tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post4965693302182315415..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Irish Elections on 18 Doughty StreetIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72179024909745819732007-05-22T22:59:00.000+01:002007-05-22T22:59:00.000+01:00"Irush Elections"So tell your chinaman to stimulat..."Irush Elections"<BR/><BR/>So tell your chinaman to stimulate himself more slowly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25618541149878666342007-05-22T19:52:00.000+01:002007-05-22T19:52:00.000+01:00Iain, The link to Simon Tuohy's site doesn't work-...Iain, The link to Simon Tuohy's site doesn't work--at least here in Virginia.<BR/>Regards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30193914372240932312007-05-22T19:36:00.000+01:002007-05-22T19:36:00.000+01:00Three possible questions for the show on the Irish...Three possible questions for the show on the Irish elections. <BR/> 1) What are the prospects for coalitions in the Dail--e.g., FF and the PDs; FF, the Greens, and some independents TDs; FG, the Greens, and Labour?<BR/> 2) Even if Bertie Ahern leads FF back into government, how will he last in office?<BR/> 3) Does the *apparent* success of the power-sharing agreement in Northern Ireland make Sinn Fein sufficiently respectable to be courted as a coalition partner by FF or FG?<BR/> Thanks for taking up this subject, Iain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53020642192499192212007-05-22T18:26:00.000+01:002007-05-22T18:26:00.000+01:00Fine Gael?*Groans*Why couldn't you get someone fro...<I>Fine Gael</I>?<BR/><BR/>*Groans*<BR/><BR/>Why couldn't you get someone from the PDs?Machiavelli's Understudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150445761766304667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19091068716330290342007-05-22T18:18:00.000+01:002007-05-22T18:18:00.000+01:00Hope you'll have an interpreter.Hope you'll have an interpreter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-23388559124279750102007-05-22T17:54:00.000+01:002007-05-22T17:54:00.000+01:00Since the Provisional Army Council remains undisba...Since the Provisional Army Council remains undisbanded, it presumably still claims to be the sovereign body throughout Ireland. Therefore, regardless of any other factor whatever, how can any Irish party or politician consider, even for one moment, coalition or co-operation with Sinn Fein, which accepts and propagates that claim to sovereignty, and several of the leading members of which are in fact members of the Provisional Army Council?David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.com