(February 6, 2024 at 7:28 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(February 6, 2024 at 7:16 pm)GUBU Wrote: You got your wish Jaaaaawwwn Bruton died today.
I was OK with Bruton. Better than Bertie by yards.
Boru
Ahern* was Ireland's (second!) Richard Nixon^, Bruton was closer to the country's Calvin Coolidge, to use US analogies.
My impression of Bruton was that of a political system famed for creating small men, he was truly a pygmy among giants.
*I once refused flat out to shake his hand. Was at a hotel in Limerick where I was waiting for a toastmasters meeting and he was opening kne of Celia's salons.
^I also once planted a tree with the first Irish Nixon, Charlie Haughey, as part of the opening of our local community hall when I was 6. Needless to say, I did all the work, while he took all the credit.
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