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  • Re: (Tory in Ireland) -- is Simon Harris the next PM ?

    From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Aidan Kehoe on Fri Dec 6 12:23:01 2024
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    Aidan Kehoe wrote:


    Ar an cúigiú lá de mí na Nollaig, scríobh HenHanna:

    [...] I just saw the clip of "Veep-esque blunder" by
    S.Harris -- that went Viral.

    Do you think this blunder was significant, in FG losing
    seats?

    Yes. The country’s problems are the problems of wealth (and an unwillingness to take in large numbers of third world workers
    and pay them terribly to build infrastructure as do the Gulf
    states), and Harris (before this blunder) seemed to be
    perceived as far more relatable than Leo Varadkar, his
    predecessor (Harris has a local accent and dropped out of an
    undemanding college course; Varadkar has a private-school
    accent, is a qualified GP and is married to a (male)
    consultant cardiologist, a life that is a long way from the
    lived experience of most people.)

    I'm just glad the bloody Greens lost most of their seats... I
    say bring back real coal and roads that have two lanes instead
    of one and an unused bicycle lane.

    Although that gobshite Eamon Ryan stood down so he would have
    been gone from the Dáil anyway.

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  • From Aidan Kehoe@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 6 16:10:37 2024
    Ar an séiú lá de mí na Nollaig, scríobh Blueshirt:

    [...] I'm just glad the bloody Greens lost most of their seats... I say bring back real coal and roads that have two lanes instead of one and an unused bicycle lane.

    The annoying thing locally is that the road out of Killybegs westwards is terrible, and plans have been made for at least 30 years to improve it; apparently work on roads was not desired by the Greens, so even when there was money about there was no move to do anything.

    But parking has been removed from Killybegs town centre and there are new explicit speed bumps on tiny, narrow roads where no-one was speeding anyway, so that huge demographic that values the pedestrian experience in this very car-dependent part of the world feels better?

    Although that gobshite Eamon Ryan stood down so he would have
    been gone from the Dáil anyway.

    --
    ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
    How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
    (C. Moore)

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