ANN CROTTY: Time for a state capture inquiry in Britain
The lowly public entity brings down government arrogance
25 January 2024 - 05:00
One of the traumas of my early years was realising, when I lived in Britain, that the Brits were pretty ordinary. Just like in almost every other nation, a few of them were exceptional, some were unpleasant, but most were nice, ordinary people. So how was it, I wondered, that they had managed to have the run of Ireland for 823 years?
As I’m Irish born, it felt embarrassing to me that we had allowed a nation of ordinary people to dominate our lives that long...
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