There wouldnât be a peep out of him if he was still in Government
He was actually very good on Palestine when in government. Way better than harris.
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Thats a fairly low bar
Harris is shit on Palestine. Iâm as big a critic of varadkar as anyone, but he was good on the middle east, at a time when any criticism of Israel was verboten.
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Why are you quoting a gibberish tweet from some headbanger from Nigel Farageâs âIrish Freedom Partyâ?
Typical Manchester United fan.
NPC is the former name for New Zealandâs premier provincial rugby championship. God help anybody who thinks it means anything else, they must be even more online than me.
Varadkar is still more interesting to listen to than most politicians. Having a brain helps.
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Varadkar can fuck off. He spent his political career doing fuckall. Loved talking. Not so much doing. Coming out as an ideas man now when he had all the power to do what he wanted for years is a bullshit ego trip and trying to wash his reputation.
I still remember conor faughnan of the AA tearing him apart on the radio (not long after he finished in transport) one time for his general inactivity and ineptitude and the bills he didnt bother signing into law even after theyâd passed. Cos he was just too lazy or didnt want to be tied to anything that could later come back to bite. And conor faughnan is hardly a hard nosed political commentatorâŚ
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An absolute fraud of the highest order
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He did well on Brexit when he got Boris to agree to a deal. Canât think of anything else you can really point to as an achievement.
The great social welfare fraud campaign he ran during the middle of austerity should be commemorate every year. 4 years after the country going bankrupt and his great speech about 'not another penny â - he found the real culprits of the economic crash.
Fir this alone he should get a statue
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Didnât he come up with the phrase about âpeople who get up earlyâ or whatever it was?
He was the first cabinet minister to call out Martin Callinan for being a cunt. The rest of them hid. Stood up to NPHET when no one else dared. Had a bit about him.
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A smart bucko tho,got in,played the game and walked away set for life.
Plenty of time to follow his interests now and still relatively young.
He wouldnt have been my choice to represent us both here and abroad.
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He was and still is an optics guy.
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Youâre right. Three moments. Not much in the way of tangible achievement to point to for all his ministerial positions and time as taoiseach.
All talk. No actions The Callinan one was purely to cement his place as the next leader. He got a sniff of which way the wind was blowing and went for it. Thats all. He has no fucking gumption or actual inclination to do any of the things he championed.
Remember he tried to play the leaking as him trying to help? Then had the gall to say he was working really really hard to get gp cards extended up to teens was it ? He did in his hole do any of it.
Stand up to nphet? More bollox. Sure martin was then one who stood up with the meaningful christmas thing if thats what you want. Varadkar piped up and was shot down and kept his mouth shut.
Iâll give him brexit cos he was decent at that. Although again, it was all chatting with people abroad being a statesman. He loves that shit. He doesnt like any nitty gritty of doing things.
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Unlike most indians
Oliver Callan had a deeply unimpressed review of his book recently in the irish times that is now not on their website⌠hmmm
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Heâs hardly alone in thst regard. None of them make any meaningful contribution. Just covering their arse. Iâd have respect for him backing McCabe that time. Shatter and Enda Kenny were right behind Msrtin Callinan. Varadkar speaking out was the beginning of the end for Callinan. Wasnât afraid to speak his mind. Iâd say he despised Shatter too. Speaking out against Israel and the Garda whistleblower episode.
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