It is sometimes said that Ireland has been fortunate in avoiding the type of populist politics that is causing so much damage to other democracies.
- Colm Keena
- The Irish Times
But if a populist politician is one who claims to speak on behalf of the people, while relentlessly blaming all society’s ills on a “corrupt political elite”, then we have our fair share of them.
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