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I wish tax wasn't such an issue. We pay gently caress all compared to many countries and we also don't have local authority taxes. I want someone who is going to spend on infrastructure and maintaining social services.
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May 21, 2017 23:54
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julian assflange posted:I wish tax wasn't such an issue. We pay gently caress all compared to many countries and we also don't have local authority taxes. sounds like communism to me! 
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May 22, 2017 00:57
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can't wait for the next election now. varadkar's in my constituency, i might get to tell the taoiseach he's a oval office
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May 22, 2017 01:08
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painted into a coroner posted:We are hosed. Not really. When you consider the amount of time and column inches dedicated to the Dail Prayer, there isn't much left for actual legislation to happen.
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Leo is launching his policy document, hasn't been uploaded yet but a couple if points: Similar commitment to Coveney to cut the highest headline income tax rate to 50% Reduction of debt to GDP target by 10% to facilitate more capital spending Referendum on abortion in 2018 Auto enrolment pension schemes with state/employer matching payments for employee contributions Reversal of cuts in bereavement payments Merging prsi and USC into a new single tax Harmonising (cutting) prsi rates for the self employed and extending job seekers benefit to the self employed More autonomy for state owned enterprises Increase in property taxes for homes lying vacant for more than two years Scrapping the help to buy scheme Paying water charge refunds THIS YEAR Extension of the Lansdowne road agreement Oh and this gem https://mobile.twitter.com/oconnellhugh/status/866615439929081856
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May 22, 2017 12:49
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In France PE is a subject in most final school exam routes. Good idea imo
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julian assflange posted:In France PE is a subject in most final school exam routes. Good idea imo I think the banning strikes thing was the more relevant bit of news... Or have I just  myself?
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WeAreTheRomans posted:I think the banning strikes thing was the more relevant bit of news... Or have I just Nope I think I saw the wrong tweet highlighted
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Sounds like he's going to take a tough line with public sector pay renegotiations to push for "modernisation". The last few months during the bus strike and people laying into the greedy unions has probably given him ideas... Might push a reluctant Labour into the arms of FF though? Might be thinking the unthinkable there though Edit: his police doc is up on his site, http://campaignforleo.ie Relevant bit quoted leo posted:PUBLIC SECTOR PAY kustomkarkommando fucked around with this message at 18:12 on May 22, 2017 |
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The strike proposal seems to unsurprisingly caught some anger:rte posted:Mr Varadkar defended his proposed policy to restrict the right to strike in essential services, saying it would be wrong to categorise it as a strike ban. https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0522/876916-fine-gael/ ENTITLED COMMIES!
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Leo beating a "hard left" strawman to death on the six one last night was gas. Typical neo liberal tory horseshit.
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Southpaugh posted:Leo beating a "hard left" strawman to death on the six one last night was gas. Typical neo liberal tory horseshit. Theresa May's Tories are at least pretending to want a "fairer society" these days, with their pivot towards the center. Leo in contrast is making no attempt to even pretend to care about the poors. Hes to the right of the Tories. Its frightening.
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Rhetorical to the right at least. His policy document is keeping things roughly in line with Coveney with a couple of more right leaning differences here and there but hasn't gone full Renua Its really a tone issue, the Just Society is out and a Working Society for Working People is in...
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May 23, 2017 14:04
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Leo Varadakar is the new leader of FG.
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He lost the membership vote, only managed to get 35% lol So How long until an election
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Aren't the current ministers not eligible for their pensions until the two year mark. Can expect Fianna Fail to pull the rug out next Spring when that's happened.
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a guy i know is putting together all the Leo Varadkar Is A Woke Member Of #TheResistance (Just Like Macron, Trudeau, And Merkel--But Not Jeremy Corbyn) takes on Twitter because, as he told me, "I hate myself and my government".
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Troy Queef posted:a guy i know is putting together all the Leo Varadkar Is A Woke Member Of #TheResistance (Just Like Macron, Trudeau, And Merkel--But Not Jeremy Corbyn) takes on Twitter because, as he told me, "I hate myself and my government". How can you say this and not post some
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Horrifying. The only hope is an election is called before Leo can do serious damage to the country. Given even the FG membership base apparently doesn't like him, I can only assume (hope) the general population will like him even less. Does anyone know why the parliamentarians apparently love Leo? Was Leo making lots of cabinet promises, or does Coveney just smell bad or something?
