Pat Leahy Don’t Expect Neat Left right Split

 Pat Leahy doesn’t expect a neat left-right split in Irish politics. After the economic collapse and the subsequent great depression and subsequent political turmoil, the tide of Irish politics was stranded. Sinn Féin grew up in a small party on the outskirts, becoming the center of the opposition bench, and anyway the leader of the next government. More broadly, those who favor radical changes make up more tank destroyers than ever before. In elections, the "left-voting left" idea will become increasingly important. The conventional wisdom predicts that there will be a clear left-right division anthropomorphized by the expected Fine Gael/Sinn Féin competition.

But while Irish politics is definitely changing, don't expect to follow a neat left/right design anytime soon. There are three characteristics of the Irish system that complicate the picture and are slow to change. There were all three cases last week. First, for many voters, the ideological factor is irrelevant. The end of the cozy dual supremacy managed by former Civil War parties was not due to an ideological shift in voters, but because of a real failure to rule.

Many moderate voters revolt from their political and ideological vision

They are more pragmatic. They want adequate health care and solutions to the housing crisis but are largely neutral about how to achieve these goals. More than an echo of Tony Blair's "What matters is what works" of their political views. Essential centralism, It's also not right to tie Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to a stereotypical right-wing corner. Of course, each party sometimes displays deeply ingrained conservative instincts, but if you look at the records of Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar in government, you can see that both are centrists who are convinced of the power of the state to fix the situation. Both are often classified as right-wing maniacs by their opponents, but you won't take them seriously anywhere else.

Neither side tried to return the country's borders. Neither was trying to cut taxes enough to limit public services, welfare spending, or state activities. In fact, the opposite is true. This is a country that has elected a centrist government to implement a policy that has long been broadly agreed upon. This is a country that has elected a centrist government to implement a policy that has long been broadly agreed upon. Of course, the main characters pretended to be different. But the truth is, governments have changed often, but government policies have hardly changed.

Dualists were also completely flexible with the dominant Orthodox. As it became clear this week, they will adopt left-wing policies if they think. They will be popular b. It can work. The two leaders announced another borrowing and spending on Tuesday, announcing the further expansion of welfare spending in their next budget. A few days later, Senator Fianna Fáil promised a referendum on housing rights at Leinster House. You can call this many, but the right-wing is not one of them.

Second, this political superstructure is built based on an ultra-representative electoral system in which shouting voters bring their concerns to the attention of politicians. The accusation of Irish politicians not making contact with voters has always been funny. They have more contact with voters than any politician in Europe, and they know that voters claim to be advocating for them endlessly. Politicians understand that if they don't follow the directions of their voters, it will be in their favor to whom to turn.

Strong interest, There is a third element that interacts with these first two attributes. The permanent government of civil servants, allied to the vested interests of civil unions, is a strong barrier to any reform that threatens the accepted way of doing things. Government policies often represent a kind of reckless fusion of the country's strong interests (strong industries, public sector interests, jobs). This has been good at providing stability, but there is no hope for self-reform. So will this deeply entrenched political order change anytime soon? I wonder. Opposition parties are often happy to manipulate myriad hypocrisy.

After all, we have a politics where politicians and parties can thunder with justifiable outrage over the housing crisis. Then the same politicians and political parties oppose almost every large-scale housing project proposed. There may be a way to solve the housing crisis without building a house, but it's not clear what it is. We have a politics of left-wing parties against property taxes. Opposition to an inheritance tax increase

We have a politics of left-wing parties against property taxes. If the left party opposes the inheritance tax increase, the government's center-half parties in a government that exude financial borrow money to spend in ways that make drunken sailors blush without even the socialists caring. No wonder foreigners confuse our political system. I tell them more where it came from. A truly reforming government will operate sustainable fiscal policy while driving positive social change. It will put the public interest ahead of public sector interests. It can be explained that the public good sometimes needs private discomfort.

On two big issues that are likely to dominate politics shortly, I'll tell people that you can't build a house overnight, and you can't solve the housing crisis without building a house nearby. I'm going to tell people that you can't reform health care without reforming the way health care works. I would tell people that trade-offs and unpleasant choices are the essences of government. For people, it will be straightforward. Many people think that politics is now entering a new phase. So let's see exactly how new it is.