Much of the coverage of the plan has been demented. But note what’s been absent: Any better idea.
Punishment for ‘biased’ coverage?
Decision questioned
But the bottom line, at this stage, is that Irish coverage of Boris Johnson has grown demented.
There is a disparate standard of accountability here, between London and Dublin
“Tone is changing”
What value, in other words, do we get from RTE? In my own case, and I sorely doubt I am alone, the answer is none.
Varadkar on Ireland’s “excess of caution”
RTE is supposed to cover Irish News. Very often, it seems to see its role as covering up Irish News
This is worth repeating. Ireland has 630 cases per 100,000 people over seven days compared to 453 in the United Kingdom.
The unspoken part of “protect the vulnerable” is, and ever has been, that there is a big chunk of society which is not vulnerable.
And so, it makes it much easier for Boris and Co to sell a simple message about Starmer: This guy is a weirdo who does not know what a woman is.