I have a slight liking of the Greens. You have to like them a bit, even if you're not mad on their policies. I mean they were formed by a load of hippy types, who disavowed politics such as we know it, they're pretty ramshackle in their organisation and yet they keep going. And in fairness they have managed to shift the agenda, somewhat to the left in many areas. They have even developed a little bit of organisational and political nous.
The country seems ready to have a Green Party in Coalition. We were ready to give them the necessary votes and transfers to make them king makers and then Trevor opens his gob. Young Trevor has given out about not being allowed on the shows like the Late Late and Tubridy Tonight prior to the election. Now this kind of huff has worked in the past with Podge and Rodge, but it's all getting a bit whiny now. Instead of sounding like a leader, he is merely drawing attention to the fact that the National Broadcaster (such as it is) do not take his party seriously.
Surely someone else could have made these comments if they had to be made. Try to leave the leader with just a smidgeon of dignity.
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I liked part of the 1st paragraph -and then I read the 2nd. If the other Parties are geting coverage, why not the Greens as well? A few years ago, RTE pulled the same move and said they weren't going to broadcast their Ard Fheis and the GP took them to court. It was settled outside the court and the Greens won! It's time RTE did take them seriously. Also suggest you might like to look at their policies as from your comments doesn't seme like you have read any of them. A lot are commonsense but would be difficult to roll out to the electorate as most are long-term!
I never mentioned Green Policy, I tend to agree with a lot of Green Policies, some are a little too extreme for my liking. Living wage being my main disagreement.
The original article relates to the image which the party is portraying of itself when it reacts as it did to such RTE snubs. If they were going to complain, which I really dont feel they should have, it should not have been a senior member. It looked petty.
It wasn't Trevor Sargent who complained publicly, if I remember correctly. It was another TD.
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