Elite is preparing to sell country down the river

irishconvert

Another excellent article by David McWilliams

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/elite-is-preparing-to-sell-country-down-the-river-2366359.html

By David McWilliams

Wednesday October 06 2010

The last time I checked there was a harp on the front of my passport, not a picture of Michael Fingleton

The other day I met a German radio presenter from ARD, the German public radio station. I've known her for quite a while -- since a brief spell working on the German economy in the 1990s for an investment bank. She, like many other foreign correspondents, has been sent to Ireland to see what is going on here.

After a while, I wondered why she hadn't asked me anything about the Government, or the prospect of an election or what new political constellation might emerge here. She joked and in an exaggerated German accent laughed: "David, it doesn't matter who your next prime minister is, he will have no power -- we own you now, and he will do what we tell him."

The problem is that the joke is on us. She touched on the nub of the issue: the Irish elite is prepared to sell the sovereignty of this country to protect the likes of Roman Abramovich and other vulture investors who bought up third-rate Irish banking debt at a discount and are hoping to get paid in full.

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David McWilliams will teach an economics diploma called 'Economics without boundaries', enrolling now; see www.independentcolleges.ie

- David McWilliams

Irish Independent

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I don't think that's an excellent article at all to be honest. He uses the old "a friend said" so he doesn't have to justify the ludicrous insinuation that the Irish tax payer is paying Frank Lampard's wages.

If you ask me, it lazy sensationalist journalism attempting to rouse the rabble into a frenzy. Whilst there are some valid points raised in relation to the irish psyche, they are all undermined by the above clap trap.

Cavehill Red

Never let it be said you ducked an opportunity to defend the status quo, Fitz.

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Cavehill Red wrote: »

Never let it be said you ducked an opportunity to defend the status quo, Fitz.

I'm not defending the status quo in the slightest. As far as I'm concerned, our current Government, senior civil servants and bankers can all go to hell in a handcart.

That said, bad journalism is bad journalism whomsoever penned it.

Cavehill Red

Tell us what's bad about it, this time without the nonsense you posted in the other thread, please.

20Cent

Excellent article.

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Cavehill Red wrote: »

Tell us what's bad about it, this time without the nonsense you posted in the other thread, please.

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

I don't think that's an excellent article at all to be honest. He uses the old "a friend said" so he doesn't have to justify the ludicrous insinuation that the Irish tax payer is paying Frank Lampard's wages.

If you ask me, it lazy sensationalist journalism attempting to rouse the rabble into a frenzy. Whilst there are some valid points raised in relation to the irish psyche, they are all undermined by the above clap trap.

Don't really understand how you missed it seeing as you replied to it, but here it is again anyway.

What I post in AH is of little relevance to what's posted here to be honest - they have different charters and different characters. If you think it's nonsense AH is the place to say it really.

Cavehill Red

Yes, that's the sort of nonsense I was referring to.

Scofflaw

Edited the OP - don't post entire articles - post a snippet and give a link. Copyright law applies to you as well as other mortals.

Closing the thread - "excellent article" is not a sufficient comment of your own with which to open a thread. Why is this an "excellent article", irishconvert? The writing style? The name at the top? The funny German impression? You've entirely failed to say.

Cavehill Red, banned for a week for personalising and derailing a debate before it's even got going.

See the "zero tolerance" sticky at the top of the forum.

moderately,
Scofflaw