Is that a Fine Gael or a Fianna Fail corner?

The government reaction to the latest bank bail out tells us that the Fine Gael/Labour government is now firmly on the same road as the previous government, a road with many, many corners.

The Financial Measures Programme was already paying dividends across a range of areas said Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan.

In other words, don’t worry folks, we’ve turned a corner, all will be well.

Is that a brand new Fine Gael corner I wonder or perhaps it’s a corner left behind by Brian Lenihan.

Ah yes, Brian Lenihan, he must be feeling nostalgic for all those corners he so enjoyed turning before becoming completely moribund on the backbenches.