FG to just do nothing for the next 5 years.

Fann Linn

'Losing the plot', comes to mind.
Goodnight Blanch.

_Kaiser_

Fann Linn wrote: »

Where do you get that from?

The biggest "wut?" I always have with statements like Blanch's is how everyone who questions or disagrees with FG is automatically a "shinner" or a "sponger" etc.

I'd be neither myself but still think FG are worse than FF on the whole - pissed away a mandate and golden opportunity to reform the business of politics and government in this country after 2011, squandered the subsequent recovery while somehow making core issues worse, and limped from scandal to scandal over the course of 2 terms.

As I've said before, the only reason we haven't seen more of it is they historically are never elected unless as a protest vote and only until they make FF electable again, which they did this time too with the added achievement of making SF the main opposition party in the process.

Blanch would be better off not worrying about Reds under the Bed and directing his ire to where it belongs - FG HQ

Suckit

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Blanch would be better off not worrying about Reds under the Bed and directing his ire to where it belongs - FG HQ

Blanch is a GP voter. Doesn't vote FG IIRC. Not a fan of reading other posters posts.

Shefwedfan

McMurphy wrote: »

I shouldn't laugh, but it's funny as hell in light of his gaff.



Harris-15.

I bet that sticks.

Yeah hillarious, only one of the other minions posted it yesterday.....

Shefwedfan

smurgen wrote: »

It's a terrible deal. The private hospitals were price takers in the current situation and would have been lucky to keep the lights on. Government could have gotten away with paying them a fraction of the reported numbers yet again their suspiciously weak negotiation skills come to the fore.

Why would a private hospital been lucky to keep lights on? that's such a stupid statement. If you are such a good negotiator I am sure you wouldn't be on boards all day every day. Closing multi million deals around the World


You have no idea what any government would have got for the hospital because its clear you havent a clue what you are talking about.


THe private hospital would have continued on as-is sesing patients but with restrictions, other illness doesn't stop because of a virus. Sure you knew that?



A work friend dad is sick, anyway he was going to the local hospital for threatment. Now with private hospital open instead of local hospital he is going to the private. The local is dealing with Covid. SO it means he is getting to see specialist he might not have got to for months


The private hospitals are the back up for covid but wisely it seems the HSE are using the private for day to day health care while they concentrate on covid. Of course the private will be brought in if a spike



Good plan do you think?


no idea if this was a HSE decision, FG or whoever but makes sense to me.

McMurphy

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Yeah hillarious, only one of the other minions posted it yesterday.....

Posted it where? I didn't see it, and even if I did - it wouldn't have made it any less funny to me.

James Brown

Fann Linn wrote: »

Where do you get that from?

He likes to answer his own questions and then criticise the answer he gave on behalf of others. It's handy if the internet is down.

blanch152

Bowie wrote: »

He likes to answer his own questions and then criticise the answer he gave on behalf of others. It's handy if the internet is down.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0424/1134528-eamon-ryan-green-party/

I see the Labour Party might be coming on board as well.

FF/FG/Greens/Labour would make for a good government in the current circumstances.

FrancieBrady

There'll be nobody left to compete against at the next election if this goes on.

Loafing Oaf

blanch152 wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0424/1134528-eamon-ryan-green-party/

I see the Labour Party might be coming on board as well.

FF/FG/Greens/Labour would make for a good government in the current circumstances.

I was figuring FF & FG would secure the backing of enough independents to give them a technical majority, just to let the Greens know the show could go on without them, but seems like it might have to be either one or the other:

The three Independent blocks in the Dáil, the Regional Independents, the Rural Independents, and the Independents, all expressed concern last night at the Green Party document.

efanton

blanch152 wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0424/1134528-eamon-ryan-green-party/

I see the Labour Party might be coming on board as well.

FF/FG/Greens/Labour would make for a good government in the current circumstances.

It is understood Labour will now compile a number of questions about the two parties' policies, and then respond formally to Mr Martin and Mr Varadkar next week.

All parties Greens, SD's and Labour would be expected to respond, even for the sake of good manners.

The green's demands as they stand will definitely be unacceptable to FF and FG but if there is compromise on the Green's part there might be some room for agreement. My personal opinion is that the Greens will talk, not get what they want, and then drop out.

Labour are almost certain to drop out. Asking questions is nowhere close to saying yes and it will be easy to ask questions that will get them off the hook from continuing talks.

SD's look as if they have no interest whatsoever.


If the Greens are prepared to significantly compromise there might be a deal. If not then Leo will have to do yet another U-turn and agree to forming a government with the independents making up the numbers. The alternative is a new election.

Shefwedfan

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

I was figuring FF & FG would secure the backing of enough independents to give them a technical majority, just to let the Greens know the show could go on without them, but seems like it might have to be either one or the other:

The independent have the likes of the Healy Rae in it, anything that could hurt a sideline business is bad

The thought of electric cars and people not buying diesel/petrol would kill them.....

James Brown

blanch152 wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0424/1134528-eamon-ryan-green-party/

I see the Labour Party might be coming on board as well.

FF/FG/Greens/Labour would make for a good government in the current circumstances.

So you're just bypassing the louise O'Reilly thing?
What's your point about her? Anytime anyone mentioned the Dinny and larry beds and concerns over the cost to the tax payer you threw in O'Reilly. All I could glean from it was she suggested a provider. What's the problem there?

I ditched Labour after they let Kenny away with business as usual. Kelly will do them no favours. Greens are never going to get any meaningful policies through and Eamo knows it. Kelly loves power, they just need give him a badge and a hat to say he's important and FF/FG are monstrous crony incompetents. Be nice to see them all circle the toilet.

