Is Richard Boyd-Barrett the worst person who has ever existed, including fictional characters?

liam24 · 31-10-2023 1:04am

No

I think Richard Boyd-Barrett is an exceptional politician. He would certainly get my No.1 vote if he was a TD in my constituency.

nullzero · 31-10-2023 1:07am

Difficult for him to claim such a title when he is in the same party as Paul Murphy.

tphase · 31-10-2023 1:08am

Surely you mean Richard Boyd Paul Murphy Barrett?

gameoverdude · 31-10-2023 1:10am

Stalin would be a close second.

amacca · 31-10-2023 1:15am

I mean he's probably up there but its not as if there aren't many others in contention for the prize

If there was a ranking system I think it would be hard to separate the likes of Paul Murphy, Clare Daly, Mick Wallace, Gemma O'Doherty, Maria Bailey and Josepha Madigan ....I'd put all of them in front of him (or behind depending on how you look at it) in the rankings

And there are many many more contenders in all spheres of public life that deserve consideration for that honour...and if they don't become outright winners there should be other categories they can gain recognition in.

Eg: outstanding contributions in the field of spineless sleveenism

The lifetime achievement award for gombeenism

Best reckless disregard for honour and decency

Best politician in a corruption supporting role

Etc

mazdamiatamx5 · 31-10-2023 1:16am

Yes

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303693#Comment_121303693

Agreed but Gemma doesn't really count as a politician.

amacca · 31-10-2023 1:20am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303696#Comment_121303696

I would argue none of them do.

Donald Trump · 31-10-2023 1:22am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303683#Comment_121303683

Don't be ridiculous. Shame on you.

You are trying to create a false equivalence between a power-hungry ruthless meglomanic, and the son of a simple Georgian cobbler.

Nowhere near close.

gameoverdude · 31-10-2023 1:24am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303713#Comment_121303713

Too easy to go down the Murphy route.

Donald Trump · 31-10-2023 1:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303719#Comment_121303719

It's a road that, if taken, you may not return from.

Lightening quick on the draw for the megaphone.

gameoverdude · 31-10-2023 1:27am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303723#Comment_121303723

Oh! I see what you did there.

mode1990 · 31-10-2023 1:30am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303676#Comment_121303676

Absolutely! Anyone who voted for Paul Murphy didn't hear the Pat Kenny interview regarding the nationalisation of Aer Lingus , I don't like the man but I was butt-clenching with embarrassment for him ! A smug Kenny said , well Paul you really didn't think it through !Oops

Loafing Oaf · 31-10-2023 1:35am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303723#Comment_121303723

😝😝😜

mode1990 · 31-10-2023 1:35am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303713#Comment_121303713

And not forgetting a significant portfolio that included Texaco , unloaded so as to keep his working man appeal !

Heart Break Kid · 31-10-2023 1:36am

No

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303676#Comment_121303676

is he not technically in a different party?

Murphy in Rise.

Barrett is PBP.

tphase · 31-10-2023 1:42am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303739#Comment_121303739

Rise...is that not a drug for ED?

gameoverdude · 31-10-2023 1:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303750#Comment_121303750

I'm watching robocop tomorrow

tesla_newbie · 31-10-2023 1:56am

Yes

Most get tired of being an idiot student in their early twenties, for RBB that day never arrived

31-10-2023 3:26am

I think Adolf Hitler as well as a couple of my bosses might have been a bit worse. 🧐

OneEightSeven · 31-10-2023 4:16am

I don't like him but he's not even the worst person in his alliance; Paul Murphy takes that title. He thinks he has the answer to everything, is constantly outclassed in debates, has to have an opinion on everything, spent the last 20 years calling for sanctions against Israel and then contradicted himself when Russia invaded Ukraine by saying sanctions will harm women and children; now he's back calling for sanctions against Israel again.

Mick Wallace would be the most dislikeable elected politician; a shameless, low-quality human being.

Finty Lemon · 31-10-2023 7:10am

Richard strikes me as a chap who has his list ready for when the revolution comes and the shooting starts.

riddles · 31-10-2023 7:48am

Yes

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303927#Comment_121303927

He’d need someone to buy the bullets though!

Most likely the people on his list.

31-10-2023 8:01am

FFS, he's not even the worst of his alliance.

And none of those assh0les deserve to tighten the belt of Haughey or have a whip around for Bertie

Grayson · 31-10-2023 8:07am

No

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303683#Comment_121303683

And Mao a close third.

francois · 31-10-2023 8:28am

No

A Poll just as ridiculous as some of Barretts policies.

Jim2007 · 31-10-2023 8:29am

Honestly, when someone comes out with a question like that, one can only wonder about their knowledge of history!

I don't agree with any of his policies nor do I know him, but the voters are entitled to elect whom every they wish to represent them. And in this case there are clearly a large number of people who agree with him and that is the price we have to pay for democracy - respect the views of those you don't agree with. My grand uncle, a veteran of the ware of independence, use to say the most difficult part of being a Republic was having to accept the will of the people when you don't agree with them. But given the alternative and he lived the alternative, he'd prefer it.

And realistically, it's not as if he is ever going to be in a position to do serious damage to the state of it's people.

runswithascript · 31-10-2023 8:33am

I am do not share as keen an interest in RBB as the others posting so I am not up to date on his actions, though I am unsure how any right minded person could dismiss the idea of sanctions on Israel witnessing the crimes against humanity and collective punishment of civilians they are currently perpetrating.

The acts of Hamas on October 7 were also crimes against humanity and I utterly condemn them but to borrow a phrase from the UN Secretary General in recent days, they did not happen in a vacuum, and the people of Palestine have been subject to 56 years of illegal occupation, so let's not pretend this was the first aggression between the parties, or as Netanyahu put it overnight 'Israel did not start this war'.

A recent brief history of the conflict by RTE made the point that when the British agreed to support the creation of an Israeli state the land was 90% Arab at the time.

Ash.J.Williams · 31-10-2023 8:36am

He's no Albert fish

The Orb · 31-10-2023 9:04am

A 50-something phoney sounding like a first year student politician, happy to sit on the sidelines throwing stones at those who have to make decisions, like the rest of his ilk he'd soil himself in office.

VinLieger · 31-10-2023 10:00am

No

I severely dislike the man but calling him thee worst person to ever live is a bit hyperbolic. Im curious what he did to OP to cause this overblown reaction tbh.

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