Kitty Kat Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Will the country have early elections or will they just put the new Fine Gael leader as PM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyground13 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 BYE! Won't be missed x He's probably fuming he won't be able to use his status to meet Taylor during Eras in June. 3 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said: Will the country have early elections or will they just put the new Fine Gael leader as PM? Currently they're hoping to do the latter, but a lot of people want an early general election. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelter Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Delighted. Though Simon Harris will probably take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyground13 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 48 minutes ago, Shelter said: Delighted. Though Simon Harris will probably take over. I fear he'd actually be worse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessguy99 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, holyground13 said: Currently they're hoping to do the latter, but a lot of people want an early general election. Why have new elections when there will be one next year anyways? Is there a party that thinks they have an advantage in having the elections a year early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credit Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Zios got him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyground13 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 4 minutes ago, chessguy99 said: Why have new elections when there will be one next year anyways? Is there a party that thinks they have an advantage in having the elections a year early? The general election will probably still happen next year but lots of the people living here are just sick of the government. A party called Sinn Féin is popular among many people especially young people, but they are also controversial for a few reasons. The main one is that they want a United Ireland (i.e. Northern Ireland to join back with the Republic) and they were involved in violence about 30 years ago (though time has moved on since then). Their policies are economically more left-wing than our current government but some people think they haven't given enough detail on how they'll run the country. They'll probably collect more tax from well-earning people but there are many people who don't want that. Sinn Féin actually got the most votes in the 2020 election but not enough to form a government. So for that reason, three parties - Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and The Green Party - decided to form a coalition government. There's also some smaller parties but none will probably be enough to form a government unless they form a coalition with Sinn Féin which they potentially could. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelter Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, holyground13 said: I fear he'd actually be worse Oh he will. Absolutely useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subomie Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Good riddance but this changes nothing We're getting another neoliberal clown from his party either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroSuitBritney Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 After he told Biden to his face that he and Ireland will always support Palestine... Somethings FISHY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eóghan Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 9 hours ago, holyground13 said: I fear he'd actually be worse good more fuel to sinn fein next year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Kat Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 Coveney's taken himself out of the leadership race. The bookies are saying that it'll be Harris. I wonder if Donohoe will take a punt at it also. I see some rumblings also around Humphreys and Naughton, and McEntee to a lesser extent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelter Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 All other contenders have pulled out. Simon Harris it is Tragic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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