I often think back and consider would things be any different now if say FG had come to power in 2002. Would they have regulated the banks better, would they have slowed down the housing bubble? Would their leaders have succumbed to the corruption within FF?
All I remember are giveaway budgets from FF during thise false 'boom' years where they were throwing cash around all over the place and FG and Lab would come on the airwaves saying "they did not go far enough". And FG/Lab councillors proved themsevles just as dodgy in terms of expenses and corruption during the boom years as their FF counterparts.