Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

A Fianna Fáil Taoiseach proposing a motion of confidence in a Fine Gael Tánaiste is an appropriate end to Civil War politics. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are uniting to defend corrupt behaviour while the Green Party is asleep at the wheel. Tonight, Leo Varadkar will get away with it as a result. He will face no consequence as a result of breaking the code of conduct for Deputies, breaking the code of conduct for officeholders, and committing a crime under the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act. However, people have seen how the establishment operates with golfgate, where politicians, lobbyists and judges flouted the rules to rub shoulders with each other, with the revolving door from senior Fine Gael politician to banking lobbyist, and now with the Tánaiste pulling strings for his friends.

It is the Tánaiste who is guilty of divisive politics. It is the Tánaiste who is guilty in terms of his campaign based on fabricated statistics of "Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All". We need rid of this Government, which is millionaires serving the interests of billionaires. We need a Government based on left and socialist policies to serve the interests of ordinary people.

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