Most likely outcome in next election is FG biggest party, Labour next and FF third.
It would be interesting if Labour had enough seats to form coalition with FF with Labour as main party i.e they have a choice to go in with FG as smaller party or go in with FF and have a Labour Taoiseach for first time ever.
It might sound like political suicide but if Enda Kenny is that unpopular and a Lab/ FF could still leave Brian Lenihan as MOF it might be a runner.
People keep saying this Sunny, but it is obvious there are a large number of voters that do not want to vote for FF or FG. They have to vote for someone.
Their % of the vote may not directly translate into seats but they should easily do better than the 33 seats they got in 1992 in the Spring Tide.
They said the same thing in the UK before Blair came to power.Labour won't get the votes to be the biggest second party. Very easy to vote for labour in a poll. Different story when it comes to putting that vote into a ballot box.
They said the same thing in the UK before Blair came to power.
They said the same thing in the UK before Blair came to power.
it is obvious there are a large number of voters that do not want to vote for FF or FG. They have to vote for someone.
Actually they don't. If people are disillusioned with the main parties and cannot find an alternative to vote for, they may stay at home, hence the party that has the infrastructure to get their vote out, may do better then the polls currently indicate
Eamonn Gilmore is a lunatic Marxist who will drive all of the money out of Ireland. His policies are not that much different from Sinn Fein. The public sector will dance for joy when he gets in. He won't cross any unions. He'll want to tax the rich to punish them. However, he'll only be taxing entrepreneurs and people who create employment in this country. He'll create a run on the banks. I can't see the bondholders being too happy with him either. Hope and pray that FG get a majority....
Totally agree.I wouldn't worry, you'll find that Gilmore or Kenny won't really have options. When they get in the first thing you'll hear is that there is no pot of gold and they'll make the same cuts as FF would have
Maybe a bit too clever. Clearly Gilmore does not want a GE just now - that would leave FG in pole position. He hopes that by waiting FF will make a small recovery at FG's expense and that his rise will continue. That would put him as firm king maker and almost certainly king.Not labours biggest fan but brilliant move by Gilmore over the pairings. Made kenny look like a twat! Afraid that could be the end of enda!
Not labours biggest fan but brilliant move by Gilmore over the pairings. Made kenny look like a twat! Afraid that could be the end of enda!
With Enda, the best they can hope for is being roughly equal partners with Labour and there is the realistic possibility that they will be back in opposition to a Labour/FF coalition.
Well they are practically both the same. (Dire)Amazing to think that FG are at the same level as FF in the most recent poll.
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