Anyone Interested in starting a political party ?

[Kappa]

I'd like to start a spoof fascist party and see how far I could get

 

[TypicalGerman]

What about you, lamps?

You're a straight shooter.
Eye on the ball.
Ear to the ground.
Man of the people.
A sports enthusiast.

Would you run for election?

Do you reckon you'd be able to stay clean in the world of brown envelopes and winks?

No shit now like, if you were a minister and a fella offered to throw say, €200K your way for a favour or two, what would you do?

I could stay clean alright, but too many skeletons tucked away in the closet.

I'd be fucked if I ever made it. Blackmail city.

 

[rebeloreilly]

Lads, hope ye get together and start some ball moving. However, while i too think we need a new party and i would broadly be in line with the OP, the aim of the everyone here should be to set up a movement to find and put in power the right individuals, and not just ask for a show of hands on here of who is interested in running.

And while it might be nigh on impossible to gain 70-80 seats nationally, focusing on Cork and gaining 8-10 seats could well make this Party kingmakers and like the Greens, give a larger slice of the Government pie per head of elected member and therefore give some chance this time around to build from within a new political ideology.

I don't think one should worry about being an official party straight off the bat, still nothing to stop you calling yourself a party. And if it looks like there is a large groundswell of support for this new party, some indo or a palatable turncoat may be coaxed on Board to make things official on the ballot paper.

Wallace pick a time and place and see who turns up, if one more than you turn up then its a movement. I'll be there if thats any help.

 

[Corcaigh32]

There's a way to do this and I have listed some must haves for credibility. My political involvement previously would probably prevent any candidacy on my part. Organisationally I'd be happy to help. The key is an agreed platform. We don't have it. My politics are miles from some here. So the first step in advance of a meeting is a 30,000 ft policy overview either by agreement on specifically created threads or by email or whatever.

Pick the core issues - finance, education, health, justice, social policy. Who wants to start?

 

[Jaco]

There's a way to do this and I have listed some must haves for credibility. My political involvement previously would probably prevent any candidacy on my part. Organisationally I'd be happy to help. The key is an agreed platform. We don't have it. My politics are miles from some here. So the first step in advance of a meeting is a 30,000 ft policy overview either by agreement on specifically created threads or by email or whatever.

Pick the core issues - finance, education, health, justice, social policy. Who wants to start?

Finance-default
Education-cut irish-increase other languages-also nutrition and excercise should be included in new classes( save on health issues in future)
Health-
Justice- if i could legalise hash, castrate repeat sex offenders,
social welfare- half it and give the rest food stamps to be used to by only fresh irish food

just a few ideas

 

[jd26]

Well, I won't be joining Jaco's party...

 

[Corcaigh32]

And therein lies the problem - I'd say even you and I would find it hard to find common ground jd................

 

[jd26]

Exactly

We agree on most things, but have very different opinions on the Northern situation for example.

It's one of the reasons I think a pressure group is a better starting point than a political party. If we just concentrated on introducing accountability to local and state management rather than policy, common ground becomes easier to fid.

 

[Corcaigh32]

Yea that makes sense but pressure groups by their nature can only try to influence - direct change would require electoral mandate.

 

[rebs23]

Lads I think we're trying to make it too broad. The one issue that unites most of us is Cork and its development. Make it about a fair distribution of infrastructural spending and promotion of development in Cork, plain and simple.
Everyone is talking about how no new infrastructural projects are planned for Cork over the next few years while the vast majority of the funding is going to go to two white elephant rail projects in Dublin (Metro North and Hueston -Connolly interconnector).
We should also committ to disbanding once the objectives of fair regional infrastructural development and a committment to regional development (Senior Gov Minister with repsonsibility for Regional Development) with a fair distribution of the various funds is met. By funding not just Road and Rail funding but Arts Council funding, Bord Failte promotional funding, etc, etc.