John’s blog: Fluoridation and auction politics
Fluoridation
The PDs voted down the motion to ban fluoridation. It’s difficult to understand how a liberal party, whose apparent philosophy is based on the notion that the individual has a right to make choices about his or her life, could countenance the idea of mass medication. It’s disappointing. Well done, anyway, to Councillor Paul Mitchell for putting the motion.
Auction politics
This election is in danger of becoming a runaway train. Each party is trying to outbid the other in a most irresponsible way. I remember the 1977 Fianna Fáil election manifesto, with its list of irresistible goodies for the electorate, which gained Jack Lynch a huge overall majority. I also remember the subsequent bleak years of the 1980s with its dole queues and immigration. I only hope that some voters will appreciate that auction politics is bad for the country.