What time is Vincent Browne Show on
FG have now stated that they will support the Finance Bill if itâs fast-tracked through the DĂĄil by next Friday.
That should be exactly what the Greens are looking for, but theyâll need to manage it carefully to ensure they get credit for pushing for it too, not just the opposition parties.
Yet another government exclusive from TFK though if the Greens push this (and they will).
Hannafin has just announced her intention to run for the FF leadership. Nominated by Pat Carey (her boyfriend) and MĂĄire Hoctor. She has (bizarrely enough) asked that nobody should publicly declare their intention to vote for her.
On and Conor Lenihan has announced heâs considering whether to run or not.
Fucking hell. Is there a more inept politician out there?
Keep the exclusives coming please rocko.
Brian Lenihan announcing his candidacy on RTĂ Radio now.
So thatâs Martin, Hannafin, B Lenihan and Ă CuĂv. The timing of this does the likes of Lenihan no favours. He has to play the Cumann FF card now which is blatantly not serving the national interest and all of a sudden his supposed ethics and vision for the country go out the window.
Lenihan now stating that it wonât be possible to enact the Finance bill in one week. Hopefully the Greens pull the plug in a few minutes and he wonât have to worry about it one way or the other.
Rocko has just told me government is over. Press confeence at 3.30. Greens pulling
Rocko has just told me government is over. Press confeence at 3.30. Greens pulling
Thanks for posting that Larry, couldnât get to the web at the time but wanted tfk to have the exclusive.
Was listening to Hannafin on the radio earlier. I was just thinking to myself there couldnât possibly be a worse candidate and then OâCuiv came on. Fuck me if thats their options they should just vote to disband the party.
Seems to be a fair bit of public support for Martin, I canât understand why people have suddenly decided heâs a great man. Heâs been hanging around the cabinet for ages without ever really doing anything.
Of those four I think Lenihan is the best man for the job, but I think the party needs to make a complete break from the two Brians.
Martin it is then. FFS.
Would the election be moved forward then?
RTE still speculating what Greens will decide. Peavoy should fill them in.
From 11th March? Yep.
Some fucking hero bitch from RTE asking questions at the Greens announcement as Gaeilge and the only guy in the Greens that can speak it is Sargent.
Greens pulling out of Government. But still supporting it in opposition. So thatâs clear then.
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Only supporting the Finance Bill. Not supporting the government.
Cowen now being shown on RTE in an interview at the side of the stand in Portlaoise. Suprised that noone is shouting at him as they pass by
So they hold a presser to announce thereâs no change in their position thenâŚ
If they had any backbone left theyâd have put a definite timescale on the fin bill. The way they left it allows FF to procrastinate and stretch out as much life as possible in this dail. Labour & FG should still be pushing ahead with their motions on Tuesday unless they get assurances on the passage of the bill by the end of the week.
Theyâve left government. They donât have that clout anymore. Their stance wasnât âhave the Bill by next week or weâre out of thereâ it was âweâre no longer supporting you but, like the opposition parties, we are happy to vote on the Finance Bill if it takes place in a reasonable period of time.â
Theyâre in the same situation as Labour and FG now except they will vote for the Bill from the opposition benches whereas the other parties may oppose the Bill from the same place. The important point is the timing alright but the Greens arenât holding a gun to anyoneâs head over anything. Theyâre simply not supporting the government anymore.
If FF hold out and delay the Bill then the next motion of no confidence in the government will see the end of the DĂĄil as the Greens wonât support the government any longer. What they will do is support the Finance Bill and work with the other opposition parties in bringing forward that Bill and trying to have that vote as the sole priority of the current DĂĄil. Thatâs effectively what Labour promised when they suggested they would support moving the Bill forward also. In other words, scrap the other vote and just have that vote.
If the rest of the opposition do decide theyâd rather have an irrelevant vote of no confidence in the government instead of going ahead with the other issues then theyâre just playing the type of petty party politics that everyone is so upset with FF about. But it seems clear that all the finance representatives will be meeting tomorrow to agree on how to proceed. Interestingly, this isnât very far removed from the National Unity proposal that the Greens had a couple of months back but everyone seems keener on it now than they were then.
Iâd say KIB man wants Mary Hanafin to get the FF leadership so that heâll see more or her.
The sick fuck.