Over the Rainbow

[Apparatchik]

Its corpse still warm, the Mullingar accord has been buried with indecent haste: the day before the Dail broke up for the Christmas break, the chamber witnessed some pretty vicious exchanges between Fine Gael - specifically Leo Varadkar - and Labour deputies.

The new Fine Gaelers are as different from the old Labourites as they are from the old Fianna Failers. Those differences will become more apparent in 2008. The Greens, the PDs and most of the independents are firmly locked into Fianna Fail. So there is now no prospect that FG can present itself credibly as the leader of an alternative government. Now that Kenny's only chance of power requires that he goes knocking on the kneecappers' door, what real relevance can Fine Gael hope to have?

[Apparatchik]

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[bogtrotter]

Its corpse still warm, the Mullingar accord has been buried with indecent haste: the day before the Dail broke up for the Christmas break, the chamber witnessed some pretty vicious exchanges between Fine Gael - specifically Leo Varadkar - and Labour deputies.

The new Fine Gaelers are as different from the old Labourites as they are from the old Fianna Failers. Those differences will become more apparent in 2008. The Greens, the PDs and most of the independents are firmly locked into Fianna Fail. So there is now no prospect that FG can present itself credibly as the leader of an alternative government. Now that Kenny's only chance of power requires that he goes knocking on the kneecappers' door, what real relevance can Fine Gael hope to have?

Who are the kneecappers, are the a new breakaway group from FF or are they a ballad group....never heard of them before so please enlighten us.....

[Boss Croker]

Who are the kneecappers, are the a new breakaway group from FF or are they a ballad group....never heard of them before so please enlighten us.....

[size=7]Ní cheapaim gurb iad.... [/size]

[Apparatchik]

It is hardly in the best interests of our democracy that FG have once again been politically blindsided by the maestro Ahern.

[NotDevsSon]

[size=7][color=red]don't feed the troll, folks.[/color][/size]

[geraghd]

Hey NotDevsSon, how are you? FG really on the up this weather huh?

[Apparatchik]

Way too late - six months after the election - FG seem to be getting the mesage: A REAL OPOSITION WOULD HAVE PLAYED THE MAN. (See below, more an unconvincing slap on the wrist though, than a full-frontal asault).

Irish Times this morning: Fine Gael has demanded clarification about Bertie Ahern's tax affairs and the manner in which he dealt with the obligation to provide a declaration about his tax status to the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo).

[jjcarroll]

Do you generally rip-off other people's writing Apparatchik and claim them for your own?

[padraig]

stupid thread