The people have failed politicians, who are just trying to appease us

Finian McGrath is an able cynic, not an amiable fool, writes Gerard Howlin

The people have failed politicians, who are just trying to appease us

Finian McGrath is an able cynic, not an amiable fool, writes Gerard Howlin

“We have the worst prime minister since Anthony Eden”; “the worst leader of the opposition in the entire history of the Labour Party”; and “the worst parliament since Oliver Cromwell”, said the former deputy leader of the Conservative Party, Ann Widdecombe, on BBC’s Newsnight on Monday.

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