James Brown

Shefwedfan wrote: »

The independent have the likes of the Healy Rae in it, anything that could hurt a sideline business is bad

The thought of electric cars and people not buying diesel/petrol would kill them.....

MM and or LV will be kissing the Healy-Rae arse again if needed, (Lowry too). For 'stability' like. Not sure how the dreams of the Greens might fare.

christy c

Bowie wrote: »

Anytime anyone mentioned the Dinny and larry beds and concerns over the cost to the tax payer you threw in O'Reilly

Thankfully we had a government that went ahead and secured the use of private facilities, rather than a government that pandered to soundbite merchants like yourself with "private profit" boo hoo.

satguy

christy c wrote: »

Thankfully we had a government that went ahead and secured the use of private facilities, rather than a government that pandered to soundbite merchants like yourself with "private profit" boo hoo.

Once again,, you miss the point..

We had really bad times, when we really needed extra hospital beds..

People were dying on stretchers and trollies, and in corridors, because wards were full.

But FG said there was no money to open up more beds. Plus it was only the poor that might end up on a trolley, so all was OK with them.

Now rich people are on trollies, and in corridors,, and all of a sudden we need to rent a hospital of Dinny to fix this.

Now we see who FG really care about,, now you see why we find it funny, and add in €115 million a month for the boss,, you might see why we are cynical....

satguy

satguy wrote: »

Once again,, you miss the point..

We had really bad times, when we really needed extra hospital beds..

People were dying on stretchers and trollies, and in corridors, because wards were full.

But FG said there was no money to open up more beds. Plus it was only the poor that might end up on a trolley, so all was OK with them.

Now rich people are on trollies, and in corridors,, and all of a sudden we need to rent a hospital of Dinny to fix this.

Now we see who FG really care about,, now you see why we find it funny, and add in €115 million a month for the boss,, you might see why we are cynical....

You do realise that the money being spent now is from the emergency fund. Where are the people on trolleys now? Having spent time on a trolley a few years ago, the number of drunks, people with broken bones from a few days ago, etc was staggering.

blanch152

Bowie wrote: »

So you're just bypassing the louise O'Reilly thing?
What's your point about her? Anytime anyone mentioned the Dinny and larry beds and concerns over the cost to the tax payer you threw in O'Reilly. All I could glean from it was she suggested a provider. What's the problem there?

I ditched Labour after they let Kenny away with business as usual. Kelly will do them no favours. Greens are never going to get any meaningful policies through and Eamo knows it. Kelly loves power, they just need give him a badge and a hat to say he's important and FF/FG are monstrous crony incompetents. Be nice to see them all circle the toilet.

Louise is promoting her contacts for government contracts, I thought that was the type of thing you reject.

christy c

satguy wrote: »

Once again,, you miss the point..

I asked you a few questions yesterday which you still haven't answered. Until you answer I will continue to file your posts in the virtual bin.

Shefwedfan

christy c wrote: »

I asked you a few questions yesterday which you still haven't answered. Until you answer I will continue to file your posts in the virtual bin.

If you start him off on Denis O'Brien again we will all head to the virtual bin :P:P:P:P


Dont expect answers, just expect bluff

satguy

I can see that I have a lot of peoples backs up..

But if the truth hurts, it's not my fault,,, FG get smaller and smaller, at every GE, the same thing happened to the PD's, way back..

We will soon live in a FF / SF world, and the next time wesley college need a hockey pitch, they will have to pay for it themselves.

satguy

FF & SF would never allow this to happen...

https://www.buzz.ie/news/two-dublin-private-school-e150000-grant-hockey-pitch-276688

In an FF / SF world,,, RTE might have to tread carefully,, because Leo won't be able to save them...

satguy

In an FF / SF world,, the man that put in the water meters,, would never get the contract to take them out ...

Never...

satguy

I know they read this thread,,, I know I have knocked them down 3 or 4 points in the polls..

But I check under my car every morning,,, you can all thank me later ..

Shefwedfan

satguy wrote: »

FF & SF would never allow this to happen...

https://www.buzz.ie/news/two-dublin-private-school-e150000-grant-hockey-pitch-276688

In an FF / SF world,,, RTE might have to tread carefully,, because Leo won't be able to save them...

That’s a great investment

Why wouldn’t that happen?

satguy

Shefwedfan wrote: »

That’s a great investment

You are bang on,, we need more hockey players,, they make Ireland a richer fuller place.. We can stand proud.

Shefwedfan

satguy wrote: »

You are bang on,, we need more hockey players,, they make Ireland a richer fuller place.. We can stand proud.

Any sports player does....

It’s great the investment in sports that kids have such an array of sports to pick from, I would like more investment

Would you not? More healthy people less strain on HSE

christy c

satguy wrote: »

I know they read this thread,,, I know I have knocked them down 3 or 4 points in the polls..

But I check under my car every morning,,, you can all thank me later ..

Had this been anyone else, I'd say they were trolling. But given the waffle you have came out with I wouldn't be surprised if you believe it.

Still no questions answered.

Shefwedfan

satguy wrote: »

I know they read this thread,,, I know I have knocked them down 3 or 4 points in the polls..

But I check under my car every morning,,, you can all thank me later ..

If this is true then I would seek help

A relative thought people started to track him, people just told him to cop on, it was only after he tried to kill him self that he got help, it was depression and he thought the world was against him

So no joking if you think this is happening then seek help

satguy

satguy wrote: »

In an FF / SF world,, the man that put in the water meters,, would never get the contract to take them out ...

Never...

Why would they want them taken out?