The new government, what do you think it'll mean to us??

Macnas · The new government, what do you think it'll mean to us??

It's looking like FF and a partnership with Labour or the PD's with some independants.
Mind you the PD's have one seat won so far, with just one more being as much as they can hope for.
There is the sickening option of the Green party being a partner, but I don't really want to think about that just yet.

Labour is about as anti country sports as FF, which is to say that so far, it's lip service only to whomever is asking.

The independant deal would involve Tony Gregory, who, while a fine representative for his constituents, is the enemy of shooters and hunters alike.

It suits the likes of us to have either Fianna Fail or Fine Gael in the position of power. Not because of any great love the might have of our sports but because they believe in self-regulation.
The various councils for coursing, greyhounds, hunting and whatnot are left to look after the sport and its rules and regulations whatever they may be. There is still the belief in this country that those closest to the subject know best.

As long as this remains the case, our sports have a chance of survival. When a goverment starts throwing shapes to get involved in what we do, then it's time to worry even more than what we do already.

What's your take on the goverment to be and it's potential impact on our sports?

Macnas

While my above post didn't inspire anything in the way of comment or opinion, I feel it's important enough to warrant an update.

The mutation of politics that is the Green party and FF coalition has, thankfully, stopped evolving any further than bouncing incompatible idea's at each other across a table in Leinster house.

Apparantly, and I have no way of backing this up at the moment, issues such as live cattle export and "bloodsport" were among the major roadblocks.

Could it be?, that FF have enough sense to realise that the huge majority of their vote, the people who live in rural areas, are deeply uncomfortable at the thought of an urban party such as the greens being able to dictate terms and policy??

Think about the green vote, of the 6 seats they won, only one was from outside the Dublin area, that being Carlow.
The Greens contested every consituency, and failed to gain the vote of people living in the countryside, that part of Ireland they profess to be experts on.

Fact is, if we wanted a party that thought better than we do, if we wanted a party that ignored our love of country sports and behind our backs thinks us savage and ignorant, if we wanted a party who are determined in the knowledge that they know better and treat us with a contempt that is hidden behind a cynical smokescreen of pseudo-concern for the environment.......we would have voted for them.

Macnas

The worst has happened in my opinion, the Greens are in goverment with Fianna Fail, and they have the department of the environment.

We, as the electorate, will have to be vigilant, now more than ever. We now have an anti in charge of the department which has the greater say in what we can and cannot hunt.

It does not bode well.

Sean

not good

DitchShitter

Oh shit.

Sorry, Macnas, I wasn't ignoring ye posts mate. I was trying to get my head round what ye were talking about. Being just blown in and having never had much interest in politics anyway, I really didn't have a clue what was going on throughout.

Ok. Truth to tell, I still haven't a clue. Nor have I much interest. To me, politicians the world over are, by and large, a bunch of two faced, self serving, lying b*stards.

But to have someone doubtlessly fitting that catagory and " Green ", in the political sense, in That position? Sounds like a f*cking disastor!