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Fergus Finlay rekindles the fire in his belly. Sort of.
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Tuesday November 13, 2007 16:55 by Aragon
Might this signal a change of direction for Labour? 'Particiaptory democracy' is not something we have heard much of from Labour over the last decade or two. Interesting therefore that the term should fetch up in arch pragmatist and moderniser Fergus Finlay's Irish Examiner column today. The piece was a kind of starting shot for the Labour Party conference taking place this coming weekend. Finlay gives the electorate a bollocking for voting Fianna Fail when they knew bloody well that they really ought not to and points to all the immediate and nasty consequences of bringing Bertie and his 'friends' back to horrify us for another five years. In a surprisingly leftie-ish clarion call, he argues for greater emphasis on addressing the needs of those who have not benefitted from the years of plenty. With an economic crash on the way its entirely possible that Labour have shrewdly calculated that a different hymn sheet might serve them better than bawling from Fianna Fail's has over the last 15 years or more. Have they burned their bridges? Does any true socialist feel anything other than disgust at the harlot like behaviour of Labour before corporate Ireland? If they are trying to kiss and make up, they have their work cut out for them. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4"In one of the richest countries in the world — soon perhaps (despite slower rates of growth) to be the richest — there is an awful lot wrong. An awful lot of injustice side by side with the incompetence; an awful lot of misery side by side with the affluence; an awful lot of neglect side by side with the consumption. We’ve ghettoised a lot of our poverty in Ireland and ignored the communities that are struggling."
There is nothing new in what he says. The usual Labour whinge at the Irish people for not having been stupid enough to trust them! And with good reason given their disastrous record in Government.
Pre-election Finlay was defending the right of the Labour Party to be 'pragmatic' and celebrating the national theft of hardworking poor people known as SSIAs. This is a far cry from all of that.
Going into coalition with a rural traditionalist party from the right wing was a stupid retroactive move
by Pat Rabbitte (which is why he is gone) + Quinn gave Bertie Fridays off whilst stitching up the
speaking times in the Dail- now if Lab wants to be taken seriously they can support the unions
and workers-like they were suppoused too- and human rights issues.
we do not want a bi-partite US system- it fails and will continue to fail.