The First Broken Promise

rodento

Looks like Enda is already breaking promises before the new government is formed:eek:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0305/1224291372367.html

dave1982

Is it any surprise really? :rolleyes:

Fkn more of the same just new people doing it

jhegarty

It was always just a threat to get a lower interest rate.

Lapin

I demand we take to the streets now and march for the return of Fianna Fáil. :rolleyes:

All Enda Kenny could ever promise was his "demand for haicuts".

There's a difference between demanding something and actually forcing it through. Something he has no chance of doing and never suggested otherwise.

ednwireland

Dont forget who put us here. Who turned private debt into sovereign debt. Who has been paying unsecured bondholders.
What did you expect at least they are coming from a position of paying out bondholders as a last resort not a first. Unfortunately we are already in that corner

Kbolt

"It's a wall street government"

rodento

ednwireland wrote: »

Dont forget who put us here. Who turned private debt into sovereign debt. Who has been paying unsecured bondholders.
What did you expect at least they are coming from a position of paying out bondholders as a last resort not a first. Unfortunately we are already in that corner

Didn't know that FF bought down lehman brothers and northern rock :rolleyes:

johngalway

rodento wrote: »

Didn't know that FF bought down lehman brothers and northern rock :rolleyes:

Horse chestnuts.

You know what the poster meant as do the rest of us.

goat2

rodento wrote: »

Looks like Enda is already breaking promises before the new government is formed:eek:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0305/1224291372367.html

not tough enough for angela merkel. we already knew that

brendankelly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02J13es5wr8

rodento

johngalway wrote: »

Horse chestnuts.

You know what the poster meant as do the rest of us.

Yes I know what he ment but sometimes you have to look at a bigger picture;)

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

No matter what are government did over the last few years, we were going to be seriously fecked anyway

johngalway

rodento wrote: »

Yes I know what he ment but sometimes you have to look at a bigger picture;)

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

No matter what are government did over the last few years, we were going to be seriously fecked anyway

More horse chestnuts.

Pouring petrol onto the flames of a housing bubble got us to where we are today. And there was one, just one, party consistently in power through that period, Fianna Failure !

P. Breathnach

What it amounts to is that Kenny promised (or half-promised) something that was undeliverable, and is now forced to admit that he can't deliver it.

Put not your faith in princes, or in election candidates.

Liam Byrne

rodento wrote: »

No matter what are government did over the last few years, we were going to be seriously fecked anyway

Shouldn't that sentence read "Because of......"

And glad you didn't say "our government"

[Jackass]

Oh, here we go, the finger pointing and blame game immediately switches to those promise breakers, FG. I'm sure they promised full employment and at least one stripper per household, and that hasn't happened either. They're all the same.

Noreen1

To be fair, Jackass, they promised re-negotiation of the Bailout. The fact that Enda is a member of the same party as Angela Merkel was also touted in the press.

A slight decrease in the interest payable on the EU/IMF Bailout will have negligible results. We need a method of burden sharing, and Enda doesn't deny that.

Strange that our European partners seem determined to make the Irish people pay for a decision taken by a Government without a mandate - a decision that our European partners themselves criticised roundly at the time..........

rodento

From the Sindo Today

Voter betrayal: FG/Labour to ditch pledges on economy.They will brazenly follow Fianna Fail's four-year austerity plan as Labour protects public sector

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/elections/voter-betrayal-fglabour-to-ditch-pledges-on-economy-2567686.html

Liam Byrne wrote: »

If it's "Advertising", does anyone want to read through it in detail so that we can check if there's a case for reporting them to the Advertising Standards Authority for false claims ?

Couldn't have said it better myself:D

Another quote from the Sindo

In what will amount to the most barefaced breach of election promises ever perpetrated by an incoming Government, the coalition partners' programme for government will cause uproar when it is published today.

Anyone know if the GE will make any difference

ei.sdraob

johngalway wrote: »

Pouring petrol onto the flames of a housing bubble got us to where we are today.

Look at the bright side now, we no longer can afford petrol :P

P. Breathnach

rodento wrote: »

From the Sindo Today ...

It didn't take them long. I note the piece is written by Jody Corcoran, who campaigned long and hard for reductions in Stamp Duty during the property boom.

rodento

P. Breathnach wrote: »

It didn't take them long. I note the piece is written by Jody Corcoran, who campaigned long and hard for reductions in Stamp Duty during the property boom.

And what exactly were FG and Labour calling for at the time:rolleyes:

PeakOutput

didnt the imf already say they would reduce the interest rates for the bailout? so if they do that technically he has kept his promise even if it didnt involve any negotiation from him

liammur

rodento wrote: »

Looks like Enda is already breaking promises before the new government is formed:eek:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0305/1224291372367.html

Merkel is getting hammered in Germany, very delicate situation all round.

johngalway

ei.sdraob wrote: »

Look at the bright side now, we no longer can afford petrol :P

True, they'll have to throw turf on it now...

...Oh, wait.... That's almost been criminalised too!

Liam Byrne

liammur wrote: »

Merkel is getting hammered in Germany, very delicate situation all round.

Did she do a radio interview ?

marymacgyver

johngalway wrote: »

True, they'll have to throw turf on it now...

...Oh, wait.... That's almost been criminalised too!

Not for long shur FG are gonna bring back turf cutting lucky enuf as we won't have any wood either when they sell all the forests to Bertie & co.

Liam Byrne

Did the Sindo suddenly get credibility, or is it still the same rubbish rag spouting exaggerated ****e and half-truths?