Leo Varadkar resigns as Taoiseach

I would say both metrics are bit daft. People dropout of college for perfectly valid reasons. I agree it's a lot harder to be success politician. Regardless how I feel about the politician. Its petty and inane for people to keep bringing it.

He's a smarter man than you anyway.

What does concern me, is his aggressive Crohn's disease.

I have a close relative who suffers from it, and have watched him have to surrender a demanding career following a couple of devastating hits to his health caused by Crohn's flare ups.

There has been much local chat that Harris' demotion to Higher Education Minister, was at his own request, such was the demand the Covid era took on his personal health.

If we ask about Biden being demented and Trump being an imbecile and Boris being a narcissist, we are entitled to ask if any would-be Taoiseach is up to the demands mentally and physically.

The whole frontbench of FG gone except the guy who was put in a 'where will we put him' ministry.

Tiktok Taoiseach it is so.

Though a very good riddance to Love Actually's Biggest Fan.

They can ride whoever they like (legally), I don't care, it's not my problem, as long as they do their day job effectively.

Yeah people struggling to identity any thing he actually did.

He certainly did nothing as a minister from 2011 to 2017.

No achievements.

Leo is probably gutted the papers didn’t have a special pull out supplement on how tots amazballs he was.

Reminds me of cowen getting the job after Bertie when no one wanted it as they knew what was coming. Cowen at least had the credentials

SF are trying their best to gentrify themselves to look vaguely FFG-ish, so as not to frighten skittish middle class middle Ireland voters.

Labour have long ago abandoned their leftist roots to become yet another bland, beige centrist party.

Leo decided to give Simon Harris the least important role in the cabinet.

And now suddenly he's about to be Taoiseach.

Nobody in FG wants the job which is very worrying for them. There must be a load of **** to hit the fan and idiot boy Harris is stupid enough to be the mudguard. Only in Ireland could you end with a Taoiseach who never had a proper job in his life...

Whoever they are Leo didn't do his any good by engaging with them.

Individuals should have been charged years ago for the kind of misinformation via social media that established media would be taken to court for.

I think sometimes last year Leo was told probably by his party to tone down his twitter shytetalking.

Nevermind FG, there does not seem to be many “charismatic” young astute politicians with “drive” in the Dail. Top of my head all I can think of is Holly Cairns. There is a spark to her.

To be honest I will miss Varadkar’s interaction’s with the opposition v Mary Lou/Pearse SF in particular. A few time’s he got some lovely digs in. Such as “it didn’t take long for the balaclava to slip”. That rattled the SF benches. There were often entertaining exchanges. Like when Mary Lou went to walk out of the Dail across the chamber in a dramatic huff.

There was a back and forth with Michael Healy Rae. Where Varadkar pinned him as inverted snob. They were referring to accents. MHR had implied Varadkar looked down on people like him because of his accent and does not have an accent like he does. Healy Rae was left looking foolish, when Varadkar pointed out MHR’s inverted snobbery.

I don’t think there is anyone in the Dail now (after Leo the first goes) bar Michael Healy Rae, and Boyd-Barrett who can come out with quick cutting comments. With no messing. Micheal Martin debates in a more measured style. Mary Lou is not a good orator IMO. She lives for cliches.

The Dail is going to be duller.

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