While they both speak well they are way too inexperienced. I agree with comments above about Kenny and Bruton.He seems like a nice guy, but I don't think he's very good tbh. I think the time may be ripe for the likes of Leo Vardak or Brian Hayes if they were so inclined.
I don't think you are on your own there.Richard is the best of the bunch but FG hardly have any depth of talent. Hayes sounded competent any time I heard him while he was in the Seanad however I haven't heard him much since he got back into the Dáil, I'm not convinced about him; as for Varadkar or Cretin, I wouldn't rate them at all. I despair, at election time, at the dearth of choice. The opposition are so poor. I feel compelled to vote so I swallow hard and work backwards from X (least deserving of a vote) to 1 (who gets my number 1 by being relatively less bad than the rest).
FG/Lab have a great opportunity to make some political progress with the economic recession
He seems like a nice guy, but I don't think he's very good tbh. I think the time may be ripe for the likes of Leo Vardak or Brian Hayes if they were so inclined.
Ya - Enda kenny is poor alright.
Lacks convicrtion.
Did anyone see him that monday night before the lisbon treaty on Questions and Ansewrs?
On the yes side you have Micheal Martin and enda kenny.
On the no side you had Mary lou and that other guy from Libertas (whose name escapes me at the moment)
BasicallyKenny was of no assistance whatsoever to Martin.
People on teh panel clearly didn't respect kenny.
They would talk over him and ignore the points he made.
Kenny also seemed to lack any confidenece in himself going by how he expressed himself.
Yea, I remember the debate. The other guy was Declan Ganley.
Mary Lou and on the other side a woman in the Audience from the Women’s Alliance for Europe (or something like that) were far and away the best contributors. Martin was bad and Kenny was rubbish.
For one thing FG are a centre right party and Labour are a centre left party. For another Labour have been on the receiving end of a reverse take over by Democratic Left (Formerly the Workers Party) with their last two leaders, their party president and other front bench figures all from the smaller party. The same, I suspect, would happen to the new party that was formed as the labour party take over FG.Why don't FG and Labour combine forces and form one party? If we could put the Civil War politics behind us and have a party that combines the best political people and policies of the two, I think then we could have a credible opposition. I don't suppose it'll ever happen probably because diehards in both parties(the machinery)wouldn't tolerate it. Even with the present economic situation, unfortunately I think we will continue to see FF in government for the next ten years.
It's nothing to do with diehards or the civil war. FG are unreconstructed tories, and have more in common with Thatcher than Gilmore. Don't hold your breath waiting for that merger.Why don't FG and Labour combine forces and form one party? If we could put the Civil War politics behind us and have a party that combines the best political people and policies of the two, I think then we could have a credible opposition. I don't suppose it'll ever happen probably because diehards in both parties(the machinery)wouldn't tolerate it.
It's nothing to do with diehards or the civil war. FG are unreconstructed tories, and have more in common with Thatcher than Gilmore. Don't hold your breath waiting for that merger.
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