Sir, – MP Mac DomhnaiIl’s letter (August 27th) strikes to very heart of a totally failed political system. Here is a man doing his utmost to provide food and shelter for his family and he is patently unable to do so through no fault of his own.
How is it possible to justify the obscene pension payments to our recently retired and failed politicians over a father having to feed his family on bread and cereal?
During the last few months I have observed the Arab world revolution and the stirring of anarchy in England and I am now seriously wondering about the quality of life our own so-called democratic society is offering to its own citizens and what should be done about it. – Yours, etc,