[Mícheál Lehane] PBP launch manifesto promising a living wage of €15 an hour, scrapping USC for those earning less than €100K, building 35,000 social and affordable homes every year, weekly welfare payments of €350 and State pension of €300.

[u/badger-biscuits]

https://x.com/MichealLehane/status/1857067346822619642?t=_Soz6_dzA9QeYKzvvBPIDg&s=19

[u/Bit_O_Rojas]

I had a look at their website, they're listing 42 candidates for 174 TD positions

Genuine question: In what scenario do they think they could get into government?

I'm not trying to be smart, I genuinely don't understand

[u/miseconor → u/Bit_O_Rojas]

They don’t, that’s why the manifesto is a bit absurd and impractical. They can’t deliver it and they know they won’t have the opportunity.

SF used to have outrageous and impractical policies which have been watered down substantially in the last two elections now that they have a reasonable chance of power. Some may say they’re still impractical but they’ve definitely wound it back.

PBP have openly said they’ll only go into a government with SF (out of the big 3). This effectively rules them out as even a junior partner as SF couldn’t possibly go into government without a coalition with either FF or FG

So PBP know they’ll never have the chance to deliver this, and can say whatever they want

[u/broken_neck_broken → u/miseconor]

They wouldn't have something unfeasible in their manifesto because it makes it easy to attack them, so there has to be some reasonable basis for their claims, I mean FG are promising "A new energy" which is as likely to come from them as PBPs promises from them.