A hurler on the ditch or a spectator?

Nature abhors a vacuum.  There are those that believe nature is externally controlled by a divine force. Some of these folks refuse to accept that science can explain many things that are fundamental to understanding life; like evolution or global warming.  

Donald Trump seems to have made good on his promises to the US electorate and surrounded himself with people who not just buy into this view of nature but go further and buy into conspiracy theories. 

I don’t think the sales of British right wing magazine “The Spectator” are too high in New Ross.  

However I’m more than surprised to find that a New Ross (not New York) councillor considers some of their articles  worthwhile enough to retweet them approvingly to his followers.

The Spectator in the recent past had Boris Johnson as its editor and it is generally regarded now as a mouth piece for the Tory party and BREXIT. In the past it described the Anglo Irish agreement which recognised the right of the Irish Government to have input north of the border as fraudulent .  Last year it described SF economic policy as a basket case.

So I’m quite surprised that it is in fact the local Sinn Fein Councillor Oisin O’Connell who finds common ground with a libertarian Tory but there you go! New Politics isn’t just for Enda Kenny, it’s for everyone now!

Cllr O’Connell tweets “Like the inappropriate application of an antibiotic, the incessant misuse of these terms has created a superbug" and links to an article which in a self congratulatory tone defends Trump and his ilk from attacks of being bigots, homophobes and misogynists.  Trump is no bacteria. He’s a parasitic virus against which no antibiotic works.

SF obviously don’t do irony.  Superbugs would never have evolved were it not that those using anti-biotics ignored best advice which was to finish the course to its end so as to eliminate the threat. 

And then I remembered last Easter when we marked the centenary of 1916.  You remember that? Inclusivity, Equality, fraternity and all that malarkey?  Seems that Sinn Fein in Wexford have dropped that like a hot potato and are off chasing the latest populist guff from creationists, homophobes and deniers of all sorts.

On a personal level I respect Cllr O’Connell’s honesty. He at least isn’t engaging in the “on the one hand this and on the other hand that”.  The politics of it stinks to high heavens.  A self proclaimed republican party giving the nod to a fascist.And the reason why is clear. It’s all about Sinn Fein tapping into US cash to fund their party here.   But principle? It is lost in Yonkers by an Irish mile.

All falls into place at this link! http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/donald-trump-could-make-sinn-fein-ally-peter-king-counterterror-chief-in-white-house-35227644.html