Graham Finlay
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481 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 4d ago
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Yes, and it's really, really worrisome and it's not for the first time as we've heard on the radio earlier today.
And I have to say it is one of the best things about this country that we have such great access to our politicians that I can go down and meet the Taoiseach or like a local minister in their clinic probably every week somewhere in the constituency that people live in their own homes.
And we've seen that under pressure over the last few years where we've had politicians, including Taoiseach, targeted in their homes and
Talk about moving them into farmland and things like that.
But it's a really, really different dynamic.
If you look at larger countries or countries with other security issues, it really has a profound effect on the politicians and the relationship with the public.
you
Yeah, I mean, I think it's both online and we can think of the horrendous sort of tragedies which have happened involving politicians in this country who were hounded by violence.
by online abuse, we can think about how online abuse is driving people, especially women, out of politics.
Because it
apparently.
But physical threats are also a lot worse for women politicians.
And it's part of the general colonization of the real world by the online world, which is extremely concerning.
I mean, I thought about celebrities in general, and the celebrity aspect of politicians is
is one of the most interesting developments.
And the celebritification of politics is one of the big trends of our age.
But, you know, people used to be cool about celebrities in this country as well, right?
If, you know, Billy Connolly was walking down the street as I saw him, people would just, yeah, it's Billy Connolly.
They just let him alone.
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