Most annoying politician at the minute

Stephen Gawking

Ivana Bacik is feeling left out. Knew her 20 years ago & she's gotten worse with age. Its everyone else's fault she couldn't get elected. Beyond insufferable. Joan Burton has to get an honourable mention because she never saw the irony in turning the opening of a soup kitchen into a political photo op.

corner of hells

Oranage2 wrote: »

Have we ever seen worse ministers?

Cast your mind back to era of Bertie " no bank accounts " Ahern, Charles Haughey , the hilarious Liam Lawlor accompanied by Brian Lenihan.

AlejGuzman68

I find all of them are. Between pats on the back and using words that just confuse me.

Stephen Gawking

Stephen Gawking wrote: »

Ivana Bacik is feeling left out. Knew her 20 years ago & she's gotten worse with age. Its everyone else's fault she couldn't get elected. Beyond insufferable. Joan Burton has to get an honourable mention because she never saw the irony in turning the opening of a soup kitchen into a political photo op.

Hazel Chu will take Ivana's mantle now if she get in

AndyBoBandy

The Healy-Rae brothers.

Danny or Michael, my hatred of them is interchangeable.

But probably Danny wins out for taking 3-4 minutes to say what anyone else could speak in no more than 25-30 seconds.....


Always seems drunk or extremely hung over.

padd b1975

Michael Fitzmaurice.

Pooped his slacks when staring down the barrel of being made a minister, but still unashamedly ditch hurling.

Beechwoodspark

Simon Harris or varadkar.

Can’t choose between them.

EmmetSpiceland

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Simon Harris or varadkar.

Can’t choose between them.

Harris has a much more irritating speaking voice.

Hamachi

Stephen Gawking wrote: »

Ivana Bacik is feeling left out. Knew her 20 years ago & she's gotten worse with age.

What’s she like in person? She presents herself as the sort of woman who could pick a fight in an empty room. That trait, combined with the barely suppressed sense of superiority she projects, creates an entirely disagreeable image.

The root cause of her inability to get elected seems to be that she is totally devoid of charisma.

Itssoeasy

Jesus where to start. There’s barely any on the national stage that I feel has done any good during the pandemic. There’s not many of them that do a good job and there’s some constituencies you’d wonder where the electorate awake given the TDs they returned to Dáil Éireann. The party leaders are all awful also with Alan Kelly the worst of a poor enough lot. When Alan Kelly is the best the Labour Party can get a leader then there’s huge issue in that party.

Itssoeasy

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Norma Foley for me. She is totally incompetent. She has zero experience in politics and was put in charge of a ministry to satisfy gender quota bullshiit. It makes no difference that she has proven herself to be without a doubt the most useless farcical minister ever, she remains in the position because Meehole and his band of **** actually think she's doing a great job and even more ridiculous see her as potential future leader material.

And that’s saying something. I’ll add Stephen Donnelly as I’m sure he’s nice guy and anything I say about politicians isn’t personal as I don’t know them personally but as minister for health he’s been an out and out disaster, which is saying something when previous health ministers have been Brian cowen, Michael Martin, Mary harney.

EmmetSpiceland

Itssoeasy wrote: »

The party leaders are all awful also with Alan Kelly the worst of a poor enough lot. When Alan Kelly is the best the Labour Party can get a leader then there’s huge issue in that party.

Reputable Rog

Paahtrick O’Donovan Minister for the 1950’s.

.anon.

Itssoeasy wrote: »

And that’s saying something. I’ll add Stephen Donnelly as I’m sure he’s nice guy and anything I say about politicians isn’t personal as I don’t know them personally but as minister for health he’s been an out and out disaster, which is saying something when previous health ministers have been Brian cowen, Michael Martin, Mary harney.

He's not.

hawley

Ruth Coppinger, I know she isn't currently an elected official. Looked at her Twitter and she got carried off by the Gardai last night at a protest.

Mantis Toboggan

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Simon Harris or varadkar.

Can’t choose between them.

Both a bunch of smug, private school posh boys, insufferable.

Itssoeasy

hawley wrote: »

Ruth Coppinger, I know she isn't currently an elected official. Looked at her Twitter and she got carried off by the Gardai last night at a protest.

Ah yes Ruth “the whole world is ending” coppinger.

Itssoeasy

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Both a bunch of smug, private school posh boys, insufferable.

They are but at least on this(you have me defending them now) they aren’t pretending they’re something their not unlike Paul Murphy.

Mantis Toboggan

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Both a bunch of smug, private school posh boys, insufferable.

Simon Harris went to a public school and his father is a taxi driver. Ya, really posh.

EmmetSpiceland

Itssoeasy wrote: »

They are but at least on this(you have me defending them now) they aren’t pretending they’re something their not unlike Paul Murphy.

Yeah, how dare he betray his own class and look out for those beneath him?!

griffin100

Alan Kelly, the man who couldn’t organise the installation of a few water meters but seems to be able to understand the unprecedented roll out of hundreds of thousands of vaccines. Maybe his buddy John Delaney could lend his organisational expertise to the roll out.

