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Alas poor Bertie......
Last election was in May 2007 so none need take place for a few years, unless FF coalition partners, the Greens and the Pee Dees pull the plug on FF and support FG in a vote of confidence which FF could lose.
Whoever gets the job (Biffo Cowan) will rely on the fact that this is the government for which the people voted which is convincing (ie subtext is if we fought an election we would be crushed)
FG will say ......ah but its a false mandate based on the fact that the people believed Bertie last year and now hes "proved" to be a liar.
And thats convincing also.
So while FF and FG folks will be putting these arguments and finger pointing on Prime Time and in news bulletins tonight, its all a bit sterile as only the Greens and Pee Dees have really got the "power" to pull the plug.
Odd that the two premiers (Blair and Ahern) are scheduled to hand out the prizes at Queens University Belfast in July to the likes of yours truly and both are mired in sleaze......Blair cash for peerages and Ahern for cash for whatever.
Yet "Northern Ireland" will be writ large in their legacy and for that Im grateful and so (without realising it yet) are my two grandsons.
Yet I suppose the difference between Blair and Ahern is ......Iraq.
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