Will Covid 19 save Ireland from Sinn Fein?

Pkiernan

I think it might force FF and FG to align and keep SF at bay.

CinemaGuy45

Pkiernan wrote: »

I think it might force FF and FG to align and keep SF at bay.

JohnnyFlash

Meh.

Here we go again on the carousel. The SF paranoia will never cease, nor the unsubstantiated nonsense that inevitably follows.

Bobeagleburger

I think most people just want a government in place to run the place in this time of crisis. Housing isn't even on the radar now, and that was the main election issue. Things change very quickly.

touts

Pkiernan wrote: »

I think it might force FF and FG to align and keep SF at bay.

Unfortunately not. FG/FF together is exactly what SF want. It's a step to an overall majority for then in a couple of elections. If you want a historical parallel look up how Hitler and the Nazis sat in the German Parliament in permanent opposition to everything until they eventually came to power. Sinn Fein will basically copy the Nazi strategy.

CinemaGuy45

touts wrote: »

Unfortunately not. FG/FF together is exactly what SF want. It's a step to an overall majority for then in a couple of elections. If you want a historical parallel look up how Hitler and the Nazis sat in the German Parliament in permanent opposition to everything until they eventually came to power. Sinn Fein will basically copy the Nazi strategy.

landofthetree

All the parties look like idiots.

Ireland has increased public spending by 13 billion since 2016. FFS 13 billion and where are the improvements in public services?

Not one party in opposition said this was too much. They wanted the government to spend more.

But to top it off nobody called for reform of the way we spend. That hasn't happened for years.

Well you know what? All this spending may have to be cut back. Their election pledges are likely to look incredibly stupid by June 2020.

I don't think so. We have got this under control. There will be some deaths unfortunately. When this blows over in next 12 months, I feel SF will still have a significant vote even if this distracts people.

Harry Palmr

FF/FG/Green was going to happen at some point, the Coronavirus has just lit a fire under Michael and Leo

landofthetree

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I don't think so. We have got this under control. There will be some deaths unfortunately. When this blows over in next 12 months, I feel SF will still have a significant vote even if this distracts people.

Head in the sand stuff.

The economy is collapsing in Italy. We are next.

Huge austerity is on the way.

Beasty

Give it a rest