The primary theological difference between worship of the Christian God and worship of the underworld is that only one of those requires that you take responsibility for your actions
Middle class acceptability is a prerequisite for political success, and for the moment, for many of those seeking election on a patriotic platform, that ingredient is almost entirely lacking.
For all the left talk about “privilege”, their attitudes on core issues are increasingly those of the privileged, not the deprived.
The public, and their changing choices, are much more to blame than the politicians are.
If so, then several decades worth of state policy have failed in their entirety
The Monarchy is not only dispensing honours – it’s also dispensing a sort of national glue, binding people to itself in orders of chivalry and distinction.
Just because an idea makes sense on paper does not make it good.
The vast majority of council tenants pay their rent anyway, because they are responsible citizens. Some, though, just do not. And, as the figures make clear, they get away with it.
This is – and I’m talking here about the tweet, not the policy – about as transparent an attempt to stir up social discord as you’ll ever come across.
Listen – whether you love or hate Green TD Joe O’Brien, there’s one thing you can’t take away from that man; he truly understands the gravity of the housing crisis and the problems in Direct Provision. Which makes it all the more confusing why he would oppose a social housing plan in his own neighbourhood. […]