He resigned and now has to.work from his modest family home.
Heās a victim- he was in office but not in powerā¦so he did the right thing and resigned.
He says Mayās a mugā¦if he hadnāt been hoodwinked heād have done something.
He abandoned his high flying career but isnāt depressedā¦ Actually he looks quite āchipperā (stiff upper lip etc)
Heās wouldnāt have been buried
6 itās Martin Selmayrās faultā¦'the Beast of Brussels 'ā¦ jingoism etc
7 Leo and Simon broke confidence etc
Itās Mayās chief civil servant negotiatorās fault, Oliver Robbinsā¦
āRaab dismisses leadership talk as āa distractionā butā¦"
āHis resignation is one of those happy events for a man on the rise, a perfect collision of principle and ambition.ā
11 āI donāt ever like to attribute bad faith to anyone, itās not my style of politics.ā
a) it didnāt happen?
b) it did happen but you think itās unfair to report it?
c) it did happen, itās fair enough to report it in what is normally a gossipy type column about the Dail, it rings true in every way about Mary Lou and makes her look like an utter tit but this makes you feel sad because sheās a bit of a hero so itās easier to lash out at the reporter?