I want government by the people, not an economist who knows best

THIS George Lee phenomenon is dangerous. I don’t mean the man himself, of course.

Eamon Dunphy said on radio the other day that he (Lee, that is) had managed his departure from RTÉ very badly, but that he was clearly a man of ability and character.

I agree with that assessment. George Lee has the talent and ability to become an addition to the body politic and an asset in terms of a wider and deeper political discourse about where we are and where we’re going. The way he left RTÉ, although it was tacky, is a storm in a teacup.