Paul Murphy TD

They hate you if you’re clever.

And they despise a fool…

“Are we guilty of not ‘telling the truth’ to the working class when we don’t bring a demand to leave the EU?

We always tell the truth to the working class. But we present the truth in the way which is most digestible to the working class at a particular time.”

Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy quoted In internal party documents discussing Brexit and wider strategy by the Irish Times this morning.

*thud*

Socialist Party to present truth in ‘most digestible’ way to working class (Irish Times)

Rollingnews

A full size VW Type 2 ‘Bulli’ Camper van made from 400,000 Lego bricks around a steel frame (allowing visitors to step inside) by Lego-certified professional builder Rene Hoffmeister and his colleague Pascal Lenhard.

awesomer

Last night.

Sotheby’s, London.

Head of a Boy (1956), Lucian Freud’s portrait (above) of his close friend the late Gunness heir Garech Browne, who died last year, sold for €6.7 million.

Sir Wendy RIP writes:

Probably the most expensive piece of art of an Irishman and which belonged to an Irishman…

Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction brings $122.8 million (ArtDaily)

Oh.

UK police keeping ‘open mind’ in London letter bombs inquiry (RTÉ)

Last night: Hot Mail

The skull of “The Crusader” (above) taken from a crypt in St. Michan’s church, Dublin

The guards have recovered the head
Of someone eight hundred years dead
Which was stolen last week
By a vandalous clique
Who should sleep on a hard Mountjoy bed

John Moynes

Rollingnews

It is understood two of the devices had Irish stamps and an Irish return address.

Police in London responded to reports of suspicious packages at Waterloo train station and office buildings at Heathrow and London City airports this morning.

All the packages were A4-sized white postal bags containing yellow Jiffy bags and appeared capable of igniting a small fire when opened, police said.

Return address?

Seems legit

Gardaí assisting Met Police as London parcel bombs had Irish stamps (RTÉ)

Pic: Alister Bunkall

What you may need to know:

1. There’s just too much to get into at this stage. It’s season 8, with a dizzying amount of loose ends, subplots and mysteries to be sorted out. At this stage you’re either in or out.

2. The shortened season will consist of six episodes rather than the usual ten, with each hyped as a “mini-movie”

3. It has gotten its share of criticism over the years, due to excessive and often gratuitous violence and scenes of rape.

4. Some say Game of Thrones took a dip once the writers overook George R.R. Martin’s source material, but there’s no question it will go down as one of the all-time great TV series and pop-culture touchstones.

5. This is hardly goodbye. HBO has already confirmed it will go back to the well for a new “prequel” series, set in one of the multitude of historical eras outlined in the mythology.

6. Glorious fart acting from Lena Headey at 1.06.

Doug’s verdict: Winter really is coming this time

Release: April 14/15, Sky Atlantic

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