David Cullinane, who seems to think if we send Dessie Ellis over to the Astra Zeneca factory with an aul armalite we’d be grand for the vaccines.

Any of the privately educated champagne socialists in the Dail, lead ably by Eoin O’Broin and Paul Murphy.

Mattie McGrath. Suffering jaysus, the man is incomprehensible.

Gino Kenny, purely because I went to school with the gob****e and I know how thick he is.

Stephen Donnelly, need I say more.

Roisin Shorthall, who ran away from health when she was a minister because it was too hard but still seems to think she knows how to solve all of the HSE’s problems

Leo, despite being someone who was ambivalent about him previously, he know seems to be purely fixated on shafting MM, despite there being no need to. Worst example of an Instagram politician.

I’ll stop now before I upset myself!!!

Hamachi

Hamachi wrote: »

What’s she like in person? She presents herself as the sort of woman who could pick a fight in an empty room. That trait, combined with the barely suppressed sense of superiority she projects, creates an entirely disagreeable image.

I don't know her at all (Bacik) but met her a couple of times canvassing during the pro-choice referendum campaign, when she was head of the campaign in our area. Would say she is a great organiser, very focused, and has a common-sense approach that you might not expect. Not idealistic or idealogical at all.

Yurt2

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I don't know her at all (Bacik) but met her a couple of times canvassing during the pro-choice referendum campaign, when she was head of the campaign in our area. Would say she is a great organiser, very focused, and has a common-sense approach that you might not expect. Not idealistic or idealogical at all.

Of all people in the Oireachtas, Bacik is one of the ones with the most fixed view of the world. I'm not talking about conviction, but adherence to dogma.

Yurt!

Yurt! wrote: »

Of all people in the Oireachtas, Bacik is one of the ones with the most fixed view of the world. I'm not talking about conviction, but adherence to dogma.

Yeah, I would have thought so too. Who knows what a politician really believes, but her campaigning stance was very pragmatic on the doorsteps. Shows some political nous, I'd say.

boardise

How did Louise O'Reilly escape mention ?
She annoys me with her moany whiny tone -always trailing hard case stories of her constituents. Little to offer except trite emotionalism. Council material at best -(like too many in there)

trashcan

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Yeah, how dare he betray his own class and look out for those beneath him?!

I’ve never understood the hatred for Paul Murphy. As you say, how dare heespouse socialism when he’s not from a working class rough estate. The nerve ! How do people know he isn’t genuine in his beliefs ? He could easily be in FG or FF angling for a Ministry for himself if that’s what he was interested in.

Stephen Donnelly left any credibility behind when he went into FF ( that and his very silly beard !)

KevRossi

trashcan wrote: »

I’ve never understood the hatred for Paul Murphy. As you say, how dare heespouse socialism when he’s not from a working class rough estate. The nerve ! How do people know he isn’t genuine in his beliefs ? He could easily be in FG or FF angling for a Ministry for himself if that’s what he was interested in.

Stephen Donnelly left any credibility behind when he went into FF ( that and his very silly beard !)

Paul Murphy was an MEP for 3.5 years. Not once in that time did he open his mouth to say how disgraceful it was that the working classes of Europe have to pay for their water.

He was kicked out of Brussels by the voters and for several months he didn't open his mouth in this country on water. Then we had the by-election and all of a sudden he discovers water and how paying for it is a terrible toll on the working classes.

He's a professional whinger and moaner, and a professional bandwagon jumper. I knew plenty like him in college and in my 20's. All talk, they know everything that's wrong with the world, but have no fixed realistic solutions on how to fix it.

He's genuinely one of the worst in there. I can listen to RBB, but not Murphy.

Yurt2

trashcan wrote: »

I’ve never understood the hatred for Paul Murphy. As you say, how dare heespouse socialism when he’s not from a working class rough estate. The nerve ! How do people know he isn’t genuine in his beliefs ? He could easily be in FG or FF angling for a Ministry for himself if that’s what he was interested in.

Stephen Donnelly left any credibility behind when he went into FF ( that and his very silly beard !)

I do think that Stephen Donnelly actually has something between the ears, unfortunately, though he let his McKinsey* smelling your own farts culture get the better of him.

* Donnelly spent some time working for this crowd, who if people aren't familiar with them, are a global 'elite' consultancy firm employed by governments and large businesses to 'manage change' and generally make a hames of things while charging huge fees.

L1011

boardise wrote: »

How did Louise O'Reilly escape mention ?
She annoys me with her moany whiny tone -always trailing hard case stories of her constituents. Little to offer except trite emotionalism. Council material at best -(like too many in there)

Not really in the public eye enough. My local SF TD is undoubtedly the worst TD the constituency has ever had, even though FF have offered some doozies of those; but I wouldn't consider her the most annoying because I very rarely have to hear from her (as she does nothing).

Donnelly with his occasional gibbering (trampolines!), general poor grasp of his ministry and his general, well, everything would be my nomination.

