Two lessons in politics and government from Ireland

Uncategorized 8 February 2010 0 Comments

Irlande, Nul Points First the mildly funny story.  It emerged this morning that since 2003, more than 18,000 people cases of serious road traffic offences have been brought to court in Ireland and convicted of.  Of those, it would appear that just over 700 of those cases were ever given penalty points, although points were [...]

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Political suppression 101

Europe,politics 18 September 2009 0 Comments

come and see Ireland, come and see the way an EU referendum is handled, and consider whether the people here really are free to vote in a fair referendum. But don’t say you weren’t warned what to expect.

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