The Wexford ex-property developer socialist (where else would you get this?) is renowned for his rightful disregard for dress codes. However, as the Fine Gael TD entered the chamber, Wallace could not resist commenting on her choice of wardrobe to fellow Independents Shane Ross and Ming Flanagan.
In fairness, it seems that Ross didn't have a clue what Wallace was talking about, but Roscommon crusty-wannabee Ming (Keep Irish Compulsory) Flanagan jumped in with "The Mary Mitchell O'Connor one. The one who drove off the plinth."
Of course Flanagan seems to think that boasting he is/was a pot smoker is the height of rebellious cool... maybe it still is in Roscommon? Anywhere else you would have to go back to the Sixties.
Wallace, at least, has apologised for his Fozzie moment: “I’m not trying to defend myself. I’ve said I’m sorry. I was completely wrong. What can I do. Of course I shouldn’t say something like that. I have no right to say that. I have to learn from it.”
They're a funny lot, the Irish left.
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ReplyDeleteDeffo. Scarleh!
ReplyDeleteWhat wrong did Ming do exactly that he should apologise for?
ReplyDeleteHow'd he know who Wallace was talking about?
ReplyDeleteMaybe he saw who Wallace was pointing at/talking about? We weren't there after all. A lot of assumptions being made here 'bout a rather trivial distraction.
ReplyDeleteAnyway I digress, considering the biggest crime is that Mary Mitchell O'Con is pushing for a ridiculous €230 million devopment of Dún Laoghaire Harbour that includes 300 houses and apartments...not too much stink raised about that though. It's more about pink shirts and porcine resemblance than actuality.
**However, as the Fine Gael TD entered the chamber, Wallace could not resist commenting on her choice of wardrobe to fellow Independents Shane Ross and Ming Flanagan.***
ReplyDeleteOr how did Ming not know, when she was one of the few, if not the only, female entering the chamber at the time?
"when she was one of the few, if not the only, female entering the chamber at the time"
ReplyDeleteHmmm. Which was it, so? "the only" or "one of the few"?
And why did Ross feel it necessary to ask? I wonder.
What is it about the Irish and colour?
ReplyDeleteDunno,D. Maybe it's still a novelty? Remember, colour was only imported into Ireland from Hollywood some time in the 50s. Up until then, everything was uniform grey.
ReplyDeleteGM such stimulus would explain an appreciation and context for colour but not why the Irish read into them. The symbolic aspect again?
ReplyDeleteAll the slagging Biffo has been getting for years of slobber, drink and rotundness and people only take notice when a woman cries.
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