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The Teenage Ambience Of People Before Profit.

People Before Profit claims an ‘elite’ could use gardaí to move against any elected left-wing government.

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Mar 13, 2023
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If one of your children comes to you in a fit of teenage angst and says they want to grow up and be a left-wing activist be sure to sit them down and tell them you can’t do both.

The People Before Profit/Solidarity/Rise/Socialist Workers Party/Eco Socialist Alliance/ Anti-Austerity Alliance are a Pro-Russian, Pro-Brexit collection of head-banging anti-everything teenagers masquerading as serious politicians. We’ll call them People Before Profit for now, until they change their name again or when another inevitable split happens.

PBP released a pamphlet yesterday that they would like you to pay €5 for the privilege of reading. I’m no strategist in the pay of mysterious cabals that occupy virtually every seat of power, from the corridors of Leinster House to the boardrooms of ermm Wall Street. Well, I am, so let me tell you, charging people €5 to read your important pamphlet is not a great strategy for disseminating your message.

PBP describes itself as an “eco-socialist party”. It’s no…

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