Fianna Fail efforts to oust Cowen underway

JONJO THE MISER · 13-01-2011 02:16AM #1

There saying over on politics.ie that Newstalk is likely to report that Brian Lenihan and Micheal Martin have made some sort of agreement, with at least 20 Fianna Fail TDs expected to support a motion to have Cowen removed as leader.

JupiterKid · 13-01-2011 02:18AM

Do they have the rocket capacity powerful enough to lift Biffo into outer space - to be ejected from our solar system permanently?

And then for all the FFers to follow suit...

TimeToShine · 13-01-2011 02:20AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

There saying over on politics.ie that Newstalk is likely to report that Brian Lenihan and Micheal Martin have made some sort of agreement, with at least 20 Fianna Fail TDs expected to support a motion to have Cowen removed as leader.

There's the problem(s).

JONJO THE MISER · 13-01-2011 02:22AM

If he is ousted or resigns surely they will have to call a election straight away.

jd007 · 13-01-2011 02:22AM

I heard they're planning an assassination.

ger664 · 13-01-2011 02:22AM

Why would they want to do that, who would want to be the leader the returns them with there worst election result. they'll leave biffo in place until after the eletion.

NoHornJan · 13-01-2011 02:25AM

He doesn't need any other FF'ers help.

He's doing a great job of ousting himself...

OPENROAD · 13-01-2011 02:26AM

ger664 wrote: »

Why would they want to do that, who would want to be the leader the returns them with there worst election result. they'll leave biffo in place until after the eletion.

Why wouldn't they?

FreudianSlippers · 13-01-2011 02:26AM

From what I'm hearing the Greens are planning on retracting support next week unless something changes with Cowen.

starbelgrade · 13-01-2011 02:27AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

If he is ousted or resigns surely they will have to call a election straight away.

No.

The Taoiseach is voted in by the government, not the people.

That's how Cowen got the job when Ahern stepped down.

starbelgrade · 13-01-2011 02:28AM

OisinT wrote: »

From what I'm hearing the Greens are planning on retracting support next week unless something changes with Cowen.

Like a new hairstyle?

JonathanAnon · 13-01-2011 02:32AM

Just watching the shows on the TV tonight, it was absolutely a new pathetic low for FF..... wheeling out Mansergh and Frank Fahy to defend Cowan.. after having Noel Dempsey and Tony Killeen yesterday... defending him unconditionally as one would a king (or a fuhrer)

There have been WAAAAY too many fcukups on Cowans part. He should have been gone after "gargle-gate"...

ejmaztec · 13-01-2011 02:34AM

He'll go back into the film industry when he steps down and probably do a re-make of his last film, The Elephant Man.

maglite · 13-01-2011 02:37AM

How long would you have to be Taoiseach to get a pension?

Trog · 13-01-2011 02:39AM

The Greens have consistently held that they're retracting support once the finance bill is passed. FF need someone to step up to the plate and lead them to loss in the next election. That's why Cowen's still in place.

hotmail.com · 13-01-2011 02:43AM

maglite wrote: »

How long would you have to be Taoiseach to get a pension?

Don't know about the pension, but after one day of being Taoiseach and he'll get a merc, a driver and garda protection for the rest of his life. He's only 51 now, quite a young ex-Taoiseach, so decades of that will add up.

Irish Wolf · 13-01-2011 02:50AM

maglite wrote: »

How long would you have to be Taoiseach to get a pension?

Probably best to ask the Greens, they seem to have the system down with rotating ministers so they'd get the ministerial pensions.

mikom · 13-01-2011 02:55AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

There saying over on politics.ie that Newstalk is likely to report that Brian Lenihan and Micheal Martin have made some sort of agreement, with at least 20 Fianna Fail TDs expected to support a motion to have Cowen removed as leader.

Same shit, different shovel.

brianthebard · 13-01-2011 02:58AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

If he is ousted or resigns surely they will have to call a election straight away.

If anything it would be more likely for the government to finish its term.

thenutflush · 13-01-2011 02:58AM

hotmail.com wrote: »

Don't know about the pension, but after one day of being Taoiseach and he'll get a merc, a driver and garda protection for the rest of his life. He's only 51 now, quite a young ex-Taoiseach, so decades of that will add up.

His dad died just before turning 52, according to wikipedia, so he might be predisposed to an early death...he'd want to start looking after his health or he wont make it to 60...

FreudianSlippers · 13-01-2011 03:03AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Like a new hairstyle?

THey've suggested he start by taking the marbles out of his mouth.

Riamfada · 13-01-2011 03:04AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E_VeC1XAtY

charlemont · 13-01-2011 03:06AM

jd007 wrote: »

I heard they're planning an assassination.

Hopefullly it happens..

ArtSmart · 13-01-2011 03:07AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

There saying over on politics.ie that Newstalk is likely to report that Brian Lenihan and Micheal Martin have made some sort of agreement, with at least 20 Fianna Fail TDs expected to support a motion to have Cowen removed as leader.

yeah, reckon the jig is up meself. caught off-guard by SF. who'd a thunk it.

ArtSmart · 13-01-2011 03:09AM

brianthebard wrote: »

If anything it would be more likely for the government to finish its term.

ha ha. i know FF have balls that a frozen monkey would envy, but ha ha ha LOL.

Trog · 13-01-2011 03:17AM

You know what pisses me off? All the things to go after Cowen about since he became Taoiseach, and it's a game of golf that does the trick. Why couldn't this have happened over a real issue? Like the bank bailout or NAMA or pretty much any major decision he's made?

hotmail.com · 13-01-2011 03:22AM

thenutflush wrote: »

His dad died just before turning 52, according to wikipedia, so he might be predisposed to an early death...he'd want to start looking after his health or he wont make it to 60...

I'm still getting over the surprise of hearing that he was 51 on Monday.

brianthebard · 13-01-2011 03:33AM

Trog wrote: »

You know what pisses me off? All the things to go after Cowen about since he became Taoiseach, and it's a game of golf that does the trick. Why couldn't this have happened over a real issue? Like the bank bailout or NAMA or pretty much any major decision he's made?

All those things were policies, which even if you disagree with them are what he's supposed to do. There's a heavy scent of illegality surrounding this game of golf however which he is not supposed to do. The fact that there might be a push against him by the party on this issue makes the questions of legality appear even stronger.

ArtSmart wrote: »

ha ha. i know FF have balls that a frozen monkey would envy, but ha ha ha LOL.

I can definitely see a new leader being able to settle a few green party fears, tell them they can come out with a u-turn announcement that now that Cowen is gone the coalition is back on track, and try and convince the greens to stay on for another six months to a year, at which point they'll tack on another six months to a year and the term is up.

patwicklow · 13-01-2011 03:37AM

Well good riddance to him..

Capt'n Midnight · 13-01-2011 03:43AM

Trog wrote: »

You know what pisses me off? All the things to go after Cowen about since he became Taoiseach, and it's a game of golf that does the trick. Why couldn't this have happened over a real issue? Like the bank bailout or NAMA or pretty much any major decision he's made?

Did he agree to help out Anglo Irish while on the gold course ?
That's the €43,000,000,000.00 question.

mikom · 13-01-2011 03:45AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

agree to help out Anglo Irish while on the gold course

QFT.

Fianna Fail efforts to oust Cowen underway

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