Quote Originally Posted by weecountyman View Post
Couldn't agree more, FG threw away the chance to take power after the last election, they could have done it, albeit with a great coalition, but they knew what was coming down the line and are going to sit chipping on the sidelines for a while longer, same with Labour - they don't want to be lumbered with all this crap!
That's some spin, I don't see how that grand coalition would've worked and plus all we would've heard about was FG going back on the pre-election promise not to go in with the shinners.

And on Labour, they probably would've gone in with FF, if they'd been asked (it would've been wrong, for a number of reasons, but they probably would've).

Ultimately it doesn't matter what the opposition do, as long as the Government has the votes they'll survive. The only other option would be mass demonstrations against them to force them out - the Irish public are too apathetic to bother. Much easier to snipe at the opposition than get off your hole.