*Labour’s attack on Fine Gael as the ‘party of austerity’ is cynical and opportunist *United Left calls on electorate to put a real opposition in the Dail *Best way to stop Fine Gael agenda is to vote against the coalition for cuts In a statement today, the United Left Alliance said that the electorate must [...]
ULA Press Statement: Labour’s attack on Fine Gael as the ‘party of austerity’ is cynical and opportunist
On February - 21 - 2011
Socialist Party’s Party Political Broadcast for General Election 2011 [English & Irish]
On February - 18 - 2011
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Video: Questioning the Commission about renegotiation
On February - 16 - 2011
In response to claims by Fine Gael and the Labour Party that they will renegotiate the terms of the EU / IMF austerity programme if they come to power, Joe Higgins MEP directly questions the Commission as to whether renegotiation is possible and the Commission refuses to answer the question. Share on bebo Bookmark on [...]
EU Commission fails to answer direct questions on renegotiation of the EU / IMF austerity programme
On February - 16 - 2011
The failure of the EU Commission today to answer direct questions I posed to them on the floor of the European Parliament in Strasbourg today allows the Fine Gael and Labour Parties to continue to posture on the issue of the renegotiation of the EU/IMF austerity programme. Both parties have attempted to use renegotiation as [...]
Did anyone really win the debate?
On February - 16 - 2011
A week and a half since the dissolution of the Dail and only two weeks to the General Election on February 25, but the campaign so far certainly has not “caught fire”. One reason is that the opinion polls indicate a foregone conclusion, that Fianna Fail will be heavily defeated and a new government of [...]
Video: Joe Higgins MEP speaking at United Left Alliance launch in Dún Laoghaire
On February - 8 - 2011
Joe Higgins MEP speaking at the Dún Laoghaire launch of the United Left Alliance alongside People Before Profit Alliance & United Left Alliance candidate, Councillor Richard Boyd Barrett. Video courtesy of Paula Geraghty Share on bebo Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr [...]
Pension Solidarity Fund Report (2010)
On February - 7 - 2011
When Joe Higgins won a seat in the European Parliament in the Dublin constituency, he was informed that he would be entitled to continue to receive a pension he had since losing his Dail seat in Dublin West in 2007 because the EU Parliament was a totally separate entity to the Irish parliament. Joe Higgins [...]
