In Reply to: re: re: re: re: re: re: anglo irish posted by Not-News on February 24, 2009 at 20:38:59:

I accept all of that, totally, but I would find it very hard not to allocate a lot of the blame for the lack of preparation for this downturn to the parties in power at the time.

If I and many others could see the over reliance on a false property bubble then surely it's not much to ask that the government might have an inkling.

Thanks for the courtesy of an on-subject and informative reply, Not News, and sincere apologies if I did cause any offence with any earlier posts.