George Lee resigns from Fine Gael and as a TD

[anewbeginning]

8 or 9 months is just not long enough for anyone to impose their views on a party.

I am sure GL attended parliamentary party meetings, which are usually a frank exchange of views. Did he raise his concerns there, even once?

Did he send emails to Richard Brutan suggesting policies?

Did he write up policy documents, that were shelved by the party?

There seems to be absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Lee was shunned by anyone in the party.

He was given chairmanship of an economics think-tank and didn't bother to call one meeting.

And then he goes around claiming his views were ignored. When it seems he hardly expressed any views while in Fine Gael.

It's a very sad sorry episode and the sooner its put behind everyone the better. Kenny mightn't be the world's greatest leader but he's done a good enough job and he hasn't presided over the loss of 200,000 jobs in a couple of years, a massive increase in our national debt and the blatent con-job that is NAMA, so let's get the GL situation into perspective.

[hiding behind a poster]

Which Party/s lost those two seats?

As I said already, Labour lost one, SF lost one. FG gained twenty.

[hiding behind a poster]

Interesting take on that. Let's see what HBAP thinks when he's finished/calmed down a bit from the Poll thread.

Sorry, but I've given my opinion already on this thread. What's your point?

[punditt]

Movie tonight on RTE: "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen"

George Lee failed the audition on age grounds

[An Gilladaker]

Movie tonight on RTE: "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen"

George Lee failed the audition on age grounds

Who got the part was it Willy O Dea

[White Horse]

The other thing that takes the shine off HBAP's "Kenny won 20 seats" mantra is that the 2002 election had been disastrous for Fine Gael under Noonan (they lost a total of 23 seats that time round in comparison with 1997 under Johnnie Brutal).

In that context, regaining 20 seats was not the shining achievement HBAP is making it out to be. It still left them under 3 seats under par by comparison with 1997 (another election they lost).

The general consensus was the FG was dead in 2002.

In that context, 20 additional seats was a phenomenal performance.

[dotski_w_]

As I said already, Labour lost one

wiki says LP had no change - are you including the ceann comhairle?

[An Gilladaker]

The general consensus was the FG was dead in 2002.

In that context, 20 additional seats was a phenomenal performance.

Are you saying it was a dead cat bounce

[hiding behind a poster]

So, all Enda Kenny needs to do is achieve three more seats, from whoever, and the Party will be up to what it had under Noonan.

FG didn't win 54 seats under Noonan.

[meriwether]

Who's this Lee fellow?