Anytime I see ICTU/Congress on the box I keep thinking of the People's front of Judea, or was it the Judean Peoples Front or the Popular Peoples front of Judea....... (and if you don't understand the reference, watch the Life of Brian)
When I see them I think of Animal Farm.
That was a book, only actually happened on paper and on screen. You know when you are watching Fair City and getting upset about what Leo Dowling is going through, someone did explain to you that he is only acting didn't they!
I don’t watch Fair City, if I want to be depressed I’ll watch the news.That was a book, only actually happened on paper and on screen. You know when you are watching Fair City and getting upset about what Leo Dowling is going through, someone did explain to you that he is only acting didn't they!
Bertie compared to Mugabe. It was not that long ago Bertie was telling those of us who said we felt the winds of recession coming to go off and commit suicide, or words to that effect. Bertie and and huge army of hangers on paying thremselves so much - even compared to first world G7 countries - is something Mugabe must have as his role model.
Come on people , 3 posts in and no one has been called a NAZI.
It's very unfair to compare the government to Mugabe.
True enough, Mugabe is not in the same league. He does not pay himself or his cronies as much. His workers in govt are not paid 40% more than their counterparts in London, Berlin or Boston. He does not give his inner or outer circle huge pensions. He does not saddle his children and grandchildren with as huge a foreign debt. He did not squander huge handouts from the EC. A devils advocate can truly say that Mugabe is not in the same league.
(S)he is saying that the actions of ICTU/Congress remind him of the charters in book/film animal farm.
It was the politicians who created the property bubble, raised the minimum wage
I don’t watch Fair City, if I want to be depressed I’ll watch the news.
Animal Farm was a metaphor for the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
The pigs/ fat cats telling people what they want to hear even when they know it’s not true, claiming that they were not part of the inner circle for the last 10 years screwing the poor in favour of their middle income vested interest group and criticising “fat cats” when they have multiple incomes many times that of the “Wurkers” they claim to represent. Yes, one of the Bearded Brethren qualifies as Napoleon, but not the Napoleon that fought at Waterloo.
The thread is about Historical allusions, Animal Farm is literature, an Artists interpretation of the world about him. Anyway as I remember the Nuns taught us it's not so much Orwells diatribe on the Bolshevik Revolution but rather the tyrany of Stalinism, not the same things at all.
LOL, thanks for the laugh.I don't think any of the current leaders of the Labour movement in Ireland have ideals further left than Social Democratic, maybe if they did we'd be in a better place.
The damage to our economy happened on Berties watch. Have no doubt about that. Having seen their savings fail to keep up with inflation in a bank account, many a person in Ireland invested in property or bank shares ( which we were told were blue chip ) or in a business and has lost their life savings. Its ok for those getting handouts and pensions from the govt, be they public sector people or politicians. They are better paid than any of their counterparts in the world...inc Zimbabwe...and that is saying something. When our unemployment rises to 25% and we have to borrow even more than we do already, and other countries like Germany have others they would prefer to support...who can we borrow from then ? We are already perceived as the country in Europe most likely to default. Bad and all as FF are, and ultra soft as they have been on the unions, if a leftie / SF coalition gets in things can only get worse.Ireland after the Bertie years.
Added to by the stupidity of many gladly taking out 100% mortgages to pay for over priced houses.
Also added to an electorate to took advice from SF and Declan Ganley and voted down Lisbon.