general election vote

[whiteknight111]

Has just looking at news there on rte website found this

"Galway West Fianna Fail TD Frank Fahey still has the most impressive property portfolio in the Dáil and he has declared properties at 18 locations including: Galway, Boston, France and Portugal."

So I looked up wiki about him and found this

"He was a school teacher before he entered politics. Fahey was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the February 1982 general election"

"The Irish Times reported in 2006, that in 1994, when Frank Fahey was a Senator, on a modest salary of £19,486 (€24,747), he became involved in establishing a hair and beauty salon business in Moscow involving an investment of over £200,000 (€254,000)."

"Fahey has assembled a very extensive property portfolio. Some are registered in his own name while others are held in partnership with relatives of associates These are located in his native Galway city and county, County Clare, Limerick, Dublin, France, Belgium, Portugal, the United States and Dubai. Fahey also owns or has shares in, shops and development land as well as six houses and 10 apartments in Ireland."


WTF

[John Shaft]

There should be an option there for "will have emigrated by the time the next election comes around" because that's what will happen me more than likely.
For the foreseeable future, there isn't going to be a government in this country that isn't led by either FF or FG and these parties are more or less the same. I voted Green the last time around, but then they jumped into bed with FF and have lost their way and their principles. What we badly need is a radical left wing government that will tax the shit out of the rich, put manners on the multinationals and give the two fingers to the bureaucrats in Brussels.

[John Shaft]

Who's the fucking Nazi that's decided to vote for the Immigration Control Platform?

[Rayden]

i cant understand why ppl continue to vote for the same parties again and again. Why dont ppl vote for a legit change in govt? I cant see the difference between FG and FF.

[espensen]

Numbers wise, how much of a majority does the govt hold now as regards seats?

[T_Tronic]

Numbers wise, how much of a majority does the govt hold now as regards seats?

77 FF 51 FG 20 Lab 6 Gr 4 SF 2 PD 6 oth
41.6% 27.3% 10.1% 4.7% 6.9% 2.7% 6.7%

[luther]

i cant understand why ppl continue to vote for the same parties again and again. Why dont ppl vote for a legit change in govt? I cant see the difference between FG and FF.

Butter the devil you know is the thinking of most...........

[Prickly]

I can't 'not vote' - it's wrong. But when I look at the list I can't see anyone I'd want to vote for - their all useless, or worse.
Something has got to change.
I'll have to defer my vote on this poll until that change happens. (Not holding my breath!)

[espensen]

If anyone does NOT vote, they lose the right to complain.

[Westsidex]

I can't 'not vote' - it's wrong. But when I look at the list I can't see anyone I'd want to vote for - their all useless, or worse.
Something has got to change.
I'll have to defer my vote on this poll until that change happens. (Not holding my breath!)

Its no more wrong than voting for an imaginary democracy is it?

Democracy is long dead here,
Westside.