Comment on Financial surveys… outlook? Not great. by Dr.Nightdub
“And some equally worrying aspects: More than three-quarters of consumers said they had cut back on their weekly grocery shopping” That doesn’t necessarily mean people are eating less, which would...
View ArticleComment on Financial surveys… outlook? Not great. by WorldbyStorm
Actually that makes sense. One thing about the Europinions survey and the SBP wasn’t coy about it was that it was clearly aimed to publicise the Money Doctor (and was commissioned by his company).
View ArticleComment on Financial surveys… outlook? Not great. by WorldbyStorm
Yes that’s true too. Though there could be concern in terms of the switch to cheaper foodstuffs which might be worse in terms of nutritional qualities etc – more saturated fat, higher salt/sugar...
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No, I don’t have a dishonest debating style. If anything that tag could be attached to you. You gave an outline of events as you saw them, without for example offering key facts as to time and cost,...
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Comment on A contradiction at the heart of the Yes campaign… and yet… by...
“Cut the salaries to zero. In fact, such a move would certainly transform the make-up of the Seanad. ” Excellent.
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 25th of September 2013 by...
It will certainly add … something… to the Sunday Independent Stupid Statement of the Week…
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We need a democratic upper house with some power, to offset an overconfident Dail government, now more than ever. Passing this referendum will take that option off the agenda entirely but defeating it...
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The old joke about the thickest man in Kerry moving to Cork and raising the average IQ of both counties could be adapted here, one feels.
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….remember the reason why we pay public representatives in the first place? An unpaid upper house would become a rich people’s club. Although, conversely, the new ‘Gateway’ scheme that the DSP are...
View ArticleComment on A contradiction at the heart of the Yes campaign… and yet… by Eagle
Well, even if it’s a rich people’s club, what difference does it make? It is a powerless body. I have no idea what this Gateway scheme is, but if that’s a way to fill the powerless upper house – then...
View ArticleComment on Meanwhile, back in the North… by Bob Smiles
Would the Phoenix have any insight into what Martin McGuinness and Eamonn Gilmore think of each other? Or would they be spinning ?
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Can’t argue with that.
View ArticleComment on When social democracy goes bad? by CL
Wbs- ‘But I don’t think it’s a massively controversial assessment of them.’-i.e to describe SF as ‘left wing’. I agree its not massively controversial to so describe SF. Although saying that they are...
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Comment on When social democracy goes bad? by WorldbyStorm
In a way this gets to the core of social democracy… What do you consider would a clearly SD party have as it’s characteristics? And by the way do you think SF is a left wing party?
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Wbs- I think that SF is a populist/nationalist party with left wing elements,-and also with right wing tendencies. SD set out to curb the most barbaric aspects of capitalism; it aimed to change...
View ArticleComment on After Adams… by Starkadder
If anyone’s interested, the Dalton /McGinley movie mentioned earlier was “The Informant” : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119368/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_51
View ArticleComment on Left Archive: Poblacht na nOibrithe (The Workers’ Republic), Issue...
EÍRÍGÍ NUMBERS ARE RAPIDLY GROWING NOT DECLINING.
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