James Lawless – View from the Tracks

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Or something like that was how David Cameron put it. Now normally I wouldn’t have much time for a Tory but he is the young energetic leader of a party which was out of power for over a decade after a decade prior of being in power until the people got so sick of them [...]

It’s pretty apocalyptic out there. The political and economic storm clouds are gathering and darkening. And all the signs are that worse is to come.

In the middle of all this we have an opinion poll. FF are on 22% – a historic low. Like most members I’m pretty disappointed by this but not hugely surprised. [...]

The referendum season is really rolling now that we’re just over a week to polling day. The Fianna Fáil campaign which was initially slow to get out of the blocks, received a real lift when Taoiseach Cowen finally got his seat at the top table and immediately injected some pace taking to the country in a [...]

Credit to Eamon Gilmore, he’s taking a back to basics, no frills approach to reform of the Labour party. Recognising the party’s traditional difficulty in translating sympathy or support into actual votes, he has called upon the organisation to get more hands on and show a bit more muster on the ground where it matters.
Realising [...]