What's the point of Paul Murphy?

mariaalice

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117821232#Comment_117821232

Do you honestly think the law would be an easier job than politics? the cynicism and lack of understanding that others have genuine heled beliefs is amazing, why is it so difficult to understand that the daft left might actually believe in marxism or whatever theory they are into especially as a lot got into it when very young so the indoctrination is very strong.

Now I personally think a lot of it is nonsecne but dont stereotype or denigrated them for their views.

Weepsie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117821980#Comment_117821980

That's not what I said, I said it would have been harder work

NIMAN

He's just a professional moaner, who can see nothing good in anything the Gov do.

But I suppose that's his job, to highlight all the mistakes or broken promises, despite the fact he would do no better if in charge, and would in fact likely do a lot worse.

But he'll never have to prove himself, as he will never have any power. Will just always be a hurler on the ditch.

whisky_galore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117796461#Comment_117796461

How many Afghans is he putting up in his spare bedroom?

suicide_circus

To borrow a phrase he is one of the "supple-handed sons of privilege" who has never done an honest days graft who thinks he understands the plebs.

Jizique

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117822617#Comment_117822617

He would have been better served staying home and not appearing on Prime Time tonight

whippet

I only caught about 30 seconds of the end of his contribution on Prime Time .. but from what I gathered he is belly aching now about the relaxation of COVID restrictions …. A bit like the Irish Council of Civil Liberties he seems to have a default position of ‘no’ on every issue.

An irrelevant member of the dail is the best way to describe him now

gral6

Paul is not happy about relaxation of restrictions. Paul wants to lock us down hard till all the virus is supressed completely.

whippet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117831238#Comment_117831238

This will ensure the necessity of exceptional social welfare payments like the PUP for his target market

Weepsie

Conversely if they were continuing restrictions, he'd have been on to say that they need to be eased

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117831312#Comment_117831312

I assume (seen as this is boards) that this is a for bashing comment. But seen as the pup is for people specifically or of work due to covid, it suggests his target market is people who primarily work in the events industry?

whippet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117831728#Comment_117831728

not really - but he has been trying to make the case for not easing restrictions for a long time.

Sure he even said that he'd like to have the public transport kept at 50% so we would have to hire more drivers - pretending its a greenwashing exercise. But you know these things will need to be paid from taxpayers money and increases in taxes then make it even harder for middle income families to afford rent / homes which he also says needs to be cheaper - so the government needs to pay for that also - which then takes more money out of the same pockets - making it even harder to afford these rents and homes ......... i'm getting dizzy

and of course it was part of his socialist covid manifesto back in January

Paul Murphy: It's time to break the cycle of lockdowns and go for zero Covid in Ireland (thejournal.ie)

Murphy relishes on hardship - it's the fuel for his votes so why would he want people to be happy and comfortable if it costs him votes

Anne_Widdecombe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117831758#Comment_117831758

Murphy is an excrescence of the political left we could all do without.

As you say, he thrives on plebeian discontent. Without it, he'd literally be pointless (going back to the title of this thread).

OneEightSeven

For some foolish reason, Sinn Fein only ran one candidate in his constituency in 2020, when they ran 2 in 2016. If they ran two, he would have lost his seat.

gral6

I hope this idiot looses his next election. How can people be so useless?

blackwhite

https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD/status/1445066310296166402?s=20

Murphy reminding everyone of his stunning intelligence once again.

WrenBoy

Oh wow ! He even says "No, seriously" because he even knows how stupid that line is.

dudley72

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117980273#Comment_117980273

I still struggle to figure out who votes for this guy.

gral6

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117980291#Comment_117980291

Mainly Jobstown residents.

dudley72

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117980391#Comment_117980391

Ahh yes, Lidl is the enemy as well as Labour around those parts

markodaly

I cant wait for these guys to be in a left-wing government with SF..... it is going to be hilarious for everyone.

Strumms

Rereading a bit of this thread and happened across this, which I agree 100% with...

“LOOK AT IT THIS WAY ...can you imagine paul murphy trying to organize the vaccine rollout? He would shipping off our supply to third world countries before we had our population done.”

and he fûckin 100% would..

we’d probably hear him on the news tonight.... “ now that we’ve shipped the vaccine or 19 million doses worldwide to poorer parts of the planet... we are going to begin vaccinating our own Irish people, if you are one of the remaining 47,974 people in this country alive you can rejoice in the comfort of knowing you soon might live longer”... cut to a pic of a load of kids in Burundi in Irish jerseys smiling...

OneEightSeven

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117980291#Comment_117980291

TCD's Dr Ian Richardson created a map showing what % of first preferences candidates received in each electoral district: https://ianrichardson.shinyapps.io/GE2020_Results/

blackwhite

I see Paul Murphy has decided that - just like last spring - he doesn’t really trust the science and that he knows much better than NPHET.

hotmail.com

I think Paul lost a lot of support with his own constituents over his nutty covid rubbish.

blanch152

I had forgotten completely about his existence. Where has he been for the last year?

Yurt2

My issue with Paul Murphy isn't necessarily his politics. If his constituents want to vote far left, it's a democracy and let them at it, his political protege Joe Higgins was a thoroughly decent, popular and hard-working TD. It's not even his wealthy(ish) upbringing.

It's that there's some weird psychodrama at play with his political career. A lot of the time, it doesn't appear to be about the issue rather than Murphy being performative and trying to prove something about himself and his place in it. Kind of like he's acting out some sort of character he has concocted in his head.

Without naming names, I see this in other political parties and at the opposite end of the political spectrum too. There's one young FG (councilor I think) who plays the same game, and it's just all a bit off. More interested in picking fights and throwing slurs than engaging the brain. He may well get elected as a TD someday - FG HQ even appears to be egging him and amplifying him at this stage of his career, but it's easy to see he'll be making a complete tit of himself and his party under the white-hot lights of a TV studio and in the chamber.

Mad_maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118652887#Comment_118652887

He's a faux revolutionary poser

Yurt2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118652952#Comment_118652952

He wouldn't be the only one acting up like a pro-wrestler from the 1980s with very little rattling around his skull. It's a feature of politics across the spectrum, and it has gotten worse since the advent of social media. Politics was always theatrical as a by-product. But far too many TDs now take their political careers as basically social media influencers trying to instigate bunfights across the political aisle. A quick tally in my head, and I'd have about 30 TDs in the Dail who I'd rank as serious responsible people up to the task, worth listening to regardless of political affiliation across all parties and independents (I'm one of these people that pays attention to this stuff and do my best not to let party biases get in the way).

So while Paul Murphy has earned his criticism and is an obvious duffhead, he's far from alone.

blanch152

I see he was blaming NATO for Russia invading Ukraine in the Dail today.