If in doubt about wasteful spending in welfare, the safe thing is to label it fraud

If in doubt about wasteful spending in welfare, the safe thing is to label it fraud, writes Columnist of the Year Michael Clifford.

The guards aren’t the only ones who can’t count. In recent weeks, the two top dogs in Fine Gael also need a few lessons in how to do their sums. Simon Coveney and Leo Varadkar have been spinning the wheel to come up with numbers in their respective bailiwicks.

These numbers are being spun not for general consumption, but for the dereliction of the thousands of good burghers who will vote for the next leader of Fine Gael.