Analysis: Still early days but signals suggest a competent coalition

THEY promised change. They promised strong leadership. They promised to repair the country’s finances and rebuild its society. They promised to do so while “protecting the vulnerable” and ensuring “burden-sharing on an equitable basis”.

So exactly 100 days in office, how has the Government done?

In his column in this paper this week, former Labour adviser Fergus Finlay argued that the 100-day yardstick was a “silly measure in one way”. He pointed out that the Government had been elected for a five-year term and would need every bit of that to turn around a country devastated by economic ruin.