Grouchy Marx (aka Rupert)
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Leftie 68 Aiming for a fairer & better world Hate injustice & corruption Free Palestine #redress Aussie retired to Ireland 2018 Irish Citizen 2025 🇮🇪 My life inside a children's home: https://insideblog.nma.gov.au/2011/11/16/my-life-inside-a-childrens-home
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@emmadragon.bsky.social
The essence of democracy is inclusion:
'Government of the people by the people for the people.' (Lincoln)

Democracy works best when all those impacted by decisions are included in the decision making process. There are better decisions and better outcomes.

Therefore...

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My DVD is the Aus release 15+. Must watch it again...
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Yikes I don't remember any of that! Maybe my DVD is a PG13 cut?

Great film for a young woman, and man.

Wonder if Maria Steen ever watched it?

Probably identified with the Sigourney Weaver character.🙄
grouchymarx.bsky.social
The 2 richest people in Ireland have as much wealth as the poorest 50% Oxfam.

Ireland has 1 of the most unfair tax systems in Europe, rated 28th out of 32 countries. Income tax, consumption & property tax are all high while corporate tax is at very low tax haven rates.

The poor subsidise the rich.
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Health for profit is inherently wicked.

Everyone knows this.

But some governments nonetheless enable it.

Government is about people. That's why it's 'the Public Sector'.

Health is a government responsibility and must never be for profit.
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Isn't there an annual national wage increase in the UK?

Here in Ireland the Government regulates minimum wage below the Living Wage - but doesn't regulate prices.

How does it expect people to live on less than the Living Wage?

While corporations only pay 15% tax?

Wicked.

#irishpol
#ukpol
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saoirsemc.bsky.social
I'm still in shock that somebody would say that they care so much about the environment that they'll vote for HEATHER HUMPHRIES
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The party that's exempted inland waterways from the Environment Act so the Government doesn't have to do anything to clean them up.

The 'small government solution' to a major national problem. Do nothing - and make the problem worse.

Protecting environment polluters while vandalising Ireland.
grouchymarx.bsky.social
Trading internationally with the least amount of tariffs is so much easier.

So why is Trump making it so difficult for everyone, around the world and in America itself?

It's only causing market turmoil. Simply doesn't make any sense at all.

Elite insider trading perhaps? Only explanation.

#uspol
grouchymarx.bsky.social
Increasingly 'journalist' has changed from investigating and 'keeping the bastards honest', to biased 'reporting' as a stepping stone to a highly paid PR job.

Truth has almost disappeared.

Manufacturing Consent.
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The boyfriend's birthday present for Melanie Griffiths.🙄

I love the opening.

And the whole film too.
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Why can't voters see through it?

Kelly should just move to FG.

#traitor
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Yep. And then they wonder why so many around the world don't like them.🙄
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unamullally.bsky.social
I honestly feel many people are sick of performatively confrontational presidential candidate debates.

The constant interruptions, prickly haranguing, random hypotheticals, repetitive dredging of controversy instead of hearing about values, character, vision.

We deserve smarter discourse.

#Aras25
grouchymarx.bsky.social
The natural and the trying too hard.
grouchymarx.bsky.social
Kelly should be kicked out of Labour.

How could any genuine Labour person vote for the Blue Shirts?!

#Aras25
grouchymarx.bsky.social
Former leader of the Labour Party voting for the Blue Shirts.

They should expel him from the party.
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I don't think HH really wants to be president. Her only real idea so far is to 'promote trade'. Market and money are all FG FF ever think about.

Government is about people. Catherine Connolly is independent, intelligent and inclusive, with a vision for Ireland which is unifying and culturally rich.
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Either way Micheál Martin should take responsibility and resign.
grouchymarx.bsky.social
Business business business, money money money. That's all FG ever know.

Government is about people and the most important person in a democracy is the citizen.

Catherine Connolly is independent, intelligent and inclusive.

The ideal candidate for President.

#Aras25
grouchymarx.bsky.social
Mehole and other FF TDs all lining up to vote for FG. Just shows there's no real difference between them.

Clear now - stand still with FFG or choose change by voting for independent candidate Catherine Connolly.

#Aras25
grouchymarx.bsky.social
I love the smell of a conservative panicking. Smells like... victory.

#Aras25
grouchymarx.bsky.social
Catherine Connolly is independent, intelligent and inclusive.

The ideal candidate for President.

#Aras25
grouchymarx.bsky.social
I'll always listen to reason but never smears.

If you can't simply and clearly tell me who you are, what you stand for, and why you want my support, you don't deserve to be voted into public office.

#Aras25
grouchymarx.bsky.social
You can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. We see it.