Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has conceded defeat in the vote over two constitutional amendments that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a woman’s role at home.
Not at all, the problem is there was no clear wording around what this referendum was trying to change.
There were fears that this could lead to the government washing their hands of providing care to people who need it.
When the top legal figures in Ireland were debating the impact this change to the constitution would have it clearly wasn’t ready to be put to the public.
Yeah the wording was awful. I’d go one further… The state was trying to wash it’s hands of caring for the elderly and got told to go and fuck itself with a large protest vote on the family question (which I actually thought would pass and I expect a rerun of it in the future with better wording).
Varadkar let the mask slip in advance of polling on the care one. All very well for him given he’s rich.
I always find Ireland a little baffling. Woke companies are sending jobs there like crazy but they appear to be socially conservative.
Yet every Irish person I’ve met seemed fairly moderate.
Is the country really this openly socially conservative ?
Not at all, the problem is there was no clear wording around what this referendum was trying to change.
There were fears that this could lead to the government washing their hands of providing care to people who need it.
When the top legal figures in Ireland were debating the impact this change to the constitution would have it clearly wasn’t ready to be put to the public.
Some context:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41348297.html
Yeah the wording was awful. I’d go one further… The state was trying to wash it’s hands of caring for the elderly and got told to go and fuck itself with a large protest vote on the family question (which I actually thought would pass and I expect a rerun of it in the future with better wording).
Varadkar let the mask slip in advance of polling on the care one. All very well for him given he’s rich.
Not sure about the “woke” bit, but Ireland is a tax haven.
You will see many tech companies are laying off in America and hiring the same job in America.
Some had policies that if you lived in a red state they’d relocate you because of abortion rights.
Yet they have zero shits moving you to Ireland.