Fine Gael

Fine Gael up in the polls again.  What do people think will change if Fine Gael lead the next government.  Changing personalities won't help.  Fine Gael are a party of the centre right - just like Fianna Fail.  They too would have pushed through policies to further deregulate and smooth the way for unchecked free market capitalism - just like Fianna Fail.  They will pack quango's with friends and supporters - just like Fianna Fail.  Fine Gael will roll back the state further, privitise remaining public utilities and keep (direct) taxes low to help the wealthy and (indirect) taxes higher to reap it in from the rest of us - just like...you get the picture.

There's only one government worth putting together and that is a progressive one.  Labour, Sinn Féin and left independents need to start seeing what they share as against any of the usual sectarian nonsense that has always plagued the left.