Greens are gone - Election imminent.

squod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHJoj9IqeKg

There is increasing, but unconfirmed, speculation the party may announce plans to exit government after the Budget.

Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/green-party-to-announce-future-in-govt-482745.html#ixzz160fZo351

he Green Party has called time on its coalition with Fianna Fáil.

A statement from the party has said "it is time to fix a date for a General Election in the second half of January".

Their leader John Gormley said the decision was made on Saturday after a long series of meetings.

Mr Gormley said: "The Irish people feel betrayed and misled."

The announcement comes after last night's decision of the Cabinet to seek emergency funding from the IMF.

In a statement the party said three things must be done in the coming two months to safeguard the future prosperity and independence of the Irish people.

They want a credible four-year plan "to show we can make our Budgets balance by 2014", a Budget delivered for 2011 and funding from the EU and IMF which will "respect vital Irish interests and restore stability to the Euro area".


Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/greens-call-for-january-elections-482756.html#ixzz160sO3EER

Interceptor

Yay - no more cabbage, spinach or broccoli!!

'c

omahaid

It's not official yet I think? Probably hold off for election after budget, perhaps early in new year

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

squod wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jn8K8EA7-Q

There is increasing, but unconfirmed, speculation the party may announce plans to exit government after the Budget.

Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/green-party-to-announce-future-in-govt-482745.html#ixzz160fZo351

Incorrect tense there, OP.

"Are gone" - past tense; already happened.
"May go" - present tense; has not already happened.

Morlar

Fcuk them.

Wibbs

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Incorrect tense there, OP.

"Are gone" - past tense; already happened.
"May go" - present tense; has not already happened.

We can but hope.

c_man

Far too late. Should have done this years ago lads (if in fact they will go ahead with it).

jimthemental

Yay! I'm going off to start a puppy farm;)

sensibleken

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Incorrect tense there, OP.

"Are gone" - past tense; already happened.
"May go" - present tense; has not already happened.

isnt that the conditional tense?

_feedback_

Can now go on record non-cryptically about a decision we made on Saturday. John Gormley to make statement about current situation in 10 mins


http://twitter.com/paulgogartytd

Blazer

starting to spread around now....no mention of it on RTE though :rolleyes:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/

sensibleken

elviscostello wrote: »

Can now go on record non-cryptically about a decision we made on Saturday. John Gormley to make statement about current situation in 10 mins


http://twitter.com/paulgogartytd

We as a party have unanimously agreed that deputy stagg must remain fúcked.

ItsAWindUp

Good riddance.

--Kaiser--

Good riddance

smellslikeshoes

Not sure about this, Turkeys don't vote for Christmas after all. If an election comes now the greens will be hammered (and rightly so).

dory

Gogarty said 10 minutes 17 minutes ago! What is happening?!?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

sensibleken wrote: »

isnt that the conditional tense?

Present conditional, yes, but you may be being pedantic

listermint

Greens are announcing their christmas party venue for this year. Got Saturday the 11th

wyndham

Can now go on record non-cryptically about a decision we made on Saturday. John Gormley to make statement about current situation in 10 mins

Seems very f cryptic to me.

Donal Og O Baelach

A last desperate atempt to make themselves appear important before they get turfed out for a decade in the green wilderness.

omahaid

@breakfastnt Breakfast- Green Party pulling out of Gov in January, calls for election in 2nd half of Jan - Chris

Biggins

To little, too late, poor attempt to regain some semblance of "doing the right thing"!
They should have been gone long ago from been in cahoots with the shower of wasters I consider them to ALL be!

flynnlives

Donal Og O Baelach wrote: »

A last desperate atempt to make themselves appear important before they get turfed out for a decade in the green wilderness.

+1

except it wont be a decade but forever!

Cheap Thrills!

Greens have done it. GE demanded in January! Thank fook.

Sanjuro

I'm surprised the Greens think anybody will really give a shit. They've done nothing but prop up a morally corrupt and idea-free regime and had all their policies laughed at, or flat-out rejected. Good riddance. They're never going to get even a sniff of power for decades.

Cantona's Collars

Calls for a general election by the Greens-do they not realise the country will never vote for them again.Ah well, I won't miss 'em.

dr.bollocko

Merged.

The Sparrow

If true, it is undoutedly a last gasp effort to retain any semblance of relevance by the Greens.

On the other hand, at least they are not letting Cowen and FF dictate when there will be an election. We won't have to listen to Cowen trying to spin that he got the budget done and is stepping aside for the good of the country and letting someone else from FF contest an election.

Vegeta

Today is the first day in my life that I am embarrassed to be Irish

LookingFor

Last ditch attempt to salvage some credibility and disassociate themselves from FF.

Unfortunately for the Greens, I think they're going to be decimated at the next election. Proportionally more than FF even.

snubbleste

Full press release
http://www.mamanpoulet.com/green-party-press-release/

hotmail.com

They're going to support the budget but they want an election in the second half of January, or else they'll withdraw their support.

hondasam

The should never have been there in the first place, too little to late IMO.

The Sparrow

General Election campaign starts todaty so.

Bye, bye FF. Thank fook for that.

Terry

Here's to the FG/Labour coalition.
It's not perfect, but it's less corrupt.

prinz

The IMF will have their hands up someone else's arse. Same story, different mouthpiece.

Vegeta

Terry wrote: »

Here's to the FG/Labour coalition.
It's not perfect, but it's less corrupt.

That would make a great campaign poster

squod

Since entering government in June 2007, we in the Green Party have worked to fix and reform the economy. It has been difficult. We have taken tough decisions and put the national interest first

.

You bailed Anglo in a recession and ruined this country you bad, evil fuhks!

_feedback_

Sure all the damage is done - bit fooking late!

ninebeanrows

The Sparrow wrote: »

General Election campaign starts todaty so.

Bye, bye FF. Thank fook for that.

Brian Lenihan says he had constructive talks with Greens and they are not walking out of government.

Hhahahah, lies while the press conference was on!

The Sparrow

Weathercheck wrote: »

Brian Lenihan says he had constructive talks with Greens and they are not walking out of government.

Hhahahah, lies while the press conference was on!

Yeah apparently Gormley told Cowen about their decision today and he didn't bother telling his Minister for Finance thus making Lenihan look like a complete tit. Again.

sensibleken

Unfortunetely because of FF and the greens it doesnt matter a flying fcuk whos in power now as were under the yol of the imf

jimthemental

Here we go now, I just wonder which other bunch of idiots end up replacing FF.

IMO Cowen is the worst leader the country has ever had and this whole situation is going to be more far reaching and devastating than the civil war.

hotmail.com

Well this is the end of the Greens in Ireland and the end of Cowen.

Pal

hotmail.com wrote: »

Well this is the end of the Greens in Ireland and the end of Cowen.

and the elephant in the room ?

FF ?

Terry

Goodbye FF.
Don't let the protestors kick you up the arse on your way out.

The Sparrow

Terry wrote: »

Goodbye FF.
Don't let the protestors kick you up the arse on your way out.

It's hard to kick someone up the arse when their Govt car is running you over!

_feedback_

I've just had a thought.

Enda Kenny may be Taoiseach soon.

That is some scary shít.

Donal Og O Baelach

Going forward we'll be kicking the can down the road and trying not to hit the elephant in the room, we are where we are.

squod

When are they getting locked up is what I want to know!

curlzy

John Gormley just called for a General Election to be called in January. NICE

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1122/breaking19.html

EDIT: Yes I know I spelled January incorrectly, but I like it, so I'm leaving it that way.