Lone parents will ‘talk to Joan’ at the polling booths

Voters will responde to cuts to lone parent allowance at the polls, says Shaun Connolly

FROM St Joan to Cruella di Tánaiste with one flick of the pen and a shrug of the shoulders.

Why has the Labour Party leader put herself into the position of looking like the bully of lone parents in a fight she may win on the ministerial order paper, only to lose heavily on the ballot paper?