FG to seek no confidence vote in Brian Cowen

[Zapatista]

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny is to seek to move a Dáil motion of no confidence in Taoiseach Brian Cowen in the wake of yesterday's reports into the banking crisis.

A Fine Gael spokesman said Mr Kenny believed they confirmed that Mr Cowen was the chief architect of the catastrophic policy failures that led to the country's current economic crisis
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However the draft terms of reference drawn for the forthcoming Commission of Investigation exclude Government policy and will focus on errors made by the banks, the auditors and financial regulators.

Fine Gael described the decision as outrageous.

Labour said there were many vested interests who wanted to hide the truth and escape culpability, while Sinn Féin said the reports outlined the mugging of the Irish people by a gang of corporate criminals aided by the government.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0610/banks.html


Has this the potential to be a 15 pager or will it be the usual no confidence 2 pager?

[Ash Smoker]

They should wait till election day.

[Zapatista]

They should wait till election day.

Why?

[Billys Boots]

I imagine because it's irrelevant to the plain people of Ireland whether the expenses-claimers have confidence in Cowen or not.  The rest of us already know the answer.  Moving along now.

[Zapatista]

If we don't have confidence in our leader then surely we need a new one. He's not the leader of the Dail he's the leader of the Country.

[Shamrock Shore]

Waste of time and energy.

The FF herd will march dutifully in and vote confidence in BIFFO and the Green's/Harney/Lowry/et al will do the same.

Sure, Dan 'Twitter' Boyle may say something but so what.