BEN SCALLAN: The Irish government can’t be allowed to dodge responsibility for the destructive long-term effects of Covid policies. #gript
That’s the problem, in Ireland: If you could convince an Irish politician that burning the whole country down was the grown-up thing to do, and that it was in line with best international practice, they’d do it.
“Total mess”
BEN SCALLAN: A century after the War of Independence, Ireland now finds itself in the humiliating position of having to beg a European body to use our own generators and avoid freezing in the winter:
Pay day.
If she’s been a secret Fianna Fáiler for all these recent years, she’s done an extraordinary good job of hiding it.
Backbenchers “crying crocodile tears.”
Mercenary.
When politicians get into “building a legacy” mode, that’s when they’re at their most dangerous to their colleagues.
BEN SCALLAN puts the government out of their misery, and explains 3 things they can do to stop haemorrhaging support with the general public.
BEN SCALLAN: The government, having been utterly defeated on the turf ban, are now maintaining absurd whiffs of the policy simply to safe face and prevent a Green mutiny.
Full retreat.