Politicians should serve the people, not the party

I am toying with the idea of forming a new political grouping called People Before Party.

Our two main political parties, and many other elected representatives, are currently showing a total contempt for the people who elected them by putting their narrow and pathetic party political interests before the welfare of our country and the democratic decision of the people.

The current Dáil arithmetic clearly indicates that the electorate voted for a Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil coalition to ensure stable government for the next five years and a return to economic prosperity. If the farcical nonsense of trying to form a minority government is allowed to continue and precipitate another indecisive election, as it inevitably will, I swear that I will not vote in that election and will encourage other people not to vote also.