Nothing will change except the names

YOUR editorial (January 20) while making some valid points, widely misses the mark.

Specifically, and I quote: “For people to believe in the Dáil again they need to see that politicians really stand for something meaningful and have a vision that goes beyond merely getting themselves back into office and clinging to power at all costs.”

This misses on a crucial point in that the reality is that until such time as people change their voting patterns the same species of politician will be re-elected and nothing, excepting the names, will change.