@nytimesworld 5 years ago
Ireland's prime minister, Leo Varadkar, is in trouble in Saturday's voting. He may have won Brexit, but with voters frustrated over a housing crisis, he is facing every politician’s curse of being a status quo figure in a change election. https://nyti.ms/377Gt7k
@nytimesworld 6 years ago
The Brexit gridlock in Britain is an acute example of a much bigger trend: Western democracies are paralyzed by alienated voters who reject the establishment and the status quo, and can't find what they're for. https://nyti.ms/2FLWWDO