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Thu 01 Jan 2009Tribalism and petulance rule as Ministers carry on regardless
DAIL SKETCH:"I'M OFF!"
Two words from the Minister for Transport summed up his Government's attitude yesterday to discussing the economic crisis in the national parliament.
They didn’t want to do it. And what’s more, they were highly affronted at the very idea that they might be expected to supply some clarity on the issue. How dare an opposition come into the House and seek to question a government’s performance during a time of national crisis?
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