Surprising this doesn't already have a thread, but today's Sunday Times reports that John Gormley will resign as Green Party leader within the next week. Personally, I feel that there will still be the ideological need for an environmentally-centred party in the next decade, but installing Eamon Ryan would just be changing the deckchairs, you imagine.
My political compass:
Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64
What does it matter? Can you honestly see any of them standing for re-election again?
"Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald pointed out that Mr O Snodaigh had not broken any rules and that the system was at fault."
I hope some of them do. I hope Eamonn Ryan does. The Greens are a party of principles. it was sad to see them be wiped out. they had a tough time in govt, but they were unlucky to be in with FF who were too cute for them and to be in at such a tough time. there mistakes were tactical, but they were honest and well meaning. we need their influence.
We have to max the left wing vote so we need Greens in that mix.
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Gormley was a terrible minister. But he was always a gombeen constituency politician. however, he even failed at that, by not stopping the incinerator. Has he retired completely from politics?
I was trying to get a link, but the Irish paper is also behind Murdoch's paywall, just heard the reports on the radio this morning.
My political compass:
Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64
Will the little green man now get a return flight to Planet Bertie, paid for by the taxpayer?
Good riddance, he set the environmentalist movement back by a couple of decades in his pursuit of power, which Ahern was able to manipulate.
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He wants to spend more time with his pension.
The Green Party will never elect another TD. They will be remembered as the people who kept FF in power. They will never regain the goodwill they squandered.
About time. Unfortunate that the Green Party are nothing more than careerist chancers rather having principals but sin a bhfuil. Ryan is smart and well-spoken but constantly used his brief as a way to disassociate himself from the real madness of FF policy. On top of that no achievements at all in communications or energy.
I guess some sort of consultancy at EU level maybe on the cards for Ryan, possibly Gormley too.
Ryan should go with another party and push his green agenda within it. You imply two things that are probably why people don't warm to the Greens - that they somehow could be the only party of principles and that they are somehow not responsible for their own demise. They are not the only party of principles, other parties also are concerned about the things they are and they CHOSE to be in government with FF, it had nothing to do with being unlucky.Originally Posted by james carlisle
We are "they"
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