Forty Shades of Government
Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2007I see Bertie has managed to cobble together a new coalition, with a very green tinge indeed.
You have the Greens, the Greens-With-Envy and the Folding Greens. These are supported by maniac independents like Jackie Healy-Rae, or as they’re known, the Wigs on the Green.
Of the three parties, the Greens are probably the greenest having never been in government before and I’m sure they’ll be green around the gills by the time the Folding Greens are finished with them. The Greens-With-Envy are still licking their wounds after electoral annihilation, but at least they kept their Minister for Gangrene, which, I suppose, is something. Now that the Folding Greens are back in power, they’ll set about turning the country into a greenfield site for their developer pals to cover in little identical greenhouses.
A nice, relaxed run-in towards Bertie’s retirement. Spliffo gets the top job, celebrates with a spirited rendition of The Other Man’s Grass is Always Greener, and for Bertie, it’s a life on the putting green from now on.
Meanwhile, Enda’s Blueshirts are left red-faced, the Pinkos have been blackballed and an Orange Loyalist shares power in the North with another kind of Green Party. The Provisional Greens.
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June 14th, 2007
Now that the Folding Greens are back in power, they’ll set about turning the country into a greenfield site for their developer pals to cover in little identical greenhouses.
Nail on the head there, Bock.
June 14th, 2007
Where have the Evergreens gone?
Deciduous?
Worse than gangrene!
June 15th, 2007
Holy fuck! Thanks for that there categorization, Bock! Jeezo, you’ve made me blush hotly into my post beer cocoa. Cheers!
June 15th, 2007
Heh heh.
June 16th, 2007
“provisional Greens”: Brilliant.
Maybe the Greens will issue a rebuke to Bertie and his friends in construction. It could happen.