Cromwell, were he alive, might have different views today. But he’d thrive all the same.
It all comes back, I think, to the biggest problem with this Government: They don’t actually know who it is that they are for.
We elected a Dáil – if it does not want to do its job and legislate, it should disband.
There is, you sense, a dawning realisation in Leinster House on this issue: We’re in trouble.
Is there any other law that the state actually rewards people for breaking?
Fine Gael, clearly, is not a happy political party. And the blame for that starts at the very top.
I confess to being endlessly fascinated by public attitudes in Ireland to the Government Jet,
The ultimate question, to which there is no answer, is “what does Mr. Varadkar want to achieve, exactly?”
Forgive me for saying this, but personally, I’d rather live in a country with a small bit of corruption, and competently delivered public services, rather than the other way around.
He gives you what you want, not what you need.
The problem – and let’s speak this plainly – is that establishment Ireland, or what passes for it, is now a jabbering, simpering, clueless wreck.
Wake me up when we have some real politics, instead of this farce.