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   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   Aidan Kehoe wrote:   
      
   >   
   >  Ar an cúigiú lá de mí na Nollaig, scríobh HenHanna:   
   >   
   > > [...] I just saw the clip of "Veep-esque blunder" by   
   > >  S.Harris -- that went Viral.   
   > >   
   > > Do you think this  blunder was significant, in FG losing   
   > > seats?   
   >   
   > Yes. The country’s problems are the problems of wealth (and an   
   > unwillingness to take in large numbers of third world workers   
   > and pay them terribly to build infrastructure as do the Gulf   
   > states), and Harris (before this blunder) seemed to be   
   > perceived as far more relatable than Leo Varadkar, his   
   > predecessor (Harris has a local accent and dropped out of an   
   > undemanding college course; Varadkar has a private-school   
   > accent, is a qualified GP and is married to a (male)   
   > consultant cardiologist, a life that is a long way from the   
   > lived experience of most people.)   
      
   I'm just glad the bloody Greens lost most of their seats... I   
   say bring back real coal and roads that have two lanes instead   
   of one and an unused bicycle lane.   
      
   Although that gobshite Eamon Ryan stood down so he would have   
   been gone from the Dáil anyway.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)