Very little between ‘Tweedledum and Tweedledee’ of Irish politics

The people have spoken and Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have emerged as the two largest parties.

Over the years these two parties have been jokingly dubbed “Tweedledum and Tweedledee”, owing to the painfully obvious fact that, despite all protestations to the contrary by both there’s not a whit of difference between them in terms of economic or social policies or their overall political ethos.

They might reflect on what happened to the original characters in the Alice in Wonderland masterpiece. Tweedledum and Tweedledee looked the same, talked the same, and anyone looking at or listening to them couldn’t tell the difference.