Fianna Fáil looks forward to 1984

AT the start of George Orwell’s magnificent novel 1984, its anti-hero Winston Smith hears the loudspeakers drone that Oceania is at war with Eurasia and in alliance with Eastasia.

Later on in the novel, the speakers blare out that Oceania is at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia.

And at the end, just before Smith is carted off to Room 101, he hears that Oceania is at war with Eurasia and in alliance with Eastasia.