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Gareth O'Callaghan: Government like a wayward horse that loses a jockey

This Government has made many mistakes but perhaps its biggest mistake has been its failure to remain connected to those who voted for them
Gareth O'Callaghan: Government like a wayward horse that loses a jockey

A friend compared the current Government to a horse that loses its jockey halfway through a race, and then careers around the race track, out of control without anyone to pilot it. Picture: Healy RacingĀ 

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.ā€ These are the words of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.

Many governments around the world have forgotten these critical words, including our own.

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