Do you want a general election now?

skimpydoo

Michael Martin said today when talking about the MNOC that the Irish public don't want a general election now. Is he right or wrong? Let's see.

Ouch Chinese Byrne

I don’t mind If there is an election. I’d still be voting for FG or FF.

Topgear on Dave

No I don't want a general election now.

We're coming into the summer holidays. The TDs aren't going to vote themselves into oblivion at this time of year.

Would be hilarious if they did it accidentally though.

hunter2000

Possibly🤔 can it do the county any harm 😉 we see how tomorrow goes 🤔

Galwayguy35

Yes I want a general election now.

Yeah I do, but not because I want SF to get in.

I just want to see the Greens crash and burn.

Will_I_Amnt

No I don't want a general election now.

What would be the poin? SF aren't going to get an overall majority and no other party is going to go into coalition with them.

You'll still have Taoiseach Martin or Varadkar (quite possibly both, in turn, again) at the end of it - with a similar cabinet.

Real Donald Trump

General election now or not won't make much difference, it will always boil down to voting between a douche and turd. South park nailed it years ago.

WJL

No. Things are unstable enough without all the crap of forming a new government. I don't think a Sinn Fein led government will do any better. Their time will come, but not now.

L1011

I would like the next election to not be in mid-winter for once; but it doesn't need to be now.

atticu

I could not be bothered if there was or wasn’t an election before the end of the year.

SF would dread an election now. Too many issues to be dealt with.

standardg60

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323399#Comment_119323399

True but it might soften SF's cough

No I don't want a general election now.

It doesn't make a difference.

FF and FG are indistinguishable from one another.

Sinn Fein, for all their talk, would just become a version of it once they realise that populism doesn't translate into legislation.

As a relatively irrelevant country on the world stage, much like New Zealand or Belgium, it doesn't matter whose in charge because they're all cut from the same cloth - though they pretend their differences are greater than they actually are in reality.

No I don't want a general election now.

I don't think the time is right. To much unstability with everything going on.

No I don't want a general election now.

No, because the Greens still have more environmental legislative work to do and also I don't want to see the fustercluck that will be SF in govt

But maybe we'll see the greens in govt with SF, that would be interesting seeing as there are so many anti-science loopers in SF

No I don't want a general election now.

Let FFG dig their own grave a little deeper.

Dempo1

No I don't want a general election now.

I'm thorn on this, At this stage something needs to change, it seems not a day goes by with more ineptitude from this Government.

I definitely not ever be voting FFGG again, an absolute shambles they made of things, what's done it for me is the epic Virtue Signalling since last March and quite shocking Hypocrisy and blatant inequality at play whilst the plight of those who actually vote governments in, shamelessly ignored. A mysterious Magic money Tree thats shaken when it suits this appalling government.

I've voted no, not because I don't want this shower to be in government much longer, just concerned about the uncertainty with an already chaotic situation.

This government more concerned about virtue signalling around Europe and couldn't give a Toss about its own people, its shocking and utterly depressing.

skimpydoo

Yes I want a general election now.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323543#Comment_119323543

I voted yes but I can see why you voted no. The more FFG are in government the more votes they will loose at the next election.

Loafing Oaf

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323399#Comment_119323399

SF aren't going to get an overall majority and no other party is going to go into coalition with them.

Says who?

https://www.newstalk.com/news/ge2020-social-democrats-greens-refuse-rule-coalition-sinn-fein-955141

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ff-tds-would-not-exclude-sinn-fein-coalition-after-next-election-1.4478483

Dempo1

No I don't want a general election now.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323557#Comment_119323557

It's a tough one, I'm actually disgusted by this government, almost angered by it, I'll have my popcorn out tomorrow, obviously MONC won't pass but it has focussed minds and it wi be a heated debate 😉

downtheroad

No I don't want a general election now.

No because the best of a very bad bunch are in there and there is no credible alternative at this time.

skimpydoo

Yes I want a general election now.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323572#Comment_119323572

MONC won't pass but we will know what independent's don't deserve a vote in the next election.

brokenangel

No I don't want a general election now.

For those thinking of an election now, just have a look at what SF proposal are in their alternative budget

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323584#Comment_119323584

Very, very few independents are ever worth a vote. You're electing someone to do national work, but an independent almost always only cares about their own patch.

No I don't want a general election now.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323592#Comment_119323592

I was curious and holy cow lol

Some real corkers in there but the best one has to be the LPT phase out. It was a stupid populist decision to get rid of it and took decades to bring it back in and they want to do another stupid populist move by abandoning it again. Bonkers

brokenangel

No I don't want a general election now.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323674#Comment_119323674

The LPT is also a tax break for the rich, no matter how much money you funnel out of ireland and dodge taxes, if you have a big Mansion then you pay tax on it and everyone in the community benefits from it

Its the most ridiculous, sorry one of the most ridiculous proposals I have ever seen.

The other alarming one is below

Reduce tax subsidies to gold plated pensions by reducing the Standard Fund Threshold to €1.5 million and lowering the earnings contributions cap for allowable reliefs to €60,000 - €387 million

brokenangel

No I don't want a general election now.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323599#Comment_119323599

The majority of independents are interested in lining their own pockets, the likes of the boyos in Kerry are just funnelling money out of the government and into their own pockets

No I don't want a general election now.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323735#Comment_119323735

I don't think you meant to say tax break ;)

gmisk

No I don't want a general election now.

No strong feelings...but I voted no.....would it make much difference? Let this coalition run its course and we will see.

Let's see sinn Fein put their money where their mouth is so to speak.

Oh plus the flyers...feck off with them! I don't need any more rubbish in my green bin.

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323880#Comment_119323880

I imagine they mean getting rid of it is a tax break for the rich. Which it is

Ireland has the only socialists in Europe that are against taxing wealth and excessive consumption.

StupidLikeAFox

Do you remember that time Belgium couldn't form a government for around a year and thing went fine, can we vote for something like that? A cooling off period of some sort, like when a farmer leaves a field empty for a year, every politician goes into their own personal lockdown

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323941#Comment_119323941

The old government continues in such a situation. It doesn't change anything.

We had a few weeks in 2016 and about 4 months in 2020 of that.