Next Leader of the PD's?

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Originally Posted by mypost

The PD's have a track record of pulling out of coalition and threatening to do so on other occasions.

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What are you on about? Once? Twice? Track record? More importantly -why did they pull out of government? Anything to do with the white collar gangsters they were sharing a cabinet with?

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Good riddance to the most nastiest right-wing shower of cnuts ever to have blighted Irish politics.

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Christ I'd heard the blueshirts were gone some time ago ...but now Sinn Fein too? When did this happen?:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

What are you on about? Once? Twice? Track record?

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Is that Once, Twice, Three times a track record?

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Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

Christ I'd heard the blueshirts were gone some time ago ...but now Sinn Fein too? When did this happen?:rolleyes:

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dont be silly, the provisional shinners are the biggest group of left wing criminals in the country :p there like ben thatcher. on the left wing with a tendency for violence when 'provoked'


think ill go into hidin for a few weeks now just to be on safe side lol

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Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

What are you on about? Once? Twice? Track record?

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They threatened to pull out over the Lenihan episode in 1990, threatened again when Sean Doherty spilled the beans on Haughey in '92, and did pull out in late '92 over allegations of dishonesty at one of the tribunals. They have a track record of pulling out of government, and Bertie Ahern and McDowell are not the best of mates. Already the left are suggesting the coalition will collapse soon, and while acknowledging that they would say that anyway, with McDowell instead of Harney working with Bertie, it wouldn't be a surprise if it did.

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Originally Posted by Partizan

McDowell as leader of the PD's will ensure their utter annihilation at the next GE.

Good riddance to the most nastiest right-wing shower of cnuts ever to have blighted Irish politics.

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Here Here!!

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Originally Posted by mypost

They threatened to pull out over the Lenihan episode in 1990, threatened again when Sean Doherty spilled the beans on Haughey in '92, and did pull out in late '92 over allegations of dishonesty at one of the tribunals. They have a track record of pulling out of government, and Bertie Ahern and McDowell are not the best of mates. Already the left are suggesting the coalition will collapse soon, and while acknowledging that they would say that anyway, with McDowell instead of Harney working with Bertie, it wouldn't be a surprise if it did.

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Have you noticed the common thread running through those reasons there MyPost? Unapologetic corruption from the nod'n'a-wink merchants they were in government with. So unapologetic they (FF) were unwilling to throw the characters involved to the dogs.

IMO- more recently they should've walked out when Lenihan the younger went unpunished after he made that disgraceful Kebabs remark in the Dail. A remark that, in 30 years time, might hang around our societys neck like Enoch Powells 'Rivers of Blood' speech.

It could also be suggested that FF have a history of not being very good partners in government...