
19: Leo Varadkar: Ireland's Taoiseach on NATO, China, and Joe Biden
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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The Rise of Populism in Politics
I think populism is largely an international phenomenon at the moment and is defined by some very simple things. My emotions are more important than your facts demonization of opponents, Teeshak says. The most important thing that we're marking 25 years after the good Friday agreement is that we do have peace in Ireland. I'm not going to be overly righteous about these things but for politicians who are in government you know it's you do to do to convince people that you're on their side and really want to solve their problems.
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