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WE have just passed Bloomsday, the annual opportunity to commemorate the events, bizarre, comical and poignant, chronicled by the Irish writer James Joyce in his magnificent novel, Ulysses. His narrative blends description, history, unrelated distractions, random thoughts, emotions; the entire panoply, indeed, of sentient and subconscious life. However, in relation to his native land, Joyce is an enigma. He left Ireland at a young age, calling down contumely on the entrenched attitudes he had encountered. Yet, for the rest of his life, he was apparently unable to write about anywhere else. His combined canon forms an anthem of awkward praise to the characters of his youthful, Irish environment.
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Leo Varadkar is a canny politician. He was not raising the issue of nationalism carelessly, but very deliberately. WHEN Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s Tanaiste, observed last week that there was “no majority any more in Northern Ireland either for Unionism or nationalism” he was in one sense stating a truism proved by polls and actual elections. But in another he was making a key point about Scotland, too. The constitution of all the parts of these islands is in flux, and it is time to talk about, and then bring about, new solutions. Varadkar was responding to criticism of his Fine Gael party conference speech the previous day in which he had talked of the “mission” of his party to work towards Irish re-unification. The UK Tory Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis had claimed to be “surprised” at that remark and had suggested that politicians should “dial down the rhetoric”.
WHEN Keir Starmer was crowned Labour leader, he made no secret of the fact that he had a huge task ahead of him to try and win back the trust of voters. His appointment was heralded as the start of a return to normality for the party. With Corbyn gone, the hope was that voters would be reassured by the presence of the mild-mannered, smartly dressed former director of public prosecutions. You can see the logic. At that time, the bitterly divided party didn’t need a superstar: they needed a manager. Nobody was expecting Sir Keir to be the most charismatic or exciting of leaders. His first job was to steady the ship. In that, he has had some limited success.
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