Green with Ministerial Envy

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Wednesday June 13, 2007 10:42

by Angry with the Greens

Future crebibility and sustainability of The Green Party now rests with the members. Is a split imminent?

Have the Greens lost the plot entirely. Let’s hope they don’t reach the 2:1 ratio needed today to get this Policy document ratified by it’s members.

What of their anti-war position, co-location etc; simply their reputation is now in tatters, only salvageable by their membership.
Possibly this is a case of a minority leadership bulldozing ahead of Rank & File membership??
Watching them over the last week has been cringe worthy, especially John Gormally admitting he actually “got to like them”(FF) ?

But we cannot ignore what a class act the latter have proven themselves to be yet again. While seamlessly playing on the desperation of three power hungry imbeciles, they managed to destroy any credibility the Greens had left and fulminated a genuine Green deal.

Granted this was likely the biggest moment in the Green Party’s life, so emerging downbeat and depressed after a very short period did not do their negotiation skills any justice; on the contrary they emerged like schoolboys in a sweet shop tantilised by their new found friends, who on the other hand sat back and enjoyed the excruciating show!

Shannon obviously is not a problem but amazingly it can be deduced from Morning Ireland that there will be no imposition to the remaining PD Minister and her Co-location policy. Should I be surprised?
The Green Leadership has lost any credibility it had- let’s hope its faculties will not be lost to the membership.

But who are the biggest Losers here-clearly it is at first sight, the People of Iraq and Public Patients but not to worry there will always be a couple of lucky ducks like those about to tender investment in Private Hospitals, rendering our Public Health Service nothing but a Betting Shop, i.e. which illness will accumulate the greatest profits! Cheery picking and shrewd negotiation skills will certainly not be lost to this minority class and if this deal is borne out the reality is the Greens played an active part in this travesty.
If you cannot hang tight on the bear basics of your manifesto, then at least pretend for a few minutes (even 5 would be an improvement) that you won’t concede all just for the Merc.