God help Brussels now that Charlie’s there

I, AND most people that I have spoken to, are absolutely delighted that Charlie McCreevy will no longer be Minister for Finance for the following reasons.

He followed a pro-rich/anti-poor policy during his tenure as Minister for Finance with huge cuts in corporation tax for large business and capital gains tax, while at the same time only giving modest cuts in PAYE for us ordinary workers.

The lack of any proper investment in our health and education systems. Granted there has been a large increase in health spending but this seems to have gone on administration and not into our health and education services to bring them into the 21st century.