More of this? For five more years? With a new energy? No wonder voters are saying no thanks.
This is Trumpism at its worst: Ill-thought out, ill-targeted, and likely to backfire.
The party has run a very good campaign. But is over-ambition creeping in?
The party, frankly, entered this election taking the voters and the result for granted. They’ll deny it – but they did.
Disagree with the verdict all you wish, but no good man behaves like this.
We’ve all just learned something new about the Taoiseach – and it isn’t good for him.
Also: Allison Pearson, Election Gossip, the morality of loyalty, and why I’m sick of telling people how to vote.
Check out https://gript.ie/vote-tracker/ now.
Independent Councillor Michael Fleming, whose base in the south of the constituency is considerable and whom many smart observers are expecting to be in contention for a seat.
Western public opinion – or at least the peacenik element of it – is actively incentivising Mr. Putin to break the nuclear taboo.
I don’t watch RTE, personally. Five minutes of it the other night was enough of a reason to remind me why.
If they want to control what journalists can say, expect ordinary citizens to be next.