Greens call for economic treason law is a "joke"

The call by the Green party for an economic treason law to tackle white collar crime, while they have propped up the most corrupt government in Irish history for the past two years, is a joke; that's according to views expressed to this blog by supporters.

The Green party insist that their proposed bill will amend our constitution to include economic treason. They have not specified whether or not this will lead to the prosecution of current government ministers who have been guilty of neglect and corruption, including Bertie Ahern, Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan. In fact, Green leader John Gormley could also be added to that list for collaborating with these people for so long, against the obvious wishes of the Irish people.

Ahern retires before people can boot him out

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has announced that he will not seek re-election in the next General Election.

Ahern is the latest high profile FF TD to announce his retirement, leading many to believe that the Fianna Fail party is facing near extinction in the 2011 election.

Asked by reporters if he intended to run for the Presidency, Bertie replied: “I don’t know. I honestly haven’t decided that.” Asked if he was ruling out running, he said: “No, not tonight, everyone would love to be in the Áras. Only one person will end up there.”

Asked if he had any regrets, he said: “If I had seen the banking crisis coming. Nobody advised me, no economist, all those people now writing books saying ‘I told you so’ – none of them.”
On Anglo Irish Bank, he said: “I can honestly say that not once did anyone or any delegation that came in to see me ever say, ‘Watch out for Anglo’ . . . I wish they had have.”