FF/FG/Green Government - Part 3 - Threadbanned User List in OP

I agree. Irish people are too apathetic which is why FFG have ridden us for decades and left us with appalling services and a massive debt. There were some protests around the bank bailout (Leo said not another red cent for example 😊) and I do remember the Axe Tax protests back in the 1980s when things were grim. I protested against Irish Water primarily because of the crony/wasteful superquango setup but also because I knew Trickle Hogan and friends wanted to privatise our precious resource.

I do get your point though. Very few people think about the national interest and we get the self serving politicians we deserve. I think we will look back at these bumper MNC tax years and wonder where and how we blew it all so badly.

Charlie McConalogue on Drive Time had to admit that the government had nothing to do with AIB and that they responded to people power on eh….social media.

One for de bots and cranks! 😃

Sort of sums up Martin's entire political career. When it comes to politicians losing their seats and careers, they can be made to move quickly. It was obvious to everyone outside the FFG cabinet that this was a potentially lethal political problem for the government. It would have affected rural and urban constituencies. It may well have damaged Martin's attempt to stay leader of FF because a real FF leader would not have screwed up like that.

Regards...jmcc

Looks like it's been a busy evening on the Thread , enjoyed the Heather Video , Hillarious, not that I understood a word she said , great comedy act .

It's kind of extraordinary and in one sense shows how precarious this government is, that a Banks decision has caused so much uproar and Alledgedly blindsided this government, The cynic in me doubts very much anyone in Government was blindsided and its beggar's belief no one was aware of the decision, all seems rather contrived .

Poor MM can't leave the country without having to deal with Domestic and indeed his own parties Woes. The reason for his trip has almost been lost with him having to spend every day denying his position in doubt and then 2 days being aghast at a banks decision and him embarrassingly throwing shapes.

The extraordinary farce of this Governments handling of the Ukrainian refugee crisis worsening by the day, even now begging hotels to take in more and offering €135 per night , sure sign of desperation and an almost media blackout over Irelands newest campsite .

On what should have been a quite first week of Dail recess , a week of bumbling buffoonary, and Leo uncharacteristically very quite. (Who's actually in charge whilst MM out of the country 🤔

Week one of Summer recess has almost been worse than a normal week of this government, its extraordinarily embarrassing although admittedly, strangely satisfying 😁

Well, well, well, well.

Just as I and others suspected.

There was no blindsiding, Department of Finance officials we're fully briefed by AIB, 4 days before decision was announced. Sean Fleming, yet again putting his foot in it.

Mind Boggling, yet another example of a Minister, not really in charge of his Department, Paschal cleverly kept quite, but was that actually very clever, was the silence deliberate 🤔

Surely he could have checked in with his officials, just to be sure something wasn't missed, INSTEAD he let this Rumble, Unnamed coalition sources briefing various media sources, nothing to see here and Fleming left to make a fool of himself again. Taoiseach too, now looking like an Eejit. This has a whiff of FG silly games to it.

MORE fodder for the opposition 😉

Morning, I sniff something a little more "Sinister"

I said earlier it was simply beggar's belief no one in Government knew about this decision. Now we learn Department officials were briefed fully 4 days before the announcement.

The story Breaks, the Hullabaloo commences, indignation from the public and opposition , Silence from Paschal and the Taoiseach,

Story gathers pace, the infamous Indo article "Paschal Blindsided", senior unnamed coalition sources briefing the press, Sean Fleming (FF) makes an arse of himself, Taoiseach (FF) makes an arse of himself.

Paschal ((FG) the actual minister in CHARGE & LEO (FG) cleverly silent, did neither not think, regardless if they were on Hols or away, to check in with their officials, just to make sure, nothing was missed and avoid FF essentially look like fools 🤔

The story let run for days and who's looking looking like fools 🤔 FF.

Whatever about the opposition being given more Fodder, FF Backbenchers and indeed senior ministers will be infuriated that this story was allowed to gain legs and in my Humble opinion, FG, deliberately allowed it to.

I honestly tried to find some good current News 😁

A good morning, thanks again for the Heather Video, it was Hillarious, there's actually a few others I could share but that would be cheeky.

Hmmm, Vivid imagination is it now.

Perhaps you could offer an alternative view on the FG skulduggery over the past days, I'd love to discuss, I've shared my reading of the time line and sequence of events as they actually happened, perhaps I missed an intervention, clarification from the Actual Minister in charge, Paschal, if so, would love to see a link so I can apologise, did Leo have anything to say, maybe I missed that too 🤔 was there actually anyone in charge whilst Taoiseach away, why was it left to him to answer questions, Thousands of miles away, why did Sean Fleming make and arse of himself, all perfectly ligitimate questions. I await your enlightened response.

This is good news...for the opposition! 😁

Another cluster.... of bumbling incompetence and as you say inter coalition oneupmanship.

😂😂😂 I was being cheeky, so to speak, apparently I've got a vivid imagination now, how I do it, I just don't know 😁