The alternative iscoming into view

I BELIEVE the electorate has given a clear signal that they are fed up with the ‘Boston’ centre-right approach to public service provision.

This is best encapsulated in the Hanly report on hospital services, the rowing back on free third-level education and the proposals to privatise everything that moves in the public sector.

What is required is an alternative based on a social democratic model, which will return us to the northern European belief in public investment as a vital component of a civilised society while also ensuring a vibrant economy based on fairness as well as enterprise.