It was always going to be a question of show me the money and ahead of Budget 2028 the public will still be waiting for a realistic answer from Simon Harris. But by that point, Simon will not care as he prepares to climb the golden stairs to the highest office in the Dail. It may be wishful thinking, but Harris and Micheál Martin are going nowhere, literally. They will be there for every budget day, spinning the same hoary old yarns in ten years time. And there will be those who hang onto their every promise. However, one of the golden rules in political thinking is to look far beyond the public relations machinery of the government to get a real insight on what life is like at ground zero after the latest budget debacle. And there are readers of the Tribune who will have studied in school the proverb explored by H.G Wells in his 1904 short story: “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” And if I’m not mistaken, there is no sign of a political tsunami to remove either the FF or FG leaders from the pinnacle of their respective parties.
