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Folks, if recent history has thought us anything, it’s that every great man who wants to initiate change must have a sidekick by his side. Look at America where John F Kennedy had his brother Bobby when he brought “Camelot” to the White House in the early 1960’s. George W. Bush had Tony Blair when [...]
Folks, its time that somebody spoke out about the axe the Irish media are grinding in this election campaign and I guess that somebody will have to be me. You know, I’ve never really had much time for the media but by calling last nights debate a draw they simply took the biscuit one bite [...]
At last Fianna Fail are getting serious. RTE will tonight air a political broadcast from Fianna Fail featuring none other than Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and George Mitchell bigging up Bertie.
Maybe this will halt those pesky polling trends.
Can I get a show of cyber hands of those among you tired of auction politics? I know I am.
I’m a great believer in the maxim “know thy enemy” so I did a little research on the term “auction politics” and discovered that unsurprisingly the phrase is widely misused today. Once upon a [...]
Thanks to the Green party there is now a constitutional challenge to the validity of the next election before Irish courts.
Meddling independents Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central) and Catherine Murphy (Kildare North) have launched a legal challenge to the upcoming election on the basis that 11 constituencies across the country have too few TDs. These [...]
Is it me or does Bertie’s idea of having the general election on a Thursday make sense.
I realise that a Thursday vote is likely to make a significant impact on the number of students who manage to vote, but I ask. is that a bad thing?
A second Irish referendum? Eurocrats have a better idea
Dan Hannan at the Telegraph reckons the plan in Brussles is not for a second referendum but instead to parachute in sections of the Lisbon Treaty via legislation.
"Are Americans and Europeans simply more compassionate than Asians?" asks Ian Buruma. Asking why it is that Chinese and Malaysian warships are not sitting of the Burmese coast with food. Thought provoking? Or a bit prejudiced?
Jurge Habermas once argued that the EU could provide a model for a new constellation of democratic politics allowing for transcendence of national partisanship. Now he is not so sure - the EU response to Lisbon is tending towards authoritarianism
Did the Commission Lie About its Own Poll?
Openeurope asks whether the commission engaged in a little bit of number fudging in the run up to its poll being released. If it didn’t I am thinking that political leaking took place from elsewhere in the system.
but it will smell awful
