The Voice of Treason: Michael McDowell

For someone who is supposed to be the second-in-command of the country, Tánaiste Michael McDowell doesn't seem to have a fucking clue what is going on.

A few days ago he stated that the Mahon Tribunal would cost €1 billion. No it wouldn't, retorted the head of the Tribunal, it would cost only €300 million. I think Alan Mahon is in a much better position to judge the cost of his enquiry than the interfering bastard love-child of Maggie Thatcher and Karl Rove. Now McDowell is contradicting Dublin City Council's plans to build an incinerator at Poolbeg. Yes, this dickhead gets a salary of €222,000 a year for this sort of shite.

So what the fuck is happening? Either McDowell hasn't a baldy notion what the government of which he is a senior member is doing, or he is stoking up fears in advance of the election. The only fear the public has, Michael, is that you will still be in the same job in six months time. You gotta give Mary Harney some credit, at least she did an ok job at keeping Fianna Fáil in check, despite the fact that if she gets any bigger she will need her own time zone.

My money goes on a repeat of 1992, an FF/Labour coalition. The PDs won't have enough deputies to go back into government, and Rabbitte will jump at the chance of becoming Tánaiste. Forget about the Mullingar Strategy, Fine Gael, and all those weasel words about Fianna Fáil and B-B-Bertie's generous mates over the term of the present Dáil. Labour will be up for it, like a whore on heat.

As for McDowell? He will lose his seat. History will repeat itself. He won it in 1987, lost it in 1989, won it in 1992, lost it in 1997, won it in 2002. He's due to lose it again, and I can't wait to see his face when he's packed off back to Ranaleigh with a huge 'fuck off' from the electorate.