For all the left talk about “privilege”, their attitudes on core issues are increasingly those of the privileged, not the deprived.
If you didn’t know who she was, you might think you’d woken up from a coma, and were listening to John Bruton or Bertie Ahern, circa 1997.
We must be purer than pure, when surrounded by such moral degeneracy. John Charles McQuaid and Eamon Ryan have this much in common: They both desired, or desire, Ireland to be a beacon of virtue to a fallen globe.
Who checks the fact checkers?
Such an environment makes the duty of the press to verify its facts even more solemn.
Independents and Others have intrinsic value, but very often votes parked in that column are votes that are really saying “I have nothing and nobody to vote for”.
Tolerance?
Apocalyptic language simply does not translate.
Religious speech curtailed
Nobody has captured the imagination – but, it seems, lots of voters are very clear who they are absolutely sick of.
This is worth remembering, the next time you hear a pious lecture about fake news and trustworthy sources.
Can’t tell truth from fiction.