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IRISH POLITICIANS ARE not allowed use a raft of ‘bad words’, including brat, chancer, gurrier and communist.
In Leinster House, such terms are considered ‘unparliamentary language’.
So what would those in the Dáil chamber think about Christopher Pyne’s recent outburst during Question Time with the Education Minister?
Australians have taken to Twitter and Facebook to discuss one very important question – did the Minister use the c-word?
Pyne, who has just announced controversial higher education reforms, denies using the really bad word. He says he simply called Bill Shorten a ‘grub’.
The attack began:
He will have to stop being the No 1 whinger in Australia. He will have to start having solutions rather than being all complaint and no responsibility.
“If No 1 whinger in Australia were a reality TV show, there would be no point in any other contestant entering it – because if Bill Shorten entered it, he would win it! But on Thursday night the leader of the opposition has an opportunity.”
Before uttering the disputed word, he was reprimanded by the manager of opposition business for calling the leader ‘Bill Shorten’ instead of his official title, ‘Opposition Leader’.
After the four-letter word was heard, the Speaker then asked Pyne to “refer to people by their correct name”.
The Sydney Morning Herald recalls the term ‘grub’ being used in parliament in the recent past.
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard got herself into hot water by describing an opposition spokesperson as a “snivelling grub”.
On being called up on it, she told the Speaker: ”If I have offended grubs, I withdraw unconditionally”.
She soon found herself thrown out of parliament for 24 hours for defying a request for an unconditional backdown.
Hat tip to Jenny Hislop for bringing this one to our attention.
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Brat, chancer, gu rrier and communist are not allowed to be used in the Dail chsmber,Why?…..Answer….it would cause too much confusion because they would all think that they were being called!
Errr… how quickly we all forget our own politicians’ bad behaviour. “F**k you deputy Stagg”.
Wait, they’re not allowed to use the word Communist?
But what if they are in fact an actual Communist? Joe Higgins or Richard Boyd Barrett for instance.
Socialists, not Communists.
Can’t believe he said ‘Christmas’ in May. Disgusting. It gets earlier and earlier each year.
I couldn’t watch the video for some reason. But the Aussies do love that word.
Stralia can’t
@matt hanlon very clever, I love it !
The bad f-word. You know the one I mean! Worse than feck.
Made a right **** of himself.
He looks like a mincing poodle
Watch Gillard nailed by a smashing lady, “Why did you lies to us” watch her squirm just lie our TD’s do under scrutiny.
That’s what happens when you lie to the electorate, look at Phoney Tony from hero to zero in just six months and a 12 point swing against him in the polls…he’s a dead man walking
Australian TV is always at it.. I was shocked when I first moved over that sex and the city is shown at all hours of the day, apparently its acceptable once a warning comes on before hand haha
The flamin galaa.
cont word
Ur a fackin kant
Could Australia be getting its balls back after years of Gizzard &co ?
Fair dinkum to the new Aussie Government who have slashed the budget for ecoloonery and are pouring money into Medical Research.
I got to hand it to you, you’ve got those tea party slogans down pat. It’s sounds like you’ve never missed a meeting or a failed to learn a standard response sheet verbatim.
How do you say ‘dats naice’ in Strine?
“Stralia Can’t”
This sounds better
“From next year, funds will start flowing from the Medical Research Future Fund into new medical research.
As a result, it may be an Australian who discovers better treatments and even cures for dementia, Alzheimer’s, heart disease or cancer.
If we start investing now, this new and historic commitment in medical research may well save your life, or that of your parents, or your child.”
Firstly that will never get through the Senate because it’s a sweetener for dismantling the universal health care system, and in 12 months time “Phoney Tony’s” government won’t be around to implement it
The Abbott Government in Australia is setting up a 20 billion dollar medical research future fund, which is expected to distribute $1 billion to research annually by 2022-23. Imagine if we had this type of foresight and leadership in Ireland.
You said that already…the Abbott government thinks it’s setting it up but it’ll never get through the Senate and his government won’t be around in 12 months as their severely on the nose
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