Time for EU to get real, Mary Lou
THIS week I do wish some of our leaders would take a reality check and I will start with Mary Lou Mcdonald. Anyone with a brain realises Theresa May’s Brexit deal is highly likely to fail to get through the House of Commons.
It is a matter of simple arithmetic. She doesn’t have enough votes.
Sinn Fein hold seven seats at Westminster and won’t use their votes. Mary Lou hides behind the defence her MPS can’t swear “allegiance to a foreign power”. This is hogwash.
If the Sinn Fein MPS took their seats for the purpose of defending the Republic’s national interest and explained taking the oath was merely a mechanical gesture to achieve this end, the dogs in the street would understand.
What happens at Westminster over the next few weeks is of vital importance to every man, woman and child on this island.
Sinn Fein is in a unique position and not to use a democratic instrument that has been cast into their hands is downright inexcusable.
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou Mcdonald Still this failure to address reality is not confined to Sinn Fein. I have winced in recent months when I have seen evidence of triumphalism present in Government ranks which I would go so far as to say has encouraged the Bash The Brits syndrome.
However misguided the UK’S decision was to withdraw, they decided to do so by a referendum. The vote to leave had many causes but let us not forget our recent experience with the EU has not been exactly joyful.
We got screwed and generations of taxpayers have been saddled with the debt.
Meanwhile, I had high hopes for Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, but this was shattered when he brought in a thoroughly ill-advised increase of 4.5% VAT to be levied on the hospitality sector.
Increasingly Fine Gael is detaching itself from supporters and more and more people are not sure in what direction it is heading.