Of the three EU constituencies, Dublin is the one with the fewest certainty. And the candidate who the polls say is the most certain has, I think, more to worry about than many of his competitors.
This essentially means that one unlucky candidate will emerge without success.
I am hesitant, here, to accuse the Journal of consciously serving a nefarious agenda – but I am entirely comfortable in noting that a nefarious agenda exists which is served, even unconsciously, by this nonsense.
The past – including covid 19 – is a way to draw that contrast between insiders and outsiders. Such a contrast, one might think, would be very valuable to anybody looking to break into the system on June 7th.
The picture will change over the coming weeks inevitably for a few reasons.
June 7
Why questions – and how you phrase them – really matters.
To the extent that Fine Gael is winning back votes, it is winning them back from people who want to see some change, but not loads of change.
All the evidence you’ll ever need that we are governed not only by buffoons, but by dishonest and unprincipled buffoons.
Giving the power to shape the country’s future to people who do not have to live in that future would not only be grossly unfair, but a potentially catastrophic error.
To a lot of people watching around the world, it came across as deeply weird, angry, and obsessive.
Putting up with some clutter on the lampposts is a very small price to pay for living in a country where we get to be consulted about how we should be ruled.