tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post7138558045464767073..comments2024-03-01T03:16:14.116+00:00Comments on Another Green World: Irish Greens backtracking on huntingDerek Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-37794168840496456512007-09-25T15:16:00.000+00:002007-09-25T15:16:00.000+00:00It's interesting to get an international perspecti...It's interesting to get an international perspective on this.<BR/><BR/>I'm an Irish Green Party member who supports the deal to enter government. It's a fair point to say that we didn't get everything we wanted, but the whole "u-turn" thing is grossly unfair.<BR/><BR/>The party policy remains the same. The fact is that an insufficient amount of people voted for us in order for us to secure the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-15873115116734192522007-09-25T08:06:00.000+00:002007-09-25T08:06:00.000+00:00DiarmuidThat's an outrageous claim. The Tara deci...Diarmuid<BR/><BR/>That's an outrageous claim. The Tara decision was taken with John Gormley's full knowledge as a face saving exercise so that he could technically claim to have had nothing to do with it. It was a FF non negotiable. If it was done as underhandedly as you are trying to claim, then why didnt the Greens pull out of the agreement? Instead they propped up a party riddled with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-21427334910272832562007-09-13T13:28:00.000+00:002007-09-13T13:28:00.000+00:00This is nonsense! The M3 decision was taken underh...This is nonsense! The M3 decision was taken underhandedly by the previous Minister on the last day of his term of office. The route of the road is nothing to do with the Minister for the Environment and everything to do with the Minister for Transport.<BR/><BR/>In relation to the hunting, I am reliably informed that the stag huting is under review by the Green Minister. It would seem that he Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894180026817604579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-64648600057062011692007-09-10T20:20:00.000+00:002007-09-10T20:20:00.000+00:00The Irish greens' behavious since the election is ...The Irish greens' behavious since the election is an absolute disgrace. They stood on a platform of opposing US rendition flights coming through ireland and opposing the Hill of ~Tara road scheme, yet they've U-turned on those too.<BR/><BR/>As <A HREF="http://numero57.net/?p=171" REL="nofollow">this</A> Irish blogger put it;<BR/><BR/><I>The party I voted for has been given two seats at the new merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959849087751101034noreply@blogger.com