Met him. He's seems like a decent and honourable man. I admire things he's done off his own initiative and cunning. The gardaí kicked in his door as part of a dawn raid, and my belief is that this was done simply to intimidate him. That is why I think he is over the target on many issues. I'm saying this so people don't strawman me. I am not a detractor.
Just because someone points something negative out, doesn't make them a detractor or an armchair wanker. Just because Cllr Pepper is good, doesn't mean he can't fall in to traps.
Yes, there is more to politics than migration. However, migration is a keystone issue. It affects everything. Many reading this will also feel tired of the usual political topics like an unimaginative budget ('ooooh, and extra 20c on cigarettes. So interesting!').
Equally, just because someone is good, doesn't mean they can't be better. If they can't make Pepper go away by stonewalling him or with hit-pieces etc, they can make his energy dissipate. One of the ways they can do this is by constantly putting him on the defensive. We can already see this with him. An example is that daft video with the Senegalese taxi driver. There are others.
I get what you're saying about energy. Both in terms of keeping it focused on immigration and in terms of only having so much to give and the need to avoid things that dissipate it.
What's remarkable about Gavin is just how much energy he has for this. The first to bounce back after the disappointment of the election. Credit to the people supporting him too. Long may he continue.
Met him. He's seems like a decent and honourable man. I admire things he's done off his own initiative and cunning. The gardaí kicked in his door as part of a dawn raid, and my belief is that this was done simply to intimidate him. That is why I think he is over the target on many issues. I'm saying this so people don't strawman me. I am not a detractor.
Just because someone points something negative out, doesn't make them a detractor or an armchair wanker. Just because Cllr Pepper is good, doesn't mean he can't fall in to traps.
Yes, there is more to politics than migration. However, migration is a keystone issue. It affects everything. Many reading this will also feel tired of the usual political topics like an unimaginative budget ('ooooh, and extra 20c on cigarettes. So interesting!').
Equally, just because someone is good, doesn't mean they can't be better. If they can't make Pepper go away by stonewalling him or with hit-pieces etc, they can make his energy dissipate. One of the ways they can do this is by constantly putting him on the defensive. We can already see this with him. An example is that daft video with the Senegalese taxi driver. There are others.
I get what you're saying about energy. Both in terms of keeping it focused on immigration and in terms of only having so much to give and the need to avoid things that dissipate it.
What's remarkable about Gavin is just how much energy he has for this. The first to bounce back after the disappointment of the election. Credit to the people supporting him too. Long may he continue.
Even though the name Kitty Holland raises my temperature— and not in a good way— I still found that to be an interesting piece of writing. Thank you.
She will go to her grave bearing a large share of the blame for the thousands of unborn being killed here every year
Great piece
Great man