Are such headlines a bit misleading in that we will be borrowing the money at more favourable rates to enable us repay.?
Wrong. The SF surge is Henda's lifeline. He knows that the electorate would vomit at the possibility of Grisly in power. He therefore recognises his greatest card is to play the Grisly spectre theme. So far MM has not fallen for his trap. He seems equally anti SF just now, but the first slip where there is a hint that he might do a deal with the devil and Henda will pounce upon it.Instead he wants to become obsessed with Sinn Fein and constanty talk about them,as he sees them as a real threat to him and his party.
Agreed. Brutal party leader but he's turned out to be an excellent and understated Minister for Finance.Based on the mess he inherited, I think that Michael Noonan has done an excellent job as Min for Finance. Sure there are still major issues to overcome, but getting the country back to positive growth and reducing the annual borrowing deficit (to almost a balanced state) is a major achievement.
The SF and looney left brigade might still believe in Disney economics ( and that some lenders would still lend us money after defaulting on our borrowings - as they suggested), but that's just populist rhetoric.
Agree completely with that. The Shinners are the proverbial wolf at the door for FG. The best thing that's happened to them in ages.Wrong. The SF surge is Henda's lifeline. He knows that the electorate would vomit at the possibility of Grisly in power. He therefore recognises his greatest card is to play the Grisly spectre theme. So far MM has not fallen for his trap. He seems equally anti SF just now, but the first slip where there is a hint that he might do a deal with the devil and Henda will pounce upon it.
Henda's great desire is for SF to continue to increae their lead over FF in the polls and so to turn the election into a choice between a FG led government or a SF one. Conversely his greatest fear is that FF overtake SF in which case a MM led coalition between FF/SF is a genuine threat to FG.