Sir, - Your excellent Irish Times/MRBI "health check" on the current state of the Irish body politic sadly omitted two crucial findings, viz:
1. "Given the ongoing litany of political, financial and commercial scandals, do you agree that any self-respecting nation would long ago have risen up against the whole feckin' shower responsible for this state of affairs?" Yes/ Absolutely/ You never said a truer word: 100 per cent.
2. "So, you personally would leave your warm bed/the pub during the match to participate in any such popular uprising?" What?/ Who, me?/ Would ya ever feck off!: 100 per cent.
Ah well, roll on the next outrage. - Yours, etc.,
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Nigel Cooke, Munster Road, Liverpool, England.