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A thread on Leo being a populist. Many centrists criticise the left of being populist when demanding action on housing and health inequality. Leo has used populism to attract right-wing and middle-class voters.
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Leo wanted to represent those who get up early and the self-employed. Except for those on bogus self-employment schemes.
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3. Wanting to stop public sector workers from striking in 'essential' areas. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/leo-varadkar-says-he-will-ban-public-sector-strikes-in-essential-areas-1.3091910
4. Attacking the NPHET. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40060316.html
5. Wanting to pay unemployed immigrants to leave. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/td-s-proposal-for-jobless-foreigners-1.937375?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Ftd-s-proposal-for-jobless-foreigners-1.937375
6. Making tax cuts on the middle class the main focus of budget 2018. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/budget-2018-focus-is-tax-cuts-for-middle-class-says-taoiseach-1.3221043?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fbudget-2018-focus-is-tax-cuts-for-middle-class-says-taoiseach-1.3221043
8. Attacking the media when it's unfavourable to him. Just like Trump.
9. Who can forget this?
10. Referring to a publication that criticised him as unregulated. This is more authoritarian than populist but is attacking the media in a Trumpian way so I'm including it in the thread. https://villagemagazine.ie/where-do-the-press-and-fine-gael-stand-on-the-intimidation-of-village-and-its-whistleblower/
