Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE2024 special we're joined by Public Affairs Consultant, occasional Irish Times columnist and lifelong political operator, Gerard Howlin for a chat about the upcoming election, Irish political populism, the absence (as Gerard sees it) of a Progressive Democrat type party and why he thinks that, at least economically, both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are gone soft left. (I can't believe it either) Always great to get another perspective, even if we don't agree. For all our GE2024 coverage including daily exclusives please go to patreon.com/tortoiseshack