Off My Chest

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar  (left) and Russian President Vladamir Putin

The topless thing.

You’re doing it wrong.

Via Jason O’Toole at RT [full article at link below]:

If it weren’t bad enough having to stomach the smugness of the Irish PM flouting his own rules, I reckon the sight of a topless Varadkar splashed all over the Irish papers on Tuesday morning would’ve put anybody off their breakfast.

You’d understand it better if he looked like Putin in his prime, but the only thing the PM, a qualified doctor, has to get off his chest here is a public apology.

…I can’t recall any other Irish PM in living memory who has made so many embarrassing slip-ups or as many remarkable volte-faces as Varadkar…

…I still laugh at how Varadkar was left with egg on his face when he once said he “wouldn’t be keen” on Donald Trump visiting Ireland – only then to become PM himself and end up fawning all over the US president in the Oval Office and even promising to learn how to play golf if the Leader of the Free World ever popped over to Ireland.

As I’ve always said, if an MRI scan was carried out on Varadkar, I doubt it would find any backbone. I believe he’s a spineless character willing to disregard once strong-held convictions to hold on to power.

I certainly couldn’t see any backbone on display in those photographs. Forget just needing to learn how to keep his big mouth shut, Varadkar should also keep his shirt on. Because the Covid-19 pandemic is certainly no picnic.

FIGHT!

Hypocritical Irish PM tells his people not to picnic during lockdown, then sunbathes bare-chested while picnicking 9Jason O’Toole, RT)

Yesterday: Picnicked

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22 thoughts on “Off My Chest”

  1. Nigel

    Yeah, nobody laugh at the egg all over Putin’s face from all the critical journalists and opposition politicians who keep dying in Russia. Such backbone!

    1. Rosette of Sirius

      And don’t forget the medical professionals that for some reason keep ‘falling’ out of windows….

  2. class wario

    it’s pretty hilarious how he has to slip in a remark about how dreamy putin is in his piece for RT

  4. Brother Barnabas

    “…I still laugh at how Varadkar was left with egg on his face when he once said he “wouldn’t be keen” on Donald Trump visiting Ireland – only then to become PM himself and end up fawning all over the US president in the Oval Office and even promising to learn how to play golf if the Leader of the Free World ever popped over to Ireland”

    it’s up there with the time enda kenny called trump “racist and dangerous” when nobody seriously imagined trump would win, only to clarify that he was referring to trump’s policies, words and actions – not the man himself- once trump became president

    might be a FG thing

    1. GiggidyGoo

      There used to be the one ‘on mature reflection’ FF I think had the copyright on it.

    2. V'ness

      Ah c’mere
      the wouldn’t be keen is a personal and local view

      the other, is a direct function of his Job

      Like – just cause I specialise in Bankruptcy
      doesn’t mean I need to be a Bankrupt meself

      You have to work with what and who is in front of you
      especially in Politics

      1. Rob_G

        Agree, i think BB and O’Toole are reaching a bit with that one: as ‘gotchas’ go, saying you “wouldn’t be keen” is fairly mild.

  5. Joe Small

    We all have our political biases but what I can’t stand it this integral hatred of someone in politics – Mary Lou, Michael Martin, Varadkar, whoever – and assuming the worst of their motivations at all times. Who would go into politics and stand for election for any political party and put up with all this personal bile? I don’t particularly like Varadkar and think some of his actions in the past has shown him to be less that stellar as Taoiseach but he’s doing okay during this crisis. I’m not sure what more any other leader would’ve done to be honest.
    I hope Jason O’Toole enjoyed playing the man instead of the ball. Let’s talk about the treatment of nursing homes in this crisis or something else useful instead.

    1. Johnnythree

      ‘but he’s doing okay during this crisis’
      Put down the Irish Times/ Independent/ Press release and go educate yourself.
      Anyway there’s no ‘this crisis’ – there are many. Get with the picture.

    1. Cian

      Risky click – after I had clicked I suddenly remembered that nude painting of Cowen!

      1. GiggidyGoo

        So, to follow up on yesterday’s discussion, I’m happy to confirm that there doesn’t seem to be any cans in view.

        1. Rob_G

          Well, at least you still went ahead and levelled the accusation when not in full possession of the facts, anyway.

  7. V'ness

    shocking product placement there

    SIPO better be on that

    if not then let me tell ye now

    That’s a flagrant abuse of influence
    and should carry a savage fine

    1. Ringsend Incinerator

      I dunno. Some people might be into the James O’Reilly look. Mostly people who look like James O’Reilly.

      Visual doxing ain’t cool though bro unless you want to share a pic of youself so we can all compare.

  9. Ringsend Incinerator

    RT says that Mr O Toole has been published in Playboy. Sure people only read it for the articles.

    A snide, lazy, cheap piece of “right-on” comment from a lunchtime o’booze-type who probably votes FG because they’re socially liberally and financially conservative.

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