Parties play for advantage but show nothing but contempt for electorate

The behaviour of the main political parties since the February 26 election — now almost eight weeks ago — has been nothing short of contemptuous towards the will of the Irish electorate.

I seem to recall, in the past, both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael having referred to this same electorate as “discerning”.

This same “discerning electorate” showed quite clearly their will on February 26 by returning a depleted Fine Gael and a Fianna Fáil who, essentially, did a little better than expected.