Don’t worry about what the polls say. The hostility is at an unprecedented level”, the activist involved in selections said.
It’s very likely that the kind of young voter who’s minded to vote McGregor would see the revulsion displayed towards him by the establishment as a net-positive, rather than a net-negative.
This new venture should be welcomed onto the scene. But those of us who do wish it well should also temper our expectations.
It’s a strange country, where people hold Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to a higher standard of competence than they hold people who receive millions of euros in taxpayer funding.
But who is truly honest and humble enough to serve the people of Ireland?
This kind of governance has ruined the country before, and, given the chance, it will ruin it again.
The prospect of Labour, the oldest party in the state, being entirely wiped out at the next election is now firmly on the table.
Don’t be surprised if a good few retiring Fine Gael TDs, by the way, end up with new jobs in the NGO sector once the next election is over.
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”.
It’s just one poll, but this is the best news the party has had in some time.
Sinn Fein face a much steeper climb to power than is presently being assumed.
Trusting the old ways of lobbying and influencing politics may well be the downfall of rural Ireland