Spudulika
08/01/2011, 9:44 AM
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/if-i-was-taoiseach-what-i-would-do-to-save-ireland-2488577.html
I like the man, he's a genuine sports fan (despite following Leeds) and a good person, and somebody I'd vote for. He was the right fit for FG instead of the RTE luvvie George Lee, though the party of the people messed up in not bringing him in, even though he's a FG man. However it now looks like he's making a come and get me pitch, in true football style, to parties to nab him. Or else it's a sideline run for the Aras, though he'd be perfect to get in the Dail and be Minister for Finance or Industry. He has a very strong international standing (compared to Lee who isn't a name in his own household) and a massive array of contacts. The French, Croatian and a number of other governments all wanted him in as a special advisor (he did this with the frogs), yet the prophet in his own land scenario reigned. Watch this space!
edit: The only flaw in his ideas, from my thinking, is extending the vote to diaspora without conditions - otherwise you end up with a tinpot dictatorship run by ex-commies who got into bed with ex-nazi/ustache as in Croatia. Noraid would have had a ball in Ireland in the 80's. A caveat would be to have lived in Ireland for 25% of your life, or some such safeguard.
I like the man, he's a genuine sports fan (despite following Leeds) and a good person, and somebody I'd vote for. He was the right fit for FG instead of the RTE luvvie George Lee, though the party of the people messed up in not bringing him in, even though he's a FG man. However it now looks like he's making a come and get me pitch, in true football style, to parties to nab him. Or else it's a sideline run for the Aras, though he'd be perfect to get in the Dail and be Minister for Finance or Industry. He has a very strong international standing (compared to Lee who isn't a name in his own household) and a massive array of contacts. The French, Croatian and a number of other governments all wanted him in as a special advisor (he did this with the frogs), yet the prophet in his own land scenario reigned. Watch this space!
edit: The only flaw in his ideas, from my thinking, is extending the vote to diaspora without conditions - otherwise you end up with a tinpot dictatorship run by ex-commies who got into bed with ex-nazi/ustache as in Croatia. Noraid would have had a ball in Ireland in the 80's. A caveat would be to have lived in Ireland for 25% of your life, or some such safeguard.