It could be last orders for the Beer Leader

THE secretive ruling party which has dominated the state since its creation is nervously considering replacing its ailing leader as the economy lies in ruins and escape abroad is the only hope for its crushed people.

But there the similarities between the North Korean Workers Party and Fianna Fáil end – because the NKWP is actually doing something about changing the failed old guard.

Of course, the new “Dear Leader” will be just as disastrous as the last, but it will buy the regime a few more precious months in power and make it look like it’s doing something.

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