I guess what they should have done is to change the whole system to suit good old George Lee. Maybe allow someone to hold his hand while he sat in the Dail for starters? The gobeenism could be contagious. Little Lord Fauntleroy couldn't left be near the nasty men alone, surely?

The man was an 'expert' - sure didn't he wear a suit and set himself up as one on RTE? Not that he has actually done anything, but isn't it much better to be a journo and never answer questions rather than to have your shortcomings cruelly exposed by trying? Sadly, we have now seen him try and fail.

You're defence is like watching a kid come home with an F and hearing his parents saying the exam system just cannot handle his brilliance. The emperor has no clothes, GN. The game is up.

Anyway, he can toddle off home now in the completely illogical knowledge, shared by you, that of course by quitting he has remarkably proved he was better than the rest. Every other representative across all parties and across the board is stupid, Georgie was really top of the class because in fact the exam was loaded to suit the other 165 dunces!

May be but his leaving suggests that in no party are there any who are interested in acting in a way that is consistent with the fact that there is a real emergency on. If there has been nine months of inaction that GL has got p'd off with this is a long enough time for anyone with a 76 year(ish) lifetime to make an assessment he is wasting it hanging out with the political class!

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We are "they"

They're all out of step but our George.

Since Lee was elected I have said getting him off our main news was the best thing the Blueshirts have done in their miserable history. Now it is certain Lee has stopped the Blueshirts getting in to government !!

Jaysus life is funny

Many seem to claiming George Lee unlike the rest of our politicians was completely honest but he was definitely disingenuous to say the least with those voters who elected him.
When he indicated his intention to stand in the Dublin South by-election, he declared he was paying a big price in leaving RTE but didn't inform them that he had retained the safety net of an automatic right of return to RTE to a position commensurate with that he was leaving in terms of salary and seniority if his sojourn in politics didn't work out.
Even someone as politically naive as George subsequently turned out to be would have known, given the stink that had been raised about politicians including ministers of all political parties retaining their jobs in the Public Service while serving in the Dail or Senate, that this would have become an issue if that had become public during the by-election, imagine the fun Vincent Browne would have had with this.
His behavior in manipulating loopholes in the political system is no different to those politicians he seems to despise, he like them dined at the same trough of greed and political dishonesty.

Lee was given a great honour by the people of Dublin South, the honour of representing us in Dáil Éireann. He threw it back in our faces. Whatever pretensions he may have about himself, he was elected as a representative by the people and should have fullfilled his obligations to not only the people who elected him but the c.92000 people living in the constituency who he has abandoned and left without their proper proportion of Dáil representation.

He didn't just show contempt for people who voted and canvassed for him (which he most certainly did last night) but for all Dublin South's constituents.

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He dipped his toe in the water, found it wasn't to his liking, and scurried back to where he came from.

Kenny did much better on 6.1 than he did on the Late Late. One thing I did notice is that he got rid of that awful false looking trademark smirk - someone giving him good advice for a change. But I still think that Kenny is a busted flush with the electorate in any case. He cannot recover from the fact that he managed as leader of the opposition to get the Late Late audience to jeer him but they ended clapping Cowen at the end of his interview! How in hell as leader of the opposition do you manage to do that!!!

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Labour's failure to exploit the issue should help Kenny. Note Joe Costello TD on Late Debate now saying GL should have remained in Dail Eireann as an Independent.

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What an insanely brilliant idea!
The system is heavily leaned toward a stultification of politics. Be in a Party, tow the Party line, do not rock the boat, serve your time, be mediocre, draw your pension.

Hasn't there been calls for "new blood" to come into the political system over the past few years? Even from FG.

Kenny fluffed it. He missed an opportunity to put someone "new" into the mix and didn't. He did it for Leo V. and a few others.

In military terms, I'd put Kenny in charge of supplies, not in charge of strategy.

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