for agenda promotion ploy?

As another poster mentioned, a real eye opener.

FrancieBrady

tototoe wrote: »

The issue is not him liking Kylie. The issue is him using government headed paper to get a meet and greet for him and his chums with her. Go to the concert, enjoy yourself, but save us all (including Kylie) the bull crap of " I want to welcome you, I'm a big fan"

For all his waffle, he has little class or style. The Leo fan boys/girls on here are hilarious though

That is the level this is at...cringe.
Kylie is popular with a wide cross section and it didn't bother Leo V how much he embarrassed the office in order to appear cool. It is a weird predilection for such high office.

Kermit.de.frog

Is this an April fools joke? (serious question)

FrancieBrady

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Is this an April fools joke? (serious question)

If it is, it is one of the best kind, because it is utterly believable that he would be a candidate to do something like this.

weldoninhio

Anteayer wrote: »

I'm not his biggest fan, but I don't really see the issue.
I don't really have any expectations that a taoiseach should have exclusively non-pop music taste.
He likes Kylie. Big deal!

She did churn out some cringe inducing pure cheese in the early days but her last incarnation was actually fairly credible electronica influenced pop.

I would rather we focus on how he's doing in terms of delivering policy. I think he's doing quite well on Brexit and global affairs and his government has delivered on a lot of key sosial policy issues : marriage equality, bringing Irish abortion law to some kind of vaguely sane situation, getting rid of blasphemy as an offence and probably dealing with the crazy divorce laws in may too.

However, his government isn't delivering on health or housing in kind of radical way that is clearly necessary. I appreciate there's a lag in getting houses built but we need to be pulling out all the stops and getting things moving.

Health is complicated and goes back decades but where did this promise of major reforms and single tier health cover go?!

Those two issues are really all I'll be focused on as negatives.

I also find the jibes between FG and SF annoying. I'd doesn't make me want to vote for either of them. I'm not into negative campaigning and tribalism.

I've no issues whatsoever with his taste in pop music and I also have no issues with him just being himself. I'd frankly prefer if he felt he could loosen up a bit.

My vote will come down to policy though not pop music or personality.

Eh, it was the Irish people who voted/and will vote to get these things changed, not Varadkardashian.

mgn

mgn wrote: »

When this clown goes to a Kylie concert he's a cool dude.
When Enda Kenny went to a Bruce Springsteen concert in Croke Park he was on the front page of most papers the next day saying he was making a fool of himself and didn't look good abroad.

He was wearing a suit and tie, for feck sake.

Dakota Dan

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Yeah, but official government paper? Just use a normal A4 sheet and get your own stamp.

And don’t tell the whole country about it.

Dakota Dan

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

This is Ireland.

We like to get angry at ridiculous things.

This is a non story of the highest order.

Buuuhar wahhh abouhh da homelessssss

You’re not seeing the bigger picture, we have a numpty as Taoiseach.

Wheeliebin30

Dakota Dan wrote: »

You’re not seeing the bigger picture, we have a numpty as Taoiseach.

That’s what everyone has been saying for years and years.

Bertie was a chancer, Enda was a plank, Leo is trying to be cool.

Like who are people looking for?

Never happy,

Dakota Dan

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

That’s what everyone has been saying for years and years.

Bertie was a chancer, Enda was a plank, Leo is trying to be cool.

Like who are people looking for?

Never happy,

This is the first time we have a numpty at least the others chancers and tools had a bit more common sense.

Wheeliebin30

Dakota Dan wrote: »

This is the first time we have a numpty at least the others chancers and tools had a bit more common sense.

Trump, May, Macron?

Are these the type you prefer?

meeeeh

If that's the worst that can be found on Varadkar, FG will be easily in government next therm. Scrapping the bottom of the barrel comes to mind. (And I can't vote and those close to me don't vote FG).

Maurice Yeltsin

As an aside, does anyone know why he posted, and later deleted, a tribute to Keith Flint where he said Prodigy were iconic for his generation?

I can't decide whether he retrospectively didn't want to associate himself with yoke music, or whether one of his advisers told him nobody remotely believed a teenage Leo was ever cool enough for raving. I'd go with the latter.

sbsquarepants

I can't really see the problem. Are politicians not allowed to like music or movies, or have any interest in anything outside of politics?

I personally think Leo is a useless twat, but I'm not at all sure it's his questionable taste in music that's to blame for that.

tototoe

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

That’s what everyone has been saying for years and years.

Bertie was a chancer, Enda was a plank, Leo is trying to be cool.

Like who are people looking for?

Never happy,

Was never a fan of Bertie or Enda, both utter gobsheens, but very clever at the same time.

Leo is a complete t!t and for all his qualities, he is not the sharpest tool in the box. Its all about image with him and it shows in his actions...like this.

Don't think I've ever disliked a Taoiseach more than Leo..

mgn

Deleted User wrote: »

He was wearing a suit and tie, for feck sake.

He didn't wear a suit and tie at the concert.

RobbingBandit

Let em have his fun it's not as if something really important that could **** the country up beyond repair is going on now is there??!

zell12

*cringe*

Maurice Yeltsin

tototoe wrote: »

Was never a fan of Bertie or Enda, both utter gobsheens, but very clever at the same time.

Leo is a complete t!t and for all his qualities, he is not the sharpest tool in the box. Its all about image with him and it shows in his actions...like this.

Don't think I've ever disliked a Taoiseach more than Leo..

It said a lot when he was caught off guard and asked what price he regarded as being an affordable house, I think he said 330k.

There hasn't been a more wildly out of touch moment since Flynn complained about paying to maintain his three houses.

smurgen

meeeeh wrote: »

If that's the worst that can be found on Varadkar, FG will be easily in government next therm. Scrapping the bottom of the barrel comes to mind. (And I can't vote and those close to me don't vote FG).

The worst? How about the hospital waiting list crisis,housing crises and diabolical infrastructure expenditure? Leo's smarmy personality is just the icing on the **** cake.

meeeeh

smurgen wrote: »

The worst? How about the hospital waiting list crisis,housing crises and diabolical infrastructure expenditure? Leo's smarmy personality is just the icing on the **** cake.

Then comment on those not on his taste in music. But something credible not complaints about housing shortage from serial planning objector.

Rikand

Fann Linn wrote: »

An overpaid clown.

Ah Kylie's not that bad

mloc123

https://twitter.com/sanzscript/status/1112317553286754304

This is more cringe...

MontgomeryClift

Complain all you want, but Varadkar is the perfect modern European leader: childless, homosexual, half-Indian.

If I was part of the foreign Money Power that wanted to ride roughshod over country I would select someone just like him.

sbsquarepants

Could be worse - at least he's not Theresa May:D

Anteayer

That's very cringe inducing stuff.

What's annoying me is that he wrote that not in a personal capacity but as Taoiseach.