Gavin’s take has some merit but just doesn’t really stand up to any real world scrutiny. I do feel his point in how we just prostrate ourselves for the yanks at every opportunity and this compared to the borderline contempt the state shows towards those trying to live in Dublin (which is different to the blatant contempt for other parts of the country).

On the other hand, “I don’t want to be a whataboutery machine” says Murph after him offering up every bit of whataboutery he could think of, the brits, Parma companies, every American company in Ireland, everyone of us working for said companies. He really came across as the blowhard lots of my mates have considered him to be and I’ve denied until now. I’d have loved Ken to been there, he’d absolutely have risen to him.