Unending EU hypocracy

international | eu | opinion/analysis

Sunday June 22, 2008 18:05

by paul o toole

pauljotoole at eircom dot net

The governments 'eventual response' will respect the outcome of the election

Interviewed live on radio on the morning of the count, Dick Roche was asked a question,(at my prompt I might say, after Patricia Mckenna was asked the question, I thought it only fair that Mr Roche be asked the same) ..... ...if he would accept the result of the election or will there be a lisbon-II election if this one fails.
Roche answewed ..... 'the will of the people would have to be respected'....or something similar.

In todays Sunday Times....
.......'Dick Roche,the European Affairs minister, yesterday confirmed that Cowen and Martin will lead an analyss of the no vote and promised that the government's... 'eventual response'.... will respect the outcome of the referendum.

Before the result there was going to be respect, now it seems there will be respect... 'eventually'.

There is no reason for anyone to respect this government even if you voted for them, given their track record on accepting the will of the people. If anyone labours under the illusion that any of them care about the citizenry of this country they should remove their rose tinted glasses now.
They dont listen to paitents screaming for services while they linger on trolleys.....they do listen to the private investors willing to profit from the suffering of Ielands most vunerable people
They dont listen to the old people suffering in unregulated nursing homes.....they listen to investors.
They dont listen to parents of children in need of special needs.......
They dont listen to the school teachers reporting of roofs falling in in rat infested classrooms....
They dont listen to residents besieged by crime in their own neighbourhoods...
They dont listen to archaeoligists speaking out against the destruction of our ancient past in Tara.....
They dont listen to 100,000 anti war protestors against the use of Shannon for murder and torture....

.....why should we expect them to listen to us now?...