When someone is struggling or hurting— be quiet. Listen. Ask question. Resist the human urge to fix it, say it could be worse, or to find the bright side.
You have no idea how appreciated it will be.
Ireland = 1 of the most centralised political systems in EU
Legislature = one of the weaker international parliaments
Government already dominates legislative process
Currently attempting to weaken the legislature further
Don’t be distracted by the cult of civility
This results from this Governments utter failure to treat the housing crisis as the disaster it has been for a decade ..
No planning no investment in infrastructure
@AckTeacher@gavreilly@olofgill Maybe look at the billionaires for who has caused your suffering, with some on track to become trilliionaires in the next decade
In tariff wars we (the regular people) all lose, on all sides
Also it's the billionaires mouth piece who is telling you EU caused your suffering 🤯
Far from respecting the House, the Ceann Comhairle has sent her statement to the press only and has not bothered addressing it to TDs or even emailing us 🙄
The government gets to be in government.
The government gets to be in opposition.
The government gets the backing of the media for doing this.
That's not democracy.
Just when you think Micheal Martin couldn't get any more condescending, he speaks down to one of the most decent politicians in the country who speaks so truthfully, calmly and with dignity.
He could learn a few things from her.
He's not fit to be Taoiseach.
@fellawrites@RoryHearneGaffs oh ya and no housing issues before the war in Ukraine I suppose then? no one struggling before that. To try to boil this down to an immigration only problem misses so many points and won't fully solve the issue
also there is a need for some immigration as demography shifts
So by this logic, Govt could push through a motion to remove ALL speaking rights from the Opposition, and because Govt have the majority then it's "democracy in action"....
And this is the political editor of a major newspaper? It's no wonder Govt get away with murder 🙄
@loreor2@louiseburne_@IrishMirror Les they are standing up for our democracy, sod politeness at this stage, if they didn't fight for it that's where I would draw issue
The issue here is the stroke being pulled by gov & Lowery and Co
Fuck, and I can’t stress this enough, anyone who thinks that raising your voice about democratic corruption is worse than democratic corruption.
The cult of civility is an ugly pox used to keep us from speaking up.
#LowrysLackeys