Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

Simon Harris will break a few records today. A man who took his seat on the 15th count, and a member of a political party that came third in the last general election, will become Taoiseach today. The Taoiseach carousel continues in this political bubble where the people of this Republic are continuously locked out of the decision-making process. There is no doubt that Simon Harris is very good at spin. I have never seen anybody be able to distance themselves from themselves so well as he has done in the past number of weeks. He has flipped from a committed proponent of the current hate speech law to a critic of elements of it. He went from a pro-life campaigner to the person who introduced that heartbreaking law, and he is also the person elevated now to the position of Taoiseach posing as a new broom. However, the truth of the matter is that despite throwing promises around like confetti, he is the Varadkar continuity candidate. He has been a Minister for eight years. He owns the highest homelessness numbers in the history of the State. He owns the highest house prices in the history of the State. He owns the highest rents in the history of this State. He also personifies the south Dublin political bubble that cannot see beyond the M50-----

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