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Last week, Paul wrote to you the day after Brexit (which was based on feedback from UK citizens about EU membership). I'm writing this dispatch the day after another political feedback loop: the general election in Ireland. The feedback from this election is surprising and disturbing for many people. (For others, just like Brexit, it is welcome news.)
Unmemorable news!
I'm sitting at my home office desk, safe from falling trees*. The tree that was threatening our granny annexe has been safely cut up. (The family has firewood for the winter.) The manly men with chainsaws told me the tree was only being held up by the electricity cable it was resting against. The threat is gone. A happy end.
This is frustratingly annoying. There was an Irish band. They had a hit. It was used in a Hollywood movie. You’d know the song if you heard it. The band doesn’t exist anymore.
I can’t remember the name of the band, the song nor the film.
Almost nobody turned up when councillor Kieran McCarthy held his first public clinic. But his second clinic was a roaring success. Here’s how he did it.
