It's important to know when you're beaten. Labour are stubbornly unaware. Which is why it's important. And because it's important, Labour are stubbornly unaware. Go figure.
It's also normal to back up members of your own party when they are attempting to execute the policies agreed in the program for government. Save in the event that circumstances dictate otherwise, or under the following exceptions:
What's more, whilst Enda Kenny put on his curious statesman face for the cover of Time - that one which is one part Liam Cosgrave to two parts Quentin Crisp- Labour, having faced down their nemesis when she resigned last week, want to summon the remaining faithful to the Red Flag over the issue of fee paying schools.
If this were a TV show, we'd watching a long forgotten episode of Steptoe and Son. Enda is Harold, sitting in a tin bathtub with his hat on. You can guess that in Harry H. Corbett's stead is one E. Gilmore of "leafy" Dun Laoghaire. Eamon's declaring he'll leave, shouting 'You horrible little man!', just as Enda, having goaded Eamo to go, looks at him with puppy dog eyes and asks manipulatively, 'You'd never leave me would you, Eamon?' You know what happens.
An historical note: Harry Corbett, a gifted stage actor, played Hamlet after Steptoe. The story is that no one took him seriously after his stint on the telly with Wilfred Brambell. A similar fate awaits Mr. Gilmore, beloved of his credibility.
I'm no betting man, but this is my prediction, and I tend to be right about this - one of the following will happen: a) James Reilly will resign following the botched announcement on the fate of the National Children's Hospital (b) FG will force a Labour climbdown over fee paying schools and make Gilmore's position untenable, or (c) the only thing flakier than ministerial scalps come budget time will be Labour's grassroots. After the dizzying spectacle of total implosion on Merrion Street, we'll all wake up and realize it was all a dream; that Enda Kenny is in fact a lizard from the same planet as Robert Englund in the original series of V, and thus barred from standing for a seat in Mayo, reptiles traditionally running in Roscommon-Leitrim, miles away from Castlebar.
Following the ensuing and inevitable anti-Gilmore heave and FG's 'grand' coalition (as in, 'sure it'll be grand') with FF, Labour will be lead by a jar of Chiver's Lemon Curd. Its interpersonal skills may be untested, but can only be better than those of the incumbent - through sheer charisma it'll maintain a respectable showing at the polls in March 2013: irrespective of an actual election, it'll show up, just looking respectable, occasionally even letting the women get a look in.
It's also normal to back up members of your own party when they are attempting to execute the policies agreed in the program for government. Save in the event that circumstances dictate otherwise, or under the following exceptions:
- Enda said so.
- James Reilly threatened to sit on your chest unless you let him put primary care centers wherever he bloody well liked.
- You got Foreign Affairs and just don't give a monkey's any more, because you're like Dick Spring and that's all that matters now.
- The party colleague seeking your support is a girl.
What's more, whilst Enda Kenny put on his curious statesman face for the cover of Time - that one which is one part Liam Cosgrave to two parts Quentin Crisp- Labour, having faced down their nemesis when she resigned last week, want to summon the remaining faithful to the Red Flag over the issue of fee paying schools.
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An historical note: Harry Corbett, a gifted stage actor, played Hamlet after Steptoe. The story is that no one took him seriously after his stint on the telly with Wilfred Brambell. A similar fate awaits Mr. Gilmore, beloved of his credibility.
I'm no betting man, but this is my prediction, and I tend to be right about this - one of the following will happen: a) James Reilly will resign following the botched announcement on the fate of the National Children's Hospital (b) FG will force a Labour climbdown over fee paying schools and make Gilmore's position untenable, or (c) the only thing flakier than ministerial scalps come budget time will be Labour's grassroots. After the dizzying spectacle of total implosion on Merrion Street, we'll all wake up and realize it was all a dream; that Enda Kenny is in fact a lizard from the same planet as Robert Englund in the original series of V, and thus barred from standing for a seat in Mayo, reptiles traditionally running in Roscommon-Leitrim, miles away from Castlebar.
Following the ensuing and inevitable anti-Gilmore heave and FG's 'grand' coalition (as in, 'sure it'll be grand') with FF, Labour will be lead by a jar of Chiver's Lemon Curd. Its interpersonal skills may be untested, but can only be better than those of the incumbent - through sheer charisma it'll maintain a respectable showing at the polls in March 2013: irrespective of an actual election, it'll show up, just looking respectable, occasionally even letting the women get a look in.