Widdensushi

George Lee, ex politician but no doubt he will run again.

keano_afc

Chips Lovell wrote: »

Chu is fairly harmless but seems to attract irrational ire in some quarters. I'm assuming it's because she has the temerity to mention racism she's encountered and is thus seen as somewhat "uppity".

Yeah that's exactly it. You've cracked the case, Columbo.

freshpopcorn

trashcan wrote: »

I’ve never understood the hatred for Paul Murphy. As you say, how dare heespouse socialism when he’s not from a working class rough estate. The nerve ! How do people know he isn’t genuine in his beliefs ? He could easily be in FG or FF angling for a Ministry for himself if that’s what he was interested in.

Why would Paul join a party where he might have do things when he can do what he's best at. Sit on the sideline and moan and complain.

Itssoeasy

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Yeah, how dare he betray his own class and look out for those beneath him?!

Except that’s my point at all.

Hangdogroad

Dara Murphy. Fat,useless, entitled oaf.

Richard Boyd Barrett and his ilk have to be the absolute worst out of all of them. Never dressed properly, no respect for the Dail roaring and shouting but no interest in policy or actually entering government. Nutcases.

Eoin O Broin, Pearse and Mary Lou are next. A bunch of absolute psychopaths.

How people like this get elected beggars belief.

Icyseanfitz

has to be Norma "head in the sand" Foley

Larbre34

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Dara Murphy. Fat,useless, entitled oaf.

Who?

chrisd2019

Larbre34 wrote: »

Who?

Ask Vincent Brown about him

chrisd2019

Larbre34 wrote: »

Who?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEcUBXI4ZX8

boardise

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Dara Murphy. Fat,useless, entitled oaf.

I think he's fortunately an ex-politician now. A cowboy in a pinstripe .

Plumbthedepths

All of them.

Larbre34

I do know, I'm being rhetorical.

Funnily enough I was having a conversation at the weekend with a senior Labour politician I'm close with. We were discussing FFs future and leadership succession and, hand on heart, Murphy's name never even came up.

Itssoeasy

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Jesus where to start. There’s barely any on the national stage that I feel has done any good during the pandemic. There’s not many of them that do a good job and there’s some constituencies you’d wonder where the electorate awake given the TDs they returned to Dáil Éireann. The party leaders are all awful also with Alan Kelly the worst of a poor enough lot. When Alan Kelly is the best the Labour Party can get a leader then there’s huge issue in that party.

Better than Captain Woke, Aodhan O'Riordan and that says a lot

Aglomerado

Michael Lowry and his ilk in general. ML is Not liked in parts of South Tipp. I was hiking in Aherlow just ahead of the last election and spotted one of his posters daubed with "C*NT" in huge letters. (No I didn't write it! )

Pythagorean

Norma Foley -- Demanding an explanation of why the vaccine plans had been changed to an age related protocol, when it had been explained the previous day. Considering she is Minister for education, she shows a lot of the traits of a slow learner.

Hamachi

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Yeah, I would have thought so too. Who knows what a politician really believes, but her campaigning stance was very pragmatic on the doorsteps. Shows some political nous, I'd say.

Thanks for that insight. Like the other poster mentioned, I assumed she is highly ideologically-driven. Good to hear that there is a degree of pragmatism there.

She comes across terribly in media appearances. Never heard anybody describe her as remotely likeable. I wonder would she benefit from some media training if she has aspirations to run in future GEs?

Hamachi

Hamachi wrote: »

Thanks for that insight. Like the other poster mentioned, I assumed she is highly ideologically-driven. Good to hear that there is a degree of pragmatism there.

She comes across terribly in media appearances. Never heard anybody describe her as remotely likeable. I wonder would she benefit from some media training if she has aspirations to run in future GEs?

I suppose media is a bit like boards. We can be a bit more combative than we would be in ordinary life. Frankly, I was a bit disappointed with how normal she was, but we are all a bit normal I suppose.

.anon.

Deleted User wrote: »

Richard Boyd Barrett and his ilk have to be the absolute worst out of all of them. Never dressed properly, no respect for the Dail roaring and shouting but no interest in policy or actually entering government. Nutcases.

Eoin O Broin, Pearse and Mary Lou are next. A bunch of absolute psychopaths.

How people like this get elected beggars belief.

They get elected because (I hope you're sitting down, as this may shock you) not everyone shares your opinions. The Fine Gael TD who grabbed a female colleague onto his lap (during a debate on women's bodily autonomy) was wearing a suit. The FF/FG backbenchers who roar incomprehensible gibberish whenever an opposition TD speaks all wear suits too. As did Liam Lawlor, Ray Burke, Bertie Ahern, Charlie Haughey and Michael Lowry. There's a lot more to 'having respect' than having a tie around your neck.

poisonated

I agree with people who said Mary Lou McDonald. She’s even worse than Gerry Adams apart from the whole IRA thing.

Sharpyshoot

The fire brigade must be out to Stephen Donnelly’ ears 10 times over since today.