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Tue 02 Feb 2010Lee's betrayal adds to cynicism he intended to fight
People voted for George Lee to change Irish politics – neither he nor Enda Kenny grasped that, writes FINTAN O’TOOLE
IF YOU’VE had the chance to go around the country in the last few months discussing the state of the nation, you will have felt the rage that is out there in middle-class Ireland. You will have realised that things are so desperate that even media types are objects of some kind of hope. This has happened, not because the public has lost its suspicion of the media but because there is no one else to look to. The need for someone to trust is as palpable as the fury at those who have previously betrayed it.
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