Gene shines a light on those who suffer

Sir — Reading Gene Kerrigan’s weekly column in the Sunday Independent shines a much-needed light on why so many people in this country are suffering so much.

Bad, greedy, egocentric politicians (that we elect — they don’t just get there, we choose them); bad politics, bad policies, bad decisions.

It’s all there, laid bare for us to read and understand why this is happening in our country, where many people are homeless, hungry, hopeless, sad, depressed and without medical care, never mind mental health care. And as for the disabled — well, ratifying the UN CRPD after 11 years without ratifying the Optional Protocols; what can I say?

What is it with our politicians? They tell us they are going to fix everything when they want our votes but turn into these great spinners who talk the talk but will never walk the walk.

Is there some sort of way of identifying the talkers from the doers before any more harm is visited on our people?

Can people applying for political office be honest with us at least? Surely if they don’t do what they say they will do, they are being elected under false pretences.

It’s like false advertising. We need to be able to unelect a politician if they don’t perform.

This would be the case for any other job where the candidate for the position has failed to deliver. Promising to be rid of hospital/ surgery/consultant waiting lists within X time? Didn’t happen — out you go. Simple. And they may not reapply. Maire Ni Fearghaill, An Bothar Bui,

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