Michael Clifford on #Budget2020: When the smoke clears, Brexit will be declared the big winner

Brexit was one of three threats demanding attention in Paschal Donohoe’s Budget 2020 speech. The main threat, climate change, is existential, but apparently not considered urgent. Brexit is a threat that could deliver an economic wallop and then some. And, as this is a political forum, the third threat came from voters demanding an election budget.

Michael Clifford on #Budget2020: When the smoke clears, Brexit will be declared the big winner

Nobody has done as well out of this budget as Brexit. Kevin 'Boxer' Moran didn’t do too badly either, but when the smoke clears, Brexit will be declared the big winner.

Brexit was one of three threats demanding attention in Paschal Donohoe’s Budget 2020 speech. The main threat, climate change, is existential, but apparently not considered urgent. Brexit is a threat that could deliver an economic wallop and then some. And, as this is a political forum, the third threat came from voters demanding an election budget.

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