Election 2024 will be ‘like no other’
The next general election will be “like no other” says Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris. Harris, who is also Fine Gael’s national director of elections, the 15th count man who, never forget, thought there were 18 previous versions of Covid while Minister for Health; recently held meetings with the party’s general secretary and a number of senators fuelling the speculation that the next general election may be called next year, despite recent statements from the party that the government would go full term until spring 2025.
Harris, as mentioned, is the director of national elections. You know who the director of local elections is? Damien English. The man who resigned as minister of state in January due to his failure to declare property ownership and who lied on planning applications. Guilty of the abuse of power, of corruption at the highest level and Varadkar awards him this position in September. That is what these people think of you.
And speaking of people who should never be allowed hold a position in public office ever again, Barry Cowen who lost his portfolio in 2020 after being sacked by Micheál Martin over drink driving allegations, is now considering a run for the European Parliament.
It is the generations of the electorate that has allowed this madness to fester. That has allowed these charlatans unaccountable free reign. When Martin sacked him, it was with the promise of another cushy number down the road, have no doubt.
Several TDs have said that while they have not had election-specific meetings, it is “inevitable” that the next election will be in the next year. An interesting choice of words there, inevitable. They know their policies are enraging the public, far more than their media let on. The power of the establishment can’t silence the public anymore. They know now their downfall is only a matter of time, it won’t be today or tomorrow, but it will happen. They’ve admitted recently that the next election will be one of transfers, they know a lot of them haven’t a hope anymore and will be dependent on transfers. It is, once again, vital that we don’t give them that option.
Up to nine Fine Gael TDs, with Varadkar hinting there could be more, will not be contesting the next election, including Richard Bruton, Charles Flanagan, and Fergus O’Dowd. You may recall that O’Dowd wanted the guards to call to your home if you didn’t get a covid test.
So, what does Simon Harris mean that the election will be like no other? – he was referring to Varadkar who has told ministers and TDs that he has “unfinished business” with the party in terms of electoral gain. Unfinished business is right, if the electorate allow him and his party to continue on their current path, they will finish their business, the business given to them by Brussels. For the sake of our Country, the electorate cannot allow that to happen.
Varadkar also informed party members that Trade Minister Simon Coveney will be director for European elections. Another director another extra cheque at the end of the month, you don’t think they’re doing it for free do you?
Coveney said he believes Fine Gael can “persuade” people between now and the next election that the “radical alternatives” being offered by some Opposition parties are not a good idea.
I really don’t think so – people have seen through their bluff now; they can see Fine Gael are destroying the social fabric of the Country and want them out. I know you hear people say this in the run up to every election, but I believe its different this time, the anger is real, I do see changes coming.
Coveney also said, “If you look at some of the big challenges that the Government has on housing, for example, I think we can see a significant increase in housing output next year”.
The challenges that the Government has on housing – what? Like continuing to do little or nothing about it?
Ok, Fianna Fáil created the problem, but Fine Gael made it worse. As we know, no member of Fine Gael of Fianna Fáil has any intention of doing anything about this.
Coveney pledged to end homelessness and the housing emergency, and he was willing to bet his career on it. In 2016.
You see one great things about all their lies, their broken election promises, their corruption, their abuse of power, is that fewer and fewer are listening to them anymore. The electorate that once blindly followed and facilitated all of this because their parents told them to, or the media told them to – are not as willing anymore.
A huge blow to the established parties is the RTE fiasco and it continues to be. I have often said in the past how politicians were allowed to speak ex-cathedra by the media, but they’re not getting away with it as much these days. We see how ordinary members of the public are questioning them more and more and how the politicians have no answers because they were never trained to give real answers. All they can do is get their media to slur the public with tags and labels.
So, more fake promises like Coveney’s ‘significant increase in housing output next year’ won’t wash with as many people as it once did. And when next year comes, and there’s no significant increase, they’ll just have another soundbite, that once worked, but its not now for more and more people – the establishment parties’ time is running out, they know it and they must be defeated. We can no longer allow the juggling act, the Lanigan’s ball of the two-party rule.
Election 2024 must count for something. It must. The days of “ah sure better the divil you know”, have to end – and I do believe they are coming to an end. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael know it too. They’d never admit it, but they know. A severe blow must be delivered to both parties. I have no time anymore to listen to there’s no point in voting, or voting won’t get rid of them and so on. Yes, we know the real power lies with the civil service, the NGOs and so on, but we must remove Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael before anything can be done about it.
Remember, not only do both parties depend on their ever-diminishing support, 35% as of the latest red c poll, they also depend on the non-voter. I do believe that not voting is a vote for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.
You don’t vote, you are part of the problem.
Theres a saying I’ve always despised, ‘if you can’t beat them, join them’. I’ve always looked at that as having a defeatist attitude, an ‘on the fence’ attitude.
A Master I trained under for many years used to say, if you can’t beat them, you’re not training hard enough. And that is the attitude we must adopt, the attitude that will finally bring down Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. They are aware, be under no doubt, that there are more years behind them than ahead of them. So no more falling for their lies, no more falling for their broken promises, no more falling for the extra fiver in your pocket. We are on the cusp now, now its up to us, not one transferrable vote. I don’t care if you went to school with yer man’s son who’s now a Fianna Fáil-er that put a bus stop outside your estate. Those days must end.
There’s a quote, I think attributed to Mark Twain, like they all seem to be, something like if voting made a difference, they wouldn’t let you do it.
Here’s a thought, maybe if more got up off their arse, got out and voted and didn’t check the box beside ‘yer man who fixed the roads’, maybe that’s what would make the difference…
We have got to make a difference, we must.