"It's what the people want. Or at least they'll want it when we tell them they want it. Or they won't but we'll pretend they want it anyway. Or at least previously wanted it. Sure people are morons, if they weren't complaining about this they'd just be banging on about coddle or tripe and drisheen."
We need a strong democratic leadership to take us into a military alliance that the majority of the country doesn’t want to join | the Irish Times view on why the democratic thing to do is to ignore the will of the people
Feb 3, 2026 08:53
