FF/FG/Green Government - Part 3 - Threadbanned User List in OP

Labour's silent comeback = 0 Labour seats? If so, it can't be good for FFG as FF and FG have history wth Labour and would go into government with Labour again.

Regards...jmcc

I’m aware this thread is about FFG, but surely these clowns are missing a trick here? I had respect for RBB ( he has to get praise for the housing crises ) but I’ve lost respect after reading this:

The same RBB who objects to apartments in Dublin areas well served by public transportation, that are ideal for apartment living, in order to protect the Victorian ambiance of the area?

"Richard Boyd Barrett has filed an objection against a high rise development in Monkstown as it is "out of character" with the area's Victorian roots."

And whats even worse is that the proposed development isn't even adjacent to any Victorian homes, its surrounded by modern estates... So its doubly ridiculous. I don't think he has to get praise for the housing crisis at all.

Protesting against the most pro-Irish president since JFK fits in well with his general terribleness. We can only hope he loses his seat in the next election.

Fully agree with You here, especially your last paragraph. He may as well do us all a favour & eff off to Brussels & join Daly & Wallace.

I’m pi**ed off with myself for the respect I had for him.

Just heard on VM news that FG are at their lowest in the latest opinion poll. Cannot find any data online though.

Some interesting quotes from FG TDs doing the rounds today.

“‘The problem Leo faces is that he has actually delivered nothing as a leader – he has lost every election he has gone into. There is a point – zero wins from six elections is it? – where you have to ask the awkward questions. If we have any more polls lower than 20% there will be a tipping point.’

One TD said many long-term backbenchers who struggled to take the final seat in their constituencies last time are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the party leadership.

They said: ‘We are heading towards an election, maybe sooner rather than later, and we are starting to look like Eamon Gilmore’s Labour.

‘The simple question any leader has to pass is: “Can you win us more seats or at least ensure that we keep the seats we have? Can you do it?” The answer, after five years, is no.'”

https://extra.ie/2023/04/16/news/irish-news/fine-gael-leo-varadkar-housing

He introduced Joe in Ballina, presumably as rotating taoisigh they're sharing the limelight (esp as Martin is Foreign Affairs minister)

Varadkar is both particularly tone deaf, and particularly right-wing/Thatcherite - he barely conceals his dislike of poor people. Neither of which goes down well with an Irish electorate thats by and large very centrist.

FG would be doing a lot better with someone more relatable/sympathetic like Coveney, from the centrist wing of their party, in charge.

Even though the B&A polls can throw up some odd results every now and then, the 15% result will worry a lot of FG TDs. If FG's support in next week's RedC poll is anywhere close (within 3% of it) then FG is in very serious trouble. B&A is face to face polling. RedC is online polling and isn't too far off the figures from Ireland Thinks/Sindo. The Irish Times seems to have gone to quarterly polling and uses Ipsos. Ipsos typically uses a larger sample size. If there's an Ipsos/IT poll that shows FG on a similar % to B&A, Varadkar will be lucky to make it to the Summer recess as leader of FG.

Regards...jmcc

Well done the Indo for this FOI request. No matter though Leo, Roderick and Norma see going against hundreds of complaints from medical professionals, parents, teachers and school principals as just an inconvenience as they continue to demolish un-modern Ireland. They're barely even paying lip service to representing us. Sher it's only your children they're caring for now isn't it?!

https://mobile.twitter.com/Independent_ie/status/1647544110834675715

They may remove the useless Varadkar and replace him with someone the electorate prefers. Could be Pascal Donohoe, Simon Coveney though Simon Harris might want a go. The absentee Helen McEntee might be the choice of some newspaper commentators. FG isn't exactly spoiled for choice when it comes to replacements.

Regards...jmcc

Eoin O'Duffy? :)

Regards...jmcc

That's exactly why they need to stay in government until 2025. Their BS plans need to be exposed for what they are. The LDA shambles, ABP backlog and lack of planning reform (or any reform!) are indicative of the lack of political will.

It is hard to believe that things really are only going to get worse on the housing front over the next year or two because your article says the opposite.

"However, the index is showing signs of a turnaround for builders. Companies interviewed for the survey said new orders had risen for the third month in a row. They said they had responded by hiring new workers and stepping up the purchase of building materials, BNP said."

We are in the middle of an inflationary crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and while we need more, actually keeping the index as high as it is now is quite a good performance.