Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Didn't you all vote for him, though? I've no idea how these things work, to be honest. Much simpler just having a monarch.
I actually didn’t vote for him (I declined to vote at all) and further when I explained to my inquisitive neighbour that I had failed to do so she told me off on the basis of “how could anybody not like Michael D”.

It was in effect the suburban Dublin 16 equivalent