FF/FG/Green Government - Part 3

It maybe a statement about Palestine?

Couldn't find it on Gov.ie but tweeted by RTE account!

Harris wants to be on "the right side of history" he says.

With that statement alone he demonstrates Ireland's inferiority and insecurity complex once again as we strive for the approval of, and validation by "our betters", and his own need for approval by the social media set who are obsessed by this issue.

Personally I would be fairly confident that the vast majority of people here don't give a toss in all honesty. Don't get me wrong, most people will have empathy and sympathy for the innocents (on both sides) caught up in what is a long standing conflict, but we have enough problems here that Simon and co would be far better focusing on that grandstanding on the international stage.

Myself, while I likewise have sympathy for the victims on both sides, I don't get the obsession some have with this conflict. It's nothing to do with us, we have no say or input to whatever solution is reached. Neither side give a toss what Ireland thinks (those caught up in the middle certainly won't feel any safer or secure tonight when they go to bed), and the attention and focus on it by the media and Government here is frankly bizarre. I guess the Ukrainian conflict wasn't working as a distraction from far more immediate domestic issues anymore?

Listening to Micheal Martin on Pat Kenny about it as I type this and it's ridiculous. Kenny would be far better quizzing him about the immigration and tent city mess, the housing crisis in general, and all the other problems being faced by the citizens of this country that he and his colleagues are failing on.

When you consider the fact that our economy is based on assisting global corporations engage in tax avoidance in nations across the world, you'd have to wonder what moral authority these people think we have…we are picking the pockets of other nations.

I'd imagine in diplomatic circles around Europe we are probably hated.

Palestine is a useful distraction for the government. There's a hardcore of TDs and the public that are obsessed by Gaza so they'll get some kudos.

South Africa is also doing the same trick. A country run on corruption that literally can't keep the lights on.

Id have to agree with ya… part of me the, cynical bastard part of me… they wanted to get in there before the shinners potentially did. Anyway Irish government for me are the like the 'David Brent' of Europe. Look at me… look at me.

The last part of your post is hilarious. Most of the posts that senior politicians go to Europe for are nominated by the Irish government, not the EU, the idea that senior politicians are making decisions based on a job in Europe is up there with aliens all around us conspiracy theories.

Ehh how do you means test someone that you don't even know who they are or where they are really from ?