Rather than break a promise, Simon Harris might simply change his mind about the timing of the general election
Taoiseach Simon Harris has made a promise about the general election date and no one in the media or political class believes him. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire. Or not: depending on what re-electability calculus is the most persuasive among the Government parties. They will want to capitalise on this month’s giveawayYou’ll be aware of all this: and it is often cited as the sort of thing that makes people cynical about politics.
Yes, there’s a long list of reasons that would seem to justify that cynicism. The budget, for instance, wasn’t so great if you work in the hospitality industry or if you are a carer having to navigate the inhumanely bureaucratic means-testing system. These are real, extremely painful issues. Ireland is complicated and flawed because the people who live there – us – are complicated and flawed. We are far more like each other than we might like to admit. We are all trying to do the right thing, but we often fail. We have differences on how to achieve it, but – generally speaking – we agree on the sort of country we’d like to live in.
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