Oh Eamon, how power changed you...

How many U-turns does it take to make a hypocrite?

That is the awkward question tormenting Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore after a thundering leaflet from his Democratic Left days emerged denouncing those twin evils — water charges and property taxes.

“How Many Councillors Does It Take To Turn Off The Water Tax?” the 1994 missive demanded to know before helpfully providing the answer that it just took Outraged Eamon and 14 others to sink the tap tax.