This afternoon.

Merrion Square, Dublin 2

Minister for Social Protection and Fine Gael leadership candidate Leo Varadkar with Fine Gael supporters after he launched his party policy document, ‘Taking Fine Gael Forward’, as part of his campaign for the Fine Gael Leadership.

He thinks it’s all over.

Any excuse.

Yesterday: ‘They’re Loud And They’re Growing’

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Meanwhile…

…On the RTÉ news the other evening he warned that the Left are getting louder now, like as if opposition is some kind of danger to, rather than a feature of, a healthy democracy.

But Varadkar sees opposition as a growing threat, apparently not realising that the opposition is expanding in direct proportion to his madly right-wing moves; moves like talking about restricting the unions right to strike, and inciting hatred against a social group held up as a scapegoat for the troubles of the country. It falls to Fianna Fáil, wouldn’t you know it, to pull the plug on his bid for power.

But will they?

All Leo Varadkar’s arguments appear to depend in the end on believing that some group or other is to blame for our troubles, except the bankers, the politicians, the corporate billionaires and so on.

His arguments don’t roll naturally either, like arguments would coming from a person with a sound worldview, arrived at through careful thought.

This is perhaps why he resorts so easily to smearing .. It’s because he doesn’t have a genuine argument or vision, only a deep-seated middle-class prejudice against people not like himself.

More worryingly though, he often sounds like a well-coached parrot, with no depth to his pronouncements, like he is just another Fine Gael false front. This time a right-wing marionette.

We Need To Talk About Leo (Eamonn Kelly, You Can’t Say That)

Meanwhile…

This afternoon.

Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Fine Gael leadership candidate Simon Covene signs the Youth Pledge with Young Fine Gael.

This pledge calls on candidates to “promote policies that will benefit young people in Ireland”.

Seem familiar?

Fight, etc.

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48 thoughts on “Leotards

  1. JIMMYJAMES

    Should it not be something along the lines. ‘Taking the country Forward’ ?

    1. rotide

      While it’s admittedly clever, you have to wonder about the play on the word retard from a publisher that claims to care as much as it does about mental health.

      1. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

        They’d have to sanitise it by calling them LeoScopeslike they had to in the UK.

      2. Brother Barnabas

        I don’t think the word retard has anything to do with mental health. It’s a derogatory term for someone with a mental disability. I actually find the headline to be pretty childish.

      3. Yep

        It’s a bit much but harmless compared to cutting 12 million from the mental health care budget.

        Ah sure they probably just need to get up early and go for a run…..

  2. Steve

    In the interests of balance it’s probably worth pointing out that he didn’t say strikes should be banned. He said the union and employers should accept the outcome of the labour court, a process which both parties have agreed to enter.

    Seems fair enough

  3. Vote Rep #1

    “This is perhaps why he resorts so easily to smearing .. It’s because he doesn’t have a genuine argument or vision, only a deep-seated middle-class prejudice against people not like himself.”

    Impressive lack of awareness there

  4. Pablo Pistachio

    The other parties don’t have to do anything. Just let Leo talk, his right-wing rants appeal to around only 1% of the population. He’ll run the party into the ground and there’ll be plenty of seats to steal from FG in the next election.
    Speaking of his ‘rants’, he’ not a great orator. Plenty of eh…eh…ehs before every sentence.
    He’ll need one of those PR clinics to beat it out of him when he’s Taoiseach.

    1. Brother Barnabas

      I doubt he’d be coming out with any of this stuff if it was a general election. This is all designed to appeal to FG members.

  5. Eoin

    I don’t like his choice of word for describing the left. ‘Loud’. Loud things demand silencing. So Leo wants the left silenced does he?

  6. Ferret McGruber

    Leo’s messianic stance in the second photo is worrying. One gets the impression that a small amount of power will be all it takes to make him dangerous and unpleasant.

        1. Steve

          Yeah while Gerry was bombing and kneecapping, turning a blind eye to paedos etc during the 70s, 80s and 90s enda was….oh yeah scratching his a@&e on the backbenches

    1. Vote Rep #1

      I’m more worried about the state of the suit jacket of the guy behind him in the red/pink tie.

      #BitchyFashionPolice

    2. mildred st. meadowlark

      I’m sorry, but have we all forgotten Alan ‘Power is a Drug’ Kelly?

      Jaysus, ye’d almost miss him at this rate.

          1. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

            Mildred is right. It’s the hot weather. Sends us ladies CRAZY.
            Just with desire, though. It doesn’t change the fact that Alan is the foxiest fox that every foxed us for foxs’ sake.

          2. mildred st. meadowlark

            Even foxier than the fox in that pic posted earlier.

            #foxface #thevilevixen

        1. Frilly Keane

          ah here

          ye need ta’ pull yerselves t’gether

          ffs

          Christ I wouldn’t touch him with Leos’

  7. Andy

    “All Leo Varadkar’s arguments appear to depend in the end on believing that some group or other is to blame for our troubles, except the bankers, the politicians, the corporate billionaires and so on.”

    Ohhh, the ironing of it all.

  8. Otis Blue

    They look happy anyway. Except the tall lad at the back left.

    What does he know that we don’t?

  9. Serval

    I’ve a great idea for Simon Coveney (and all politicians).
    Why not sign the People Pledge?

    This pledge calls on candidates to “promote policies that will benefit people in Ireland (not the 1%)”.

  10. Marklar

    Simon Coveney’s wife on him being called boring – “In a recent interview, his wife, Ruth Furney, hit back at such reports, telling The Irish Independent that they “live life at 110 miles per hour” and “once went to a concert, the races and a wedding in one day – in two different countries.”

    He is a man of the people.

    1. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

      She is terribly nice. Dead normal background, no notions. I’d vote for her over him any day.

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