Comments on: CiarÃ¡n Guff – Green Party slit more throats for power

By: Sharon .

Sharon . — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:53:07 +0000

Hi !

“But what about a genuine party revolt, are the party faithful *that* faithful and blind? ”

- the ‘faithful’ and those they are ‘faithful’ to have apparently shared the same inoculation* and are now no longer (?) wary of the atmosphere surrounding ‘Planet Bertie’ .
(* A bitter Green pill , perhaps..?)

Sharon.

By: Maman Poulet

Maman Poulet — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:38:45 +0000

Ah tipster time for reflection indeed…

the federation that is neither national or a federation is holding a conference involving lots of people not from Ireland when what’s really need is discussions amongst ourselves on the mess facing us… Ah yes…

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:09:23 +0000

I’m with Una – a Green got my number one this time around, but it won’t happen again if they keep going at this rate. Earlier this year they were on the other side of this bill, and now they can’t even try to strain the leash of their FF masters. It’s shameful and sickening.

By: tipster

tipster — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:39:38 +0000

A less-widely discussed aspect of the whole issue is where the lgb community has been on this. The National Lesbian and Gay Federation has an advert in the current issue of GCN inviting members of the lgb community to particpate in a conference on the issue of same-sex partners and their rights to be held at the end of the month.

(As far as I know, the only organisation that has actually called for the ban on same-sex marriages to be lifted in the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.)

By: UnaRocks

UnaRocks — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:01:46 +0000

They’re finished with voters anyway, I think. I certainly won’t be voting for them again considering they’ve reneged on all of the issues that made me vote for them in the first place. Although, none of this matters because they’re in government for the next four years anyway.

By: Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:37:45 +0000

Say what you like about the PDs but at least they knew how to make the most of their leverage when government, even now Mary gets the run of the dept. of Health when they have just 2 seats.

By: Robert Synnott

Robert Synnott — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:13:07 +0000

Erm, am I the only one who more or less assumed that this was going to happen? They do, after all, have to stay in with the voters…

That said, I’ve never trusted the Greens, especially not after attending a debate (on nuclear power) where Sargent was one of the speakers…