Principles for power
Propping up FF and being lined up for the fall in the next election - the Green Party. I’m disappointed and sorry for them.
Now that the dust has settled, it appears that they have bought the FF manifesto, (copied and pasted!) and a few reviews. Already, they are being walked over. The order for the M3 was signed in the final days of negotiation and this announcement of 3 more junior ministers flies in the face of Green policy to reduce the number of cabinet posts from 15 to 12 as well as junior ministries.
Via Politics.ie
Labour’s Eamon Gilmore has branded it “a ploy to increase cronyism”. Fine Gael’s Billy Timmins says says it will “[cost] the taxpayer millions of euro” and “confirms the political impotence of the Greens and PDs in this Government”.
Via Damien - Yes Minister seems to be very appropriate for the Greens so far