Comments on: Greens take break from talks to refer http://www.irishelection.com/2007/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/ Coverage of Irish Politics, News and Current Affairs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: JG http://www.irishelection.com/2007/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/comment-page-1/#comment-51880 JG Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:49:18 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/#comment-51880 God God Brian, I was being sarcastic. Of course Bertie will be Taoiseach? By the way, the only person who can be fairly described as 'leftovers' here is your former party leader who ran off crying when he got rejected by the people. What an embarrassment! God God Brian, I was being sarcastic. Of course Bertie will be Taoiseach?

By the way, the only person who can be fairly described as ‘leftovers’ here is your former party leader who ran off crying when he got rejected by the people. What an embarrassment!

]]> By: Brian Boru http://www.irishelection.com/2007/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/comment-page-1/#comment-51873 Brian Boru Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:23:48 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/#comment-51873 Yes JG I am serious. The Bev Flynn and Mattie McGrath issues are unlikely to be cleared up by the 14th. Adding FF-PD, Healy-Rae, Flynn and Lowry there are 83 votes if the Opposition provide the CC. Lowry is reportedly open to a deal with Ahern. Ahern will be elected Taoiseach on 14th June. A Taoiseach has to be elected and at the end of the day, SF are not going to vote for Kenny, nor are the FF gene-pool Independents. To become Taoiseach on the 14th, Kenny needs 4 of the 5 Independents to vote for him which he will not get. Bev Flynn and Healy-Rae are not going to vote for the Blueshirts. Mary Harney knows that Coalition with FF is the only way to implement the core-value of hospital co-location which is probably the bottom-line for the PDs. As for the Greens, if they want to be the "leftovers" that's up to them. The electorate will remember them as a party of protest not of govt, while prospective future Rainbow Coalition partners will remember them as a prickly bunch and unreliable as partners in govt. Yes JG I am serious. The Bev Flynn and Mattie McGrath issues are unlikely to be cleared up by the 14th. Adding FF-PD, Healy-Rae, Flynn and Lowry there are 83 votes if the Opposition provide the CC. Lowry is reportedly open to a deal with Ahern. Ahern will be elected Taoiseach on 14th June. A Taoiseach has to be elected and at the end of the day, SF are not going to vote for Kenny, nor are the FF gene-pool Independents. To become Taoiseach on the 14th, Kenny needs 4 of the 5 Independents to vote for him which he will not get. Bev Flynn and Healy-Rae are not going to vote for the Blueshirts. Mary Harney knows that Coalition with FF is the only way to implement the core-value of hospital co-location which is probably the bottom-line for the PDs. As for the Greens, if they want to be the “leftovers” that’s up to them. The electorate will remember them as a party of protest not of govt, while prospective future Rainbow Coalition partners will remember them as a prickly bunch and unreliable as partners in govt.

]]> By: WorldbyStorm http://www.irishelection.com/2007/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/comment-page-1/#comment-51855 WorldbyStorm Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:22:54 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/#comment-51855 FWIW I tend to agree with you MP. But it's an odd week, isn't it. Wonder what is going through Labours collective mind at the moment. FWIW I tend to agree with you MP. But it’s an odd week, isn’t it. Wonder what is going through Labours collective mind at the moment.

]]> By: JG http://www.irishelection.com/2007/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/comment-page-1/#comment-51850 JG Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:50:57 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/#comment-51850 "Whatever happens, Bertie will be Taoiseach" Serious? :) “Whatever happens, Bertie will be Taoiseach”

Serious? :)

]]> By: Gordon DAVIES http://www.irishelection.com/2007/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/comment-page-1/#comment-51849 Gordon DAVIES Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:34:57 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/#comment-51849 Bertie will be Taoiseach - until FF, inevitably, turn against him...sometime soon Gordon Bertie will be Taoiseach – until FF, inevitably, turn against him…sometime soon

Gordon

]]> By: Brian Boru http://www.irishelection.com/2007/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/comment-page-1/#comment-51848 Brian Boru Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:03:04 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/#comment-51848 Whatever happens, Bertie will be Taoiseach. Whatever happens, Bertie will be Taoiseach.

]]> By: Maman Poulet http://www.irishelection.com/2007/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/comment-page-1/#comment-51847 Maman Poulet Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:55:32 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/#comment-51847 I think maybe we are being prepared for the pullout and breakdown WBS - it has been very quiet for the first 4 days - even in terms of the commentary on the Green policy for entering government. I think maybe we are being prepared for the pullout and breakdown WBS – it has been very quiet for the first 4 days – even in terms of the commentary on the Green policy for entering government.

]]> By: P O'Neill http://www.irishelection.com/2007/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/comment-page-1/#comment-51845 P O'Neill Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:40:12 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/#comment-51845 yeah hard to tell what's brinksmanship and what reflects a fundamental crisis. Interesting also that the first real post-election business on the FF website was a Dick Roche event, as he must be first for the chop in a Green-FF cabinet. yeah hard to tell what’s brinksmanship and what reflects a fundamental crisis. Interesting also that the first real post-election business on the FF website was a Dick Roche event, as he must be first for the chop in a Green-FF cabinet.

]]> By: WorldbyStorm http://www.irishelection.com/2007/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/comment-page-1/#comment-51844 WorldbyStorm Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:35:52 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/#comment-51844 Do you think MP that it's a ploy by Greens in order to make the breakthrough - should it arrive - seem more momentous? Do you think MP that it’s a ploy by Greens in order to make the breakthrough – should it arrive – seem more momentous?

]]> By: Dermot http://www.irishelection.com/2007/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/comment-page-1/#comment-51842 Dermot Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:18:21 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/06/greens-take-break-from-talks-to-refer/#comment-51842 Milk it for all its worth why don't you Milk it for all its worth why don’t you

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