We’ve all just learned something new about the Taoiseach – and it isn’t good for him.
They’re all set on the same economic course. Which is why the only thing they can fight about is a historic scuffle on the streets of Dundalk. Or Drogheda. Or wherever it was.
Pinning down the Taoiseach is not unlike trying to grab hold of a greased-up eel.
General election
This resounding defeat is firmly on the left and their crazy policies of the last decade. They made President Trump normal. That’s the truth they must now acknowledge.
The point is this: You went to their door. They didn’t invite you.
You’d nearly wonder if the Kremlin was full of Fine Gael supporters, all along.
This basic idea comes up so often in literature that one might begin to think it is inate to the human condition, and that Sinn Fein are a real-world example of the phenomenon.
Zero Covid did not work, anywhere it was tried. The Government was smart enough to realise it was a stupid idea then, but it’s dumb enough to appoint one of the chief proponents of the idea today.
“The big structural issues, like planning backlogs or health capacity crises, or wider EU migration policy, are viewed consistently as being above the political pay grade.”
Oh, by the way – fill your car with diesel today. If the Greens get their way, it will cost you more tomorrow.
The bike shed story is about as clear an indication as any voter could hope to have about how the present system works, and how those responsible for managing it have managed it.