We do populism a little differently here

There is nothing populism craves more than elites to rail against, writes Michael Clifford

Is David McWilliams a member of one of the “elites”? The question popped into my head last Sunday as I heard him on the radio describing the Brexit result as a vote against the “elites”. He said the word “elites” as if it was an alien body, of which one should instinctively be suspicious.

David is a superlative communicator and a very nice chap who earns big money from his various media and economics- related activities. He was educated in Blackrock College and once worked for the Central Bank.