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The Government Could Not Have Continued In Office If There Had Been A "No" Vote

dresden8 · 2009-10-03 22:46:53

This was the last chance we had before 2012, the government will throw the greens some crumbs and they will get the 70 billion or so away to their bondholder and shareholder mates through NAMA. The country is finished.

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#212 06-10-2009 07:32PM

Sam Vimes

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drkpower wrote: »

If Enda Kenny is telling them to take it, he will be doing so frsh from obtaining a significant mandate from the public. Strikes only last if they have a degree of public support. The level of public support will be further decreased if they cutters have secured a fresh (and probably) overwhelming mandate.

It is not that the Ps will take it from Cowen easier than they will from Cowen; it is that they will know that the potential for a successful strike is significantly lower if directed against a freshly mandated Government.

All I can say really is I disagree. I think that if a new government comes in and brings in all the cuts that people voted out FF to avoid they'll be strung up and never get into power ever again but then neither of us have anything to back up what we're saying and it's pretty much a moot point anyway because they're not going anywhere for the moment

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