Political promises: it’s time to call their bluff

WHAT is it about the human condition that makes us deaf and blind to the promises of politicians at election time.

But aren’t these the same people who were on the doorsteps last time round, with the same promises still unfulfilled?

As your columnist Pat Brosnan pointed out (Irish Examiner, November 17), the stakes are very high now when it comes to holding public office. Politicians will go to any lengths to get you to believe them, again, and restore them, or elect them, to the cushy job.