To be fair the ‘nurse calling’ language was the only contemptible part of this thread. O’Toole is largely left leaning, incredibly frustrated by the labour movement and around long enough to see old failings reemerge.

I don’t really understand why no click hunting columnist isn’t just stating the obvious - Connolly’s landslide victory explains the general malaise in turnout. She was the best candidate by a country mile so many just stayed at home to let it play out. Opinion poles found this weeks ago.

But his analysis here is entirely accurate. A socialist president has never led to a leftist government. We continue to vote for a vision of ourselves for presidency but for hard nosed local gains in the GE.

Bookies shortening the odds on Humphreys….

If you go back and watch the debates from 14 years ago MDH performed similarly. Descending into slightly cerebral and broken thoughts like Connolly. At least it’s been grown up sounding.

As someone who wrote these letters to literally hundreds of ‘celebrities’ for the L&H, the idea that it is still treated with an iota of significance when it is glammed up spam is hilarious. What a small man.

Thank you for the heads up!

That’s really frustrating. Why the text change?

Demonising and/or as forgetting about underprivileged people is the reason they left the democrats

If I was an American democrat I would be spending most of my energy figuring that out rather than further demonising them.

This comment thread is the reason. They’re not inferior. They’re forgotten.

Now ask, why did this happen.

And nearly all through reads and analysis. Very little in the throw or lift.