Comment on The Socialist Party leaves the ULA by revolutionaryprogramme
I think that the SP, to their credit, have been pretty consistent on the Wallace issue but it is fairly annoying to have them paint themselves as the only ones to have taken a consistent line and that...
View ArticleComment on The Socialist Party leaves the ULA by revolutionaryprogramme
Actually it was a right turn… “I left at midnight and not being familiar with the area found myself on the road to Ballyfermot at Kilmainham and took a right turn onto the South Circular Road trying to...
View ArticleComment on The Socialist Party leaves the ULA by revolutionaryprogramme
Left-wing populism does exist and it is likely that SF will increasingly take on that mantle – though of course the reality of how they would act if they ever got into power is a quite different...
View ArticleComment on The Socialist Party leaves the ULA by Jolly Red Giant
RP – you are correct – others have also been consistent on Wallace – WUAG immediately demanded his resignation. Clare Daly defended him to the hilt. Both the SWP and Joan Collins changed positions as...
View ArticleComment on The Socialist Party leaves the ULA by Jolly Red Giant
RP – you comment about Sheridan and the Poll Tax Riot is crass stupidity and typical of an ultra left sectarian then and now.
View ArticleComment on The Socialist Party leaves the ULA by Jolly Red Giant
WbS – what a lefty does in their private life is their own business and they can tell all the porkies they want about it – I tell little white ones all the time. Whatever Sheridan’s political views...
View ArticleComment on The Irish EU Presidency and after… by ejh
Incidentally, I’m far from sure that claim about “competitiveness issues” is true even on its own terms. How, for instance, does making cuts in public sector wages and social spending mean that Spanish...
View ArticleComment on The Irish EU Presidency and after… by CL
The latter. But reducing public expenditure on physical and social infrastructure,-including education and health.-reduces productivity; austerity reduces competitiveness.
View ArticleComment on Winter Soldier by CL
It has less to do with the ‘dark side of human nature’ than with deliberate counter-insurgency policy.
View ArticleComment on The Irish EU Presidency and after… by ejh
<i>The latter.</i> That's what I think, but this does beg the question - <i>has</i> that actually helped competitiveness, or is this just an effect we are hoping will manifest...
View ArticleComment on Winter Soldier by FergusD
Indeed, good point. The glib trotting out of “human nature” (which is such a complex and loaded subject) as an excuse really gets my goat.
View ArticleComment on The Irish EU Presidency and after… by greengoddess2
This is an excellent description of what is actually a permanent state of affairs. The effect of being around ‘ high status ‘ individuals who admire and sympathize with your attempts to control the...
View ArticleComment on The Irish EU Presidency and after… by Ed
Yeah, I think ‘improving competitiveness’ just means wages have gone down. No proof is required that this actually does make Spanish exports more competitive, the link between the two is just an...
View ArticleComment on The Irish EU Presidency and after… by ejh
Yeah, I think ‘improving competitiveness’ just means wages have gone down. Thing is, I’m far from sure that they have, in fields where “competitiveness” would be meaningful.
View ArticleComment on The Irish EU Presidency and after… by Ed
Really? I saw a piece in the Economist not long ago where they said, with typical candour, that Rajoy’s government wasn’t being given enough credit for the marvellous reduction in wage levels.
View ArticleComment on The Irish EU Presidency and after… by ejh
I’d be interested to know exactly what it said. It’s driven down public sector pay, all right. But that’s what I meant by fields in which competitiveness would be “meaningful”.
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Comment on Looking to that Meath East By Election by LeftAtTheCross
No worries Joe, I’m only pulling your leg
View ArticleComment on The Socialist Party leaves the ULA by revolutionaryprogramme
JRG, I am quite prepared to accept that the following quote from an interview with Steve Nally has been taken out of context: “We are going to hold our own internal inquiry which will go public and if...
View ArticleComment on Looking to that Meath East By Election by Joe
Aww shucks Latc. I genuinely thought you were trying to recruit me there. I’ll save my embarrassment by claiming it as a lucky escape!
View ArticleComment on Looking to that Meath East By Election by Branno's ultra-left t-shirt
Referees in the boot of the car seems to be the norm there. Don’t know if politics is involved.
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