All TDs are part of an elite

Deputy Ruth Coppinger refers to a "political elite" as if she was not a member herself. Desmond Fitzgerald refers to our "political class".

All those on ‘the left’ who champion the cause of the ‘ordinary, working person’ (which excludes the non-working) are part of the ‘establishment’.

When all their pay, expenses, allowances and accelerated pension provision are taken into account, TDs cost us about €250,000 apiece. Tell that to your marginalised constituent.