Still a Conservative

In the twenty years since I joined the Conservative Party (and I am only thirty-six now, so imagine how insufferable that was), I have only expressed outright disapprobation with the direction of the party once – when Iain Duncan Smith was leader, after his...
How do you solve a problem like gobshites?

How do you solve a problem like gobshites?

That the newspapers have been keen to hoist Maria Miller, the minister responsible for the shepherding the press regulation legislation from a lamppost for continuing to claim a level of expenses on a mortgage after a favourable change in the lending interest rate is...

Letter to a young Fianna Fáiler

Dear young Fianna Fáiler, Right now, the whole world must be a painful place.  You’re confused about everything you know.  You’re convinced that people on the bus, in the corridor and next door are laughing at you and feeling sorry for your very existence....