Very soon Ireland will have a new Prime Minister, the current one having been forced to quit by his own party. And like all Irish public figures he went kicking and screaming, in the process shedding whatever dignity he may once have possessed. Given that his party's founders were also the founders of the Irish State it's understandable that it's policies have always been of the traditional, conservative, law-and-order kind while it draws its support mainly from middle class Catholics. Its name, Fine Gael, means Irish People or Irish Tribe.
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Unsurprising then that all of its leaders have reflected this history, traditional policies and support demographics. Despite this a different type of candidate for the leadership has now emerged. Not just a candidate, he's the favourite. And no surprise because Leo Varadkar ticks all the boxes. He's gay, brown, foreign and a Hindu. In the Ireland of today - in fact in any White country - this represents an unbeatable combination. The fact that he's accomplished nothing politically is neither here nor there. If he's not given the job it will show that Ireland has failed to outgrow its shameful past and remains a benighted homophobic, racist and xenophobic backwater.
So yes, all going well The Irish Tribe and the Irish Government will shortly be lead by a homosexual Hindu from Pakistan.
That's what I call progress.
Unsurprising then that all of its leaders have reflected this history, traditional policies and support demographics. Despite this a different type of candidate for the leadership has now emerged. Not just a candidate, he's the favourite. And no surprise because Leo Varadkar ticks all the boxes. He's gay, brown, foreign and a Hindu. In the Ireland of today - in fact in any White country - this represents an unbeatable combination. The fact that he's accomplished nothing politically is neither here nor there. If he's not given the job it will show that Ireland has failed to outgrow its shameful past and remains a benighted homophobic, racist and xenophobic backwater. So yes, all going well The Irish Tribe and the Irish Government will shortly be lead by a homosexual Hindu from Pakistan.
That's what I call progress.