Irish Politics Thread

Sham157 wrote: daithi wrote: Sham157 wrote: Yiksheemash wrote: deco911 wrote: Yiksheemash wrote: McG wrote: Yiksheemash wrote: Green policies now in the formation of the Irish Government and all over Europe and with the automotive manufactures investing billions into lithium research etc. So forget about putting your few Euro away in the Post Office, Credit Union and Banks invest in Lithium mining or Lithium chemical companies. Every Government in developed nations will have a big green programme over the next 10 to 15 years. We will be no different even if the Provos come to power.  You can trade on revolut. So who are you recommending Mr. Expert? I trade on the ASX200 (Australia) Have shares in Altura Mining bought at 0.04 and now trading at 0.057( they are physically mining),  AVZ Minerals are exploration company currently in the Congo, bit of a punt with exploration companies but you might get lucky.  Galaxy Resources are one of the big boys. have mines in Australia, Canada and Argentina. Argentina has huge potential but with Covid and political unrest it seen as quiet volatile.  Lithium Power International are again like Galaxy. mines everywhere. Pilbara Minerals Limited have a huge mine in its early stages in Western Australia and this week were dropped out of the top 200 of the ASX but have recovered in share value yesterday.  To narrow it down i'd invest in all except AVZ but you might not see a decent return for about 5/7 years. Lithium markets to date peak and trough. they estimate there needs to be another 70 no. chemical lithium factories to be built within the next 10 years to keep up with world demand. currently only 17 i believe. I have made a right few found over the last few weeks investing in BNPL (buy now pay later) companies. Companies in China and Australia. basically the equivalent of flexifi in Ireland. Online shopping and 0% interest seems to be all the rage.  Where you get the copy and paste from???? Very scientific thinking you should change your username to scientist or lithium man Excellent! i'm going to wait until my next ban you Kerry prick  You just got it. Why not leave this decision to Mcg, he instigated this with his his smart arse reply to a perfectly good post from yik, fooking ridiculous some of the banings on here over the last year from touchy gestapo types, bring them all back  Calm yerself there Daithi or you’ll give yourself a Connery.. not a genuine banning,

Trigboy 10 wrote: the_walls wrote: Trigboy 10 wrote: Het-field wrote: Perhaps interesting, and representative that the initial declared opposition to the deal has from Eamon O'Cuiv TD, and perennial election candidate Saoirse McHugh. The rural FF faction, and the "left-wing" of the GP, are what will need to be convinced of the deal, or alternatively the voter with sympathies to both arguments will need to be obtained, in order for the deal to be carried. However, I feel that as per most outcomes, the wishes of the top-brass will probably prevail. People like O’Cuiv need to actually speak up and do something like challenge for the leadership or get off the stage. He said he’s against the deal but if it’s accepted he’ll vote for MM to be Taoiseach as he’s afraid he’ll lose the whip. Was watching the Green Party woman who was part of the GP negotiations team on TV last night and i thought she didn’t really have a clue came across very poorly. He did challenge for the leadership previously to be fair. He also lost the deputy leadership because he didn't agree with party policy.  That’s true i actually forgot about that. i know he has a big family link to FF but If he doesn’t agree with party policy maybe he should join SF

The Greens are in an invidious position. A two thirds majority within their own membership looks a high enough hurdle but in reality they have nowhere to go. If they don't deliver, they will be savaged by an angry electorate forced back to the polls in the midst of a pandemic. If they do go in, circumstances may indeed be different from last time but they will still be outmanoeuvred as necessary by the two big Civil War parties and take the fall guy role that goes with the job description for junior partner. Some of their more astute members, including some of their best people in NI, know this and are perturbed about it. They can't win and the coalition is likely to become very unpopular very quickly once normal politics resumes. The big winners are likely to be SF-either going into a fresh election from a position of strength and leeching support from FF in particular but the Greens also, or leading the opposition for the first time as the most popular party in the country and across all of Ireland. Interesting times.

No matter what FF or FG do, the Greens will get the blame. They are a townie party, mainly Dublin. The rural voters hate them. Already, they are being blamed for things they have no control over.

Smart move by the Shinners.

Eamonn Ryan minister for transport

Who has been appointed Minister for General Mayhem?

Trap junior wrote: NewtNewbie wrote: Basically, it doesn't matter who you vote for in Ireland, the result is the same. 1-1?

Edited by NewtNewbie - 27 Jun 2020 at 6:53pm