Sir, – What is it with the spate of former government ministers coming out of the woodwork in an attempt to revise history?
Eamon Ryan (May 10th) did not favour privatisation of State assets, even though he signed up to the troika "review" of those assets, and Michael McDowell (May 7th) was not in favour of "light-touch regulation", even though this was a central tenet of his former party's philosophy.
Is it any wonder people are so cynical when it comes to politics? – Yours, etc,
ALAN KEEGAN,
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