Ardern-mania subsides
The prospect of Labour, the oldest party in the state, being entirely wiped out at the next election is now firmly on the table.
“Nobody cares about that referendum”, my interlocutor tells me.
Here’s a straightforward statement of fact: If this poll is anywhere close to accurate, Labour Party Leader Ivana Bacik will lose her own Dublin Bay South seat at the next general election: POLL: Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks(June 30-July 1, MoE 3%) Sinn Féin 31 (-1 in a month)Fine Gael 19 (-1)Fianna Fáil 19Social Democrats 6PBP-Solidarity 4 […]
“To provide shelter for people fleeing war.”
Future election candidate
“Criminalising the wrong people.”
Oppression Olympics
The irony here is that Good Friday was, once, a de facto public holiday
The million new houses policy did stand out, though, for one reason: It was pretty much the only “bread and butter” thing that Labour could come up with.
A panicked political class is running out of alternative ideas, and when in doubt, they go back to what’s worked for them before.
The Irish definition of “diversity” is pretty much the same as it is everywhere else in the western world – it just means “more people from minority ethnic groups, and more gay, lesbian, and transgender people”