Cowen will lead FF to electoral humiliation

I WAS delighted to see Brian Cowen win the Fianna Fáil vote of confidence. I must state a vested interest because for seven years since the introduction of the smoking ban, I have loathed Michael Martin.

However, that pales into insignificance when I think of what Fianna Fáil have done to this country and so, I suspect that Cowen will lead them to a far bigger humiliation in the election than Martin would ever have.

The pundits characterised Martin’s mini-heave as amateurish, but had they had their finger on the changing pulse of the public mood, they might have realised that what made it all seem amateurish in their eyes, was the open honesty and integrity that Martin showed.