At a stroke, and for no good reason, the party has just made itself untrustworthy to many of those who voted for it. It is a calamitous error of political judgement.
The very existence of Biden hollows out the argument against Trump.
Whatever her qualifications might be in academic terms, her record in practical terms does not point to a person who approaches these issues with a particularly open mind.
This is the problem when, to coin a phrase, an entire country – or at least the dominant class within it – starts believing its own bullshit.
The shift in political tone from those in power is remarkable.
In essence, we have already made the decision to transfer sovereignty over migration to the European Union – it’s just that up until now, the EU has never chosen to exercise that sovereignty
Good politicians share the same instincts, regardless of their views.
Overall, the objective in healthcare should be to enact one or two small but popular and memorable policies, while leaving overall responsibility for healthcare in the hands of your coalition partners
One might think that if she believes politicians should be entitled to maternity leave, then the least she might do would be to come up with a workable proposal that could be drafted into legislation.
Optimism and endeavour is attractive. Resentment and depression is not.
In a way, we need more politicians like Eamon Ryan. But we should pray to all the Gods that the next one is on the right side of the political spectrum, and not also a Green.
However much some might protest to the contrary, sport is just life on stage.