Our populism is not rooted in racism but water charges

It’s all designed to boost the entity purveying the populism rather than the cohort it’s aimed at, writes Michael Clifford.

Sometimes, we should be thankful for small mercies in this benighted isle of ours.

Take the virulent strain of populism sweeping across the western world. It has produced Donald Trump; various European demagogues gunning for election; and the Brexiteers of Old Blighty scratching around in a sump of hate.