General Election TV debates

super_furry

They're all depressingly ****e and uninspiring people.

McMurphy

Leo is clearly, clearly stumbling/faltering here trying to get a dig in about the North.

McDonald in fairness to her stayed calm, let him go off on his incomprehensible rant, and calmly reminded him that the purse strings to the north are held by the UK govt, and challenged him to make sure take it up with the UK govt.

Annabella1

Special criminal court stand out moment to date

Aidric

Sir Oxman wrote: »

Overexcited RTE camera zooming in on LV as he cites NI figures to MLM

Wombatman

David just before the break.....

piplip87

Marylou avoiding talking about policy or defending her parties stance on issues.

Martin and Varadkar are asking questions and raising points against SF policy but Marylou won't give an answer....

Granny15

Naggdefy wrote: »

So it would be a crime for people to own their house so?

Landlords are historic ass rings in this country.

Itssoeasy

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Has David been smoking, or does he always ogle Miriam like that? Spooky.

I wasn’t the only one who was looking at him wondering had he had a sneaky quart while Miriam was asking the questions.

BarryD2

Miriam O'C is useless at these type of interviews now - lost the edge to ask the hard questions and pin people down. She should just stick to the softy softly stuff she does on Sunday mornings.........

realdanbreen

deisedevil wrote: »

Every single time MLM tried to have a go at LV or MM Miriam has butted in and took the sting out of it. This is pure deliberate.

Still you have to admit MLM is typical SF when it comes to giving straight answers. Not electing Pearse Doherty as leader is going to cost them yet again.

sugarman20

Loved the look David gave at the end of the last part.

Hurrache

gooch2k9 wrote: »

What the **** has NI got to do with this?

Moderators should have shut that down there. Completely irrelevant.

SF, as they often tell us, are an all Ireland party, their policies are their policies. So it's completely relevant giving they make up the government there, when they all haven't taken a record breaking break from it.

gu1nness

McCullough grinning into the camera at break time, classic, tells it all

Dravokivich

L1011 wrote: »

Its a three-way debate; as the leader of the 4th or 5th biggest party (depending on method of measure) he's not there



Camera director got a very good "oh, ****e" look on MLMDs face with the NI stats there.

And the 20k figure was reported on only a couple of weeks ago. Why is she so confident it can be dismissed.

Dubh Geannain

Brother Kevin is the new Paddy the Plasterer

statesaver

Why is Mary Lou there, she don't have the numbers to become Taoiseach ?

Atlantic Dawn

This is the 3rd of the 4 debates I have watched and it's same old same old chat, has none of them anything new to bring, some scandal perhaps?

shenanagans

Mary Lou came out badly on crime & criminal court. In last election Sinn Féin said it would abolish the non-jury court which deals with paramilitary and gangland crime.

Mary Lou did not directly answer questions on the issue tonight. She said: “I accept we need mechanisms and special powers”.

She gets interrupted because she doesn't answer the question she's asked!

Sir Oxman

Hurrache wrote: »

Oh yeah, and she was probably better off never having getting an invite, easily could play it to their advantage. But appearing in the debate, based on the latest polls, can only i believe have them drop in popularity.

When all is said and done after this debate, a lot of viewers and pundits will say MLM hit all the soundbites and that matters way more than Leo saying 'it's not enough I know' for the millionth time.


Bar a massive humdinger by someone

Mervyn Skidmore

Howong before Mary Lou says tweedle dum and tweedle dee?

BarryD2

Hurrache wrote: »

SF, as they often tell us, are an all Ireland party, their policies are their policies. So it's completely relevant giving they make up the government there, when they all haven't taken a record breaking break from it.

Precisely, they've been sitting on their arses up north for the past three years and now expect to waltz in here?

mzungu

It's fairly mundane stuff so far. This format does not suit Mary Lou as she has to give more time to explaining her policies and the holes in it are being picked apart. MM and LV have been going through the motions. Neither looks remotely like they believe a word that they are saying. This is the problem with too much media coaching, things can come across as being a bit mechanical.

Austria!

ridonkulous wrote: »

MM constantly giving out about being interrupted and looking to the hosts to shut them up for him looks so bloody weak. Grow a pair and shut them up yourself.

Huh, there you go. I always wondered if there was even a single person out there who actually wanted politicians to be shouting each other down like morons, and now I know.

Naggdefy

Granny15 wrote: »

Landlords are historic ass rings in this country.

You said it was a crime to own private property. We're not talking Anglo Irish Absentee landlords here. Just owning a home.

Suckit

statesaver wrote: »

Why is Mary Lou there, she don't have the numbers to become Taoiseach ?

Her party is polling highest.

Itssoeasy

Dravokivich wrote: »

And the 20k figure was reported on only a couple of weeks ago. Why is she so confident it can be dismissed.

Was it reported ? I hadn’t heard that reported so was surprised to hear that number quoted.

rob316

realdanbreen wrote: »

Still you have to admit MLM is typical SF when it comes to giving straight answers. Not electing Pearse Doherty as leader is going to cost them yet again.

There is no question Doherty should be leader, very capable politician.

Doctors room ghost

Watch the ex doctor waffle his way out of healthcare.
9 years clown shoes

Suckit

F**k off Leo..

YOU HAD 9 YEARS!

Whether or not you think it was fair to count all the years FG were in power.

super_furry

Health? If the other two can't absolutely nail Varadkar on this, they might as well give up on everything.