How long can the forming of a government take?

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It will be accepted but SF have just won the next election.....
I dunno, if the new government can last the 5 years and the economy is doing okay then the protest vote the child killers got may dissipate.
 
I dunno, if the new government can last the 5 years and the economy is doing okay then the protest vote the child killers got may dissipate.

That's a pretty big IF! There is a lot of promises in that document when we are borrowing €30 billion this year to pay for Covid and our economy will not be back to anywhere near normal until next year.... Did I read somewhere that they were looking at a sugar tax increase or something. That should make a difference!
 
Well it seems that the answer to the question "How long can the forming of a government take?" is 128 days.
Looks like, if ratified by the parties, it will be 140 or 142 days, as estimates are that the new government will be signed in on Saturday 27th or Monday 29th of June.
 
The Sinn Fein strategy never changes. Oppose everything any Government proposes whilst promising everything for free. Mary Lou and her fellow travellers are in Government in Norn Ireland and we can see how (in)effective they are. But the SF strategy now is clearly not to get into Government in the Republic because they know that tough decisions will have to be made. They are much more comfortable sitting on the sidelines, carpIng.
 
I see that the centre-left parties are on 51% support (FG37%, FF14%) in the latest poll with the child killers holding at 25%.
Amongst over 65's FG get 50%, FF18% and the Child Killers 15%.
It seems that the real change that people wanted was for the two main parties to end their civil war divisions and go into government together. Thankfully that seems to be happening.
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It seems that the real change that people wanted was for the two main parties to end their civil war divisions and go into government together.

You mean, the IT poll is the real mandate, and not the election last February?
 
I see there is opposition to this deal among the ff grassroots, 50 ff councillors have formed a group in opposition to the deal. It's far from a done deal
 
Is Hazel Chu now opposing the PfG?

She was advocating it on Prime Time during the week but I’m sure I heard on the radio this morning that she’s opposing it.
Also, the Green NI MLA is opposing it. It’s a bit mad that the 800 Green Party members in NI can vote for/against the PfG despite not being eligible to vote in GE2020.
 
Is Hazel Chu now opposing the PfG?

She was advocating it on Prime Time during the week but I’m sure I heard on the radio this morning that she’s opposing it.
Also, the Green NI MLA is opposing it. It’s a bit mad that the 800 Green Party members in NI can vote for/against the PfG despite not being eligible to vote in GE2020.
Yea, I've a big problem with the NI Greens having a vote in this. At least the majority of the votes are in this country, unlike a certain other Party where all decisions on what they do are made in the UK.
 
Given that this is probably the most left wing and greenest programme for government in the history of the State what more do the disaffected Greens want?
 
Given that this is probably the most left wing and greenest programme for government in the history of the State what more do the disaffected Greens want?
You're missing the point! The disaffected actually like being disaffected. No PfG could EVER be good enough for them. They're essentially the Whingers Before Profit crowd on a bike.
 
You're missing the point! The disaffected actually like being disaffected. No PfG could EVER be good enough for them. They're essentially the Whingers Before Profit crowd on a bike.
I have to disagree with you; the people who would otherwise support the Shinners but they draw the line at being run by people who spent most of their life murdering children and covering up Paedophilia.
 
The Green Party had Marc Ruffalo (clumsy American male actor) on a video conference yesterday, encouraging acceptance of the PfG.
 
If The Greens reject the PfG, a FF/SF Grand Coalition is in the cards. They’ll need a few extra TDs, but RaeNua and Lowry spring to mind.
 
. . what more do the disaffected Greens want?
The first time they jumped into bed with FF they brought us BER certs and banned the lightbulb. This time you'd think they be happy with the magic beans that are banning of diesel/petrol cars, banning natural gas and oil exploration and other tomfoolery like pouring money into offshore wind. The only thing they didn't get was a policy that all newborn babies must be eaten in order save the planet. But I guess vegan Greens might baulk at that one.
 
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