Cowen gone this week

**Dodge** · 28/01/2011, 8:53 AM

Originally Posted by Mr A

It's not as good as 'expunged'.

Nothing is

**Schumi** · 28/01/2011, 1:08 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Nothing is

Shelegated?

**John83** · 28/01/2011, 1:13 PM

Originally Posted by Schumi

Shelegated?

Inquorate.

**pineapple stu** · 28/01/2011, 1:14 PM

Bald Student used to enjoy dequoring and requoring meetings, as I recall.

**Dodge** · 28/01/2011, 4:07 PM

Originally Posted by Schumi

Shelegated?

I love being proved wrong. Schumi is spot on

**backstothewall** · 28/01/2011, 11:21 PM

Watching events in Cairo on telly. It seems there actually is a world leader out there even more unpopular than Brain Cowan. Step forward Hosni Mubarak.

Oh, actually, Hosni Mubarak can't be with us tonight. He's far too busy trying to avoid the Ceauşescu treatment.

**dahamsta** · 29/01/2011, 2:07 PM

Hey, Mubarak sacked his cabinet. Biffo's abandoned him. Mubarak 1, Cowen 0.

**BonnieShels** · 30/01/2011, 9:35 PM

Originally Posted by Schumi

Shelegated?

That's what happened us at the end of the 2006 season, right?

**mypost** · 31/01/2011, 6:52 PM

Cowen has gone overboard now. His last day is tomorrow. The question is: Who will be Taoiseach until February 26? Do we even have one?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0131/cowenb.html

**BonnieShels** · 31/01/2011, 7:51 PM

Cowen will remain Taoiseach until the next Dáil convenes and votes for a new one.
Cabinet will remain in situ also.

**mypost** · 01/02/2011, 7:12 AM

At this stage, we have a Taoiseach and cabinet by technicalities only. Neither have any power.

The electorate of Laois/Offaly never got to elect him as PM, and were denied the chance to cast their judgement on his time as it. They did however, get to pay for his perks and pensions in the future.

There are now 60-odd FFers sitting in the Dail who are putting themselves on the chopping block in 3 weeks time.

**BonnieShels** · 01/02/2011, 9:59 AM

No electorate in any constituency elects the Taoiseach. The Dáil and only the Dáil elects the Taoiseach. Usually, though not in all cases the leader of the largest party after an election is elected Taoiseach.
The people of Laois-Offaly would have elected him again so thinking that they would pass judgement on him is beyond naive.
His brother, Barry is running now, what are the bets the discerning folk of L-O won't elect him?

**Kingdom** · 01/02/2011, 12:41 PM

Living in the constituency, and having made a lot of friends with the locals in Tullamore, Clara and Ferbane through Pitch and Putt, it is embarrasing listening to locals and the love they shower onto him.
Yet again when given the opportunity random punters interviewed on street for RTE1 radio they blamed his resignation on the Dublin people.

Some parts of the country don't deserve a vote.