Government should defuse voters’ anger before the election is called

Those on the ‘inside’ remain protected while the ordinary Joe inevitably picks up the bill, writes Alison O’Connor

AS FAR as most Irish people are concerned if a politician states that it is raining outside they feel compelled to check the veracity of that statement. Politicians, they believe, can only be trusted as far as they can be thrown.

This is a sorry state of affairs. It is also what has the Government stuck at a certain level in the opinion polls, despite their economic competence in getting the country back on its feet.