Next Government

[Lim till i die]

Without the EU we would be living in mud huts.

Huge swathes of corporation housing were built in this country before the EU was even a thought in a German bearaucrats head

And most of them are of infinitely better quality than the posh shanty towns springing up around our citys

That aside does anyone else think that one of the major problems in this country can still be traced back to the Anglo Irish Treaty, its aftermath and the Catholic Churches huge sway there after?

Ireland unlike other Europeans countrys has never had a proper Left/Right divide meaning that our politics is of the stale, sterile, nothing really changes variety

The choice facing the electorate next week is basically the old argument about which end of an egg to crack

Ot the Giant Douche v Turd Sandwich debate...........

[BohsPartisan]

the Giant Douche v Turd Sandwich debate...........

Turd sandwich all the way.

[OneRedArmy]

I don't think anyone was suggesting that. There was small debate on whether we better off now than 20 years ago.

Interest Rates controlled by the EU. Without the EU we would be living in mud huts. Where was Ireland in 1973?

Pete, come back in a year and tell us what you think of rates being set solely to suit the German and French economies.

We've ridden the back of the boom for the last while and we are now in severe danger of feeling the pain.

The latest German economic figures came out yesterday and their economy is roaring ahead, which probably means at least 3 or 4 more interest rates rises in the next 12 months.

This is a crucial threshold for recent homebuyers as it will take mortgage payments well above the mandatory stress test the Financial Regulator makes lenders perform on borrowers. Affordability could well be an issue and it was a similar interest rate led crash that led to negative equity in the UK in the earlier 90s.

I'm not anti-EU or anti-Euro per se, but that gravy train left the station a long time ago as far as Ireland is concerned. Its now time to take our medicine (elegantly mixing my metaphors!).

[pete]

IrishElection.com

Taking the PaddyPower odds on each constituency the government options come out at.

FF+Lab: 89
FF+SF: 80
FF+Grns: 79
FG+Lab+Grn+PD: 77
FF+PD: 73
FG+Lab+Grn: 74
FG+Lab: 65

Will definitely be new government.