We may have voted for them but we sure as hell don’t deserve them

LIONS led by donkeys. It was a phrase first used to describe soldiers in the First World War and the generals who led them. It could apply to us and the asinine Government that leads us.

Except that the donkey is a harmless creature. A bit clumsy, maybe, and not the brightest. But most donkeys aren't dangerous. And our Government gets more dangerous by the day. We may have voted for it, but we sure as hell don't deserve it.

By far the more serious and telling incident of the week was the resignation of the highly-respected Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, and I'll try to deal with that in a minute. But the crass ineptness, compounded by arrogance, of Minister for Justice Michael McDowell (the word justice means as much in his title as it does in the Four Courts) deserves a few words first.