Principle-free FF is in a different league to Dev and Joe Higgins

POLITICIANS are not all the same. Not everyone is responsible for the cynicism and disillusion with which people view politics.

It is in fact the modern Fianna Fáil that has degraded politics. It is Fianna Fáil that is primarily responsible for the low esteem in which politics is held.

There, I've said it. I've wanted to say it for a long time, but I've refrained, really because I know the knee-jerk reaction I'm going to get in some quarters. The people who send me unpleasant things in plain brown envelopes will be moved (so to speak) to do it again.