FF TD breaks rank with party over FG Brexit stance

Marty Xavier

Good ole Timmy Dooley, not long was he in the Dail when he voted to close the Heathrow link from his local airport in Shannon now he thinks the Taoiseach should bend over for Bumbling Boris and yield to whatever the hell the Brits want us to do.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/fianna-fail-td-criticised-after-blaming-taoiseach-for-failing-to-engage-with-boris-johnson-940358.html

Muahahaha

Dimmy Tooley indeed

Fr_Dougal

If FF had any legitimate ideas on how to deal with Brexit they would have withdrawn support for FG straight away.

They’re like hurlers on the ditch at the moment, waiting for Brexit to go pear shaped so that they can retrospectively say ‘we told you so’.

I’m no great fan of FG, but it seems as if they have more balls than FF at the moment, at least they aren’t hiding in the shadows.

TheValeyard

Timmy Dooley is a hamster and smells of elderberries.

Marty Xavier

Not a fan of FG either and (I would never vote FF again after they wrecked the country) but they are showing remarkable persistence and stubborness on this. Fair play to M Martin too though for standing behind them, it may be a holding position but for the most part they have parked their petty politics and shown a united front.

lola85

Marty Xavier wrote: »

Not a fan of FG either and (I would never vote FF again after they wrecked the country) but they are showing remarkable persistence and stubborness on this. Fair play to M Martin too though for standing behind them, it may be a holding position but for the most part they have parked their petty politics and shown a united front.

No they haven’t.

MM is waiting until the numbers add to pull the plug and call a GE.

He is sitting by while FG takes all the slack.

FF are snakes

Franz Von Peppercorn II

lola85 wrote: »

No they haven’t.

MM is waiting until the numbers add to pull the plug and call a GE.

He is sitting by while FG takes all the slack.

FF are snakes

That would be politics.

Edgware

The arrogance of the eu will lead to a no deal brexit. They could have made concessions to Cameron which would have stopped all this ****e

However they are so far up their holes they think that Britain won't survive without them. It's only s matter of time before our "gallant allies in Europe" sell us out. They have started already with the beef deal

super_furry

He's been quickly put back in his box and told to delete the tweet.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Edgware wrote: »

The arrogance of the eu will lead to a no deal brexit. They could have made concessions to Cameron which would have stopped all this ****e

However they are so far up their holes they think that Britain won't survive without them. It's only s matter of time before our "gallant allies in Europe" sell us out. They have started already with the beef deal

They literally did make concessions to Cameron. He got what he asked for and campaigned for remain.

Cee-Jay-Cee

super_furry wrote: »

He's been quickly put back in his box and told to delete the tweet.

I’m amazed he had the intelligence to send a tweet in the first place.

KildareP

Edgware wrote: »

The arrogance of the eu will lead to a no deal brexit. They could have made concessions to Cameron which would have stopped all this ****e

However they are so far up their holes they think that Britain won't survive without them. It's only s matter of time before our "gallant allies in Europe" sell us out. They have started already with the beef deal

As opposed to what, the calm-headed, friendly pleasantries coming from Westminster?

JohnnyFlash

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

If FF had any legitimate ideas on how to deal with Brexit they would have withdrawn support for FG straight away.

They’re like hurlers on the ditch at the moment, waiting for Brexit to go pear shaped so that they can retrospectively say ‘we told you so’.

I’m no great fan of FG, but it seems as if they have more balls than FF at the moment, at least they aren’t hiding in the shadows.

County hurling, Patar.

The history books will look very kindly on the work of our current Government (and even more so Enda's brilliant FG/Labour administration) - whilst always ignoring the legends in our exemplary civil service.

These are extraordinary times, and being part of the EU has offered us gravitas in our negotiations so far. Coveney's Statesmanship so far has been a proper sight to behold for us followers of 'realpolitik'.

Richard Hillman

This is why Politicians are lowly viewed of. He obviously has this opinion but because the party disagree with it, he deleted the tweet. Why doesn't he have the backbone to stand-by what he said?

This is something that is badly wrong with Irish politics. In UK or US politics the party members will often come out and disagree with a stance of the party leader. I assume it happens in a lot of other healthy democracies too. Party members would often vote against the party or abstain on stuff they disagree with. Its healthy, its why we vote for individuals as TDs as part of a party and not just the party itself.

Here, If you vote against the party or even openly disagree with a party stance, you're automatically chucked out of the party.

This is it

Tim nice but Dim

suicide_circus

The UK should just do like we did for the Lisbon treaty; keep voting til you get the right answer.

Phoebas

suicide_circus wrote: »

The UK should just do like we did for the Lisbon treaty; keep voting til you get the right answer.

They voted 3 times so far on the Withdrawal Bill.

lola85

British media have seized his tweet and now going with Irish unity on the issue is faltering.

Weldone Timmy you dimwit.

Kimbot

MOD Moved to Current Affairs, please take note of the local charter.

Westernyelp

Edgware wrote:

The arrogance of the eu will lead to a no deal brexit. They could have made concessions to Cameron which would have stopped all this ****e

Edgware wrote:

However they are so far up their holes they think that Britain won't survive without them. It's only s matter of time before our "gallant allies in Europe" sell us out. They have started already with the beef deal

This is the sort of Blinkered nonsense that keep the no deal side trundling along. It's exasperating.

Westernyelp

This is it wrote:

Tim nice but Dim

Is he nice?

Plumbthedepths

JohnnyFlash wrote:

The history books will look very kindly on the work of our current Government (and even more so Enda's brilliant FG/Labour administration) - whilst always ignoring the legends in our exemplary civil service.

Bit early for stand up comedy.