Conor McGregor

Anger and hopelessness does not equate to mass stupidity though.

The vast majority of people in this country correctly consider him nothing more than a scumbag.

Anyone looking to him for 'hope' are probably beyond hope.

A Scumbag Millionaire (TM) is still a scumbag.

The only way McGregor's supporters are entering a polling station is if you set one up inside a Foot Locker or Canada Goose shop, and they decide to loot it.

The fact the embedded image is broken makes it even better.

Might be a mobile thing.

Sounds like a simple plan anyone could pull off. Why don't you try it yourself?

I agree, it unlikely to happen, but never say never. As you say he is a thug, I can't stand the man and everything about him, from the crassness to drugged up followers and fanboys.

Still though, doesn't mean I can't see a blacklash coming against the established parties. If they keep labelling people and failing to listen it feeds into the likes of a C McG type narcissist gaining popularity.

SF - October 2023 poll

ABC1 - 26%

C2DE - 42%

Support for SF is much higher among working classes

There is a small element of SF support that is about nationalism. If/when SF are seen to let these people down then there are alternatives who profess nationalism. I am not claiming the Far Right will goto 10 or 15% overnight but it would be naive to think a SF government wouldn't see a growth in Far right opposition given some of their support includes voters who only vote for nationalistic reasons. SFs voting absolutely does include a percentage who could decide to abandon them and look at more right wing alternatives. I'm not saying it's large. I'm not saying it's all. I am saying it exists and could look for alternatives after SF enter government.

Plus a lot of the independents are already swinging rightwards too! Mattie McGrath, Verona Murphy, Noel Grealish, Michael Collins

I wouldn't also assume that the entire middle class is left or liberal either. There's a conservative cohort amongst them (Followers of say David Quinn, Breda O'Brien etc) that could be pulled rightwards. As we have seen in the US with Liberal left social policy such as Roe V Wade these things can move backwards

word of warning, don't mention that in public unless you want to be laughed at.

McGregor as some sort of far right political firebrand reads like some sort of left wing misery porn/ fever dream.

The man is a cretin, yeah there's lots of skangers who look up to him for being a coked up rapist but they're not a sector of society who are known for swinging election results.

The next general election will be a real indication of Ireland's true appetite for far right candidates, the most prominent of who have been experiencing internal turmoil of late. Last time out the far right accounted for less than 1% of total votes cast. Even if they enjoyed relative exponential growth they're not going to get anywhere, and for that to happen voters have to ignore the likes of Justin Barrett openly quoting Mein Kampf.

How Conor McGregor factors into this bringing his hoards of coked up "Yup Bro" fans (most of whom you'd assume have never registered to vote) to the table is anyone's guess.

Although I must admit there's something amusing about the idea of Taoiseach Conor McGregor draped in a tricolour screaming "yis'll do nuttin" across the Oireacthas at the opposition.

None of those problems will be solved by the people posing as refugees with no education or needed skills. The whole system has been played for years and here you are comparing skilled migrants with refugees travelling through multiple safe countries shopping for better welfare and landing with their handout.

You really have your finger on the pulse of the Irish political scene and the feelings of the nation it has to be said.

I think you'd make a great senior advisor to Mr. McGregor when he starts his own political party.