When the woke left say “Ireland is taking a dangerous shift to the right”, this is what they mean. The end of their NGO gravy train monopoly where they can no longer bully people into silence through victimhood and identity politics.
We are just restoring balance back towards the centre. I’m not, nor have I ever been a conservative or someone you would consider right wing. I’m a classic liberal who believes in freedom. But that freedom cannot, nor can it ever be allowed to extend to the sexualisation of children and our country being a free for all with an open border.
There has to be some degree of conservatism or else you end up with communism and an abusive state. The new right wing parties are an important part of restoring this balance, however a swing too far to the right would be equally as bad. That’s why debate between moderates on both sides is essential to prevent extremism.
Unfortunately we have to correct the left wing extremism - that has dined out since 2018 in particular - first and in order to do that it will require some tough measures. A shift back to centre right politics is necessary now to fix the damage done.
I’m apolitical myself. I will never run for office, I’m merely analysing what needs to happen in order to undo the damage. I’d prefer small government where possible. There’s a huge task ahead to wind up some of these quangos and NGO’s that have been working against our interests for so long.
That will require statutory power to achieve. Taking control at council level is a big step in the right direction because that’s where a lot of things have to be executed. Although I won’t be running myself I wish all the new independent candidates well and I will be voting in the locals and Europeans in June. I encourage everyone to do the same.
I wouldn't be running either, except someone has to. I think you'd be a brilliant Independent, for the record. I know our alleged democracies are only dog and pony shows, and the real power rests elsewhere, but we still need to displace the puppets they control with real people.
Love how RTE no longer exists in the second graphic. Nice!