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kustomkarkommando posted:How can you say this and not post some https://twitter.com/VK_HM/status/869615450686140418 https://twitter.com/VK_HM/status/869665082258665472 (more will come, believe me)
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For fucks sake
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Gay muslim Obama for Taoiseach imo
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oh god https://twitter.com/liberalism_txt/status/870735273277046784
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i'd be happy with that guy if I lived in trumpland too. that twitter account rubs me the wrong way, what with the kekistan and soros crap
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Discendo Vox posted:Gay muslim Obama for Taoiseach imo Come now Leos a catholic We haven't completely lost the run of ourselves...
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Like it's a cool story and all that but he is a bit too right leaning for my liking
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kustomkarkommando posted:Come now Leos a catholic He's the kind of Catholic who would applaud the re-institution of Magdalene Laundries.
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Hmmm, a back to work scheme for welfare dependent single mothers with minimal government outlays? Hmmm
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Pence will smash his face in with that glass shamrock bowl after trump's gone imo. Tbh he really should slip in a LGBT flag into the bowl.kustomkarkommando posted:Hmmm, a back to work scheme for welfare dependent single mothers with minimal government outlays? Hmmm To qualify your child must replace the canaries in the coal mines.
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kustomkarkommando posted:Hmmm, a back to work scheme for welfare dependent single mothers with minimal government outlays? Hmmm Forced labour to solve the housing crisis
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What can we tell my girlfriend's normally FG voting family that will convince them this guy will be bad for Ireland? He's coming for their pensions? He'll institute mandatory Buckfast enemas? At the moment almost everybody we talk to is discussing voting for him like it's their duty in the global fight against racism.
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literally mcguinty posted:What can we tell my girlfriend's normally FG voting family that will convince them this guy will be bad for Ireland? He's coming for their pensions? He'll institute mandatory Buckfast enemas? If they typically vote FG, I can see no reason why Varadkar would scare them off
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literally mcguinty posted:What can we tell my girlfriend's normally FG voting family that will convince them this guy will be bad for Ireland? He's coming for their pensions? He'll institute mandatory Buckfast enemas? Kind of poo poo has the same power as right wing rhetoric to make people vote against their interests imo. I have witnessed a person at work who is reliant on benefits to support their kid be very vocal about their intention to vote for an actual Tory candidate here in NI next Thursday because Theresa May is a woman and the candidate is also a woman and Asian!!!* I guess I am a horrible curmudgeon as I would vote for a party led by Bernard Manning himself if he returned from the dead and promised to implement socialist policies :/ *As far as I can tell, she's not actually Asian.
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If the Tories find themselves sitting at 316-320 seats they'll probably be reliant on the 10 Ulster Unionist MPs to support them in government. I'd imagine this would result in more pork barrel spending for NI, thats probably a positive.
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Bedshaped posted:Someone talk about NI re exit poll Usual battle constituencies Sinn Fein aiming for gains in Fermanagh and South Tyrone which is considered almost a lock for them, taking one off the UUP. Also look set to take a seat off the SDLP in South Down. Angling hard to take Dodds seat in Belfast North but would be surprising if they broke through the old defences there. Also making a run at Foyle to beat the SDLP in Derry, again doesn't seem massively likely so who knows. DUP aiming to grab South Belfast with a five-way split vote, grabbing one from the SDLP - too close to call there. Defending Belfast East from Alliance, Alliance are bookies favourite to retake the seat but there has been a bit of doubt in recent days. Also grab South Antrim back from the UUP. So if SF met their targets and the DUP fails all its targets youd be looking at SF 8, DUP 6, UUP 1, Alliance 1, SDLP 1, Ind 1 - Off those 2 could back labour and the remaining 7 Unionists would side Tory in confidence terms. 8 SF seats would reduce the majority to 321 so 7 Unionists would throw em on target (and the 1 ind has said she will note vote for a Labour government, might abstain on confidence but likely to side against the Tories on a vote by vote basis) Good day for the DUP seeing them hold Belfast East and take their two targets knocks them up to 10, SF taking South Down and Fermanagh South Tyrone knocks them up to 6 - Effect majority needed would be 322 so again +10 DUP would knock the Tories over the forecast in confidence. So best way for the NI seats to cut for Labour would SDLP holding South Belfast and South Down, Alliance taking East Belfast and SF taking Fermanagh and South Tyrone and Belfast North - Reduces the effective majority to 322 and puts combined unionists on 8 which would theoretically put the DUP/UUP/Tory exactly on the target figure kustomkarkommando fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Jun 8, 2017 |
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Here comes direct rule boyos
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