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Won't be voting this time....all main partys are scum.

Independent s will do well.
The only ones I’ve spoken to at the doorstep are Labour and Social Democrats.
In fairness to both candidates, I told their canvassers that I would speak to them if they chose to call later.
Both came back and discussed matters of my concern.
 
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McGregor is smarting a bit at the moment. His whiskey brand brings withdrawn from the shelves of several premises now
I think he sold it for €115m. Can you imagine how the company that bought it are feeling now
The airport duty frees have taken it off the shelves now.
He has a stake in a couple of pubs. There is one in Dublin somewhere and it was well packed yesterday. That fella still has a lot of hanger ons who have no problem associating with him
 
I'm in 2 minds about FG and SF. No interest in FF or the rest.

I sorta think that FG are both the problem and the solution. I like that they are doing the right thing in many places but hate that they ignore the real crisis situations that many are in. Its like they see everything 5 years in the future and choose to be blind to today (let them eat cake). I also think that they are incredibly arrogant and disrespectful. Basically spoiled rich people's kids.

I like a lot of what SF had to say a few years ago but I've not paid much attention since and God knows what they would be like. I also have no interest in a united Ireland unless almost all people in the North wanted it (90+%). And I've no care about what was done in generations past North or South... all irrelevant to today. I am just a bit tempted to try the lefties to see if they could address today's crisis without screwing up the future.

I'll probably go FG and then SF and see what happens.
 
I think he sold it for €115m. Can you imagine how the company that bought it are feeling now
The airport duty frees have taken it off the shelves now.
He has a stake in a couple of pubs. There is one in Dublin somewhere and it was well packed yesterday. That fella still has a lot of hanger ons who have no problem associating with him
The Black Forge. It’s out Walkinstown/Crumlin direction.
A few in work have said it does a very good Sunday lunch menu.
He does have some very shady hangers on. He seems to embrace the gangster image however. Never liked the c**t.
 
I'm in 2 minds about FG and SF. No interest in FF or the rest.

I sorta think that FG are both the problem and the solution. I like that they are doing the right thing in many places but hate that they ignore the real crisis situations that many are in. Its like they see everything 5 years in the future and choose to be blind to today (let them eat cake). I also think that they are incredibly arrogant and disrespectful. Basically spoiled rich people's kids.

I like a lot of what SF had to say a few years ago but I've not paid much attention since and God knows what they would be like. I also have no interest in a united Ireland unless almost all people in the North wanted it (90+%). And I've no care about what was done in generations past North or South... all irrelevant to today. I am just a bit tempted to try the lefties to see if they could address today's crisis without screwing up the future.

I'll probably go FG and then SF and see what happens.
Tony if you don’t mind can I ask what age category would you fall in to.
I have legacy issues with SF knowing what they still have in the party, yet Mary Lou does make sense to me at times. Not sure I’d trust her or them not to screw me. I just feel they can’t cost or budget for what they promise without hitting the middle class that they consider rich. That’s me.
My son is 22 yo on the other hand and he has no hang ups about voting for them.

My big disappointment with FG and FF is that they were the traditional rivals yet two cheeks of the same arse. What SF offered was a left alternative. Then when SF didn’t get an overall majority FF and FG decided to coalesce just to keep them out.

That is not what people voted for. It was unprecedented and not what was canvassed.
So this time around I’m still deciding what to do.
 

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