Awestruck Taoiseach lead on a merry dance by brighter light Shatter

I’M a great fan of the Danish political TV series Borgen. Mostly, as you’d expect, it’s about power.

Awestruck Taoiseach lead on a merry dance by brighter light Shatter

In one scene, the prime minister is asked to do a favour out of loyalty to a former political friend. She refuses. “I am prime minister now,” she says. “And I am prime minister for everybody.”

Enda Kenny would do well to remember that. Because his loyalty to a political friend has hurt everybody. First the citizens who have rapidly been losing faith in the fairness of the penalty points system and the gardaí. Second, he has damaged the cohesion of his own government. Third, he has damaged himself and his own authority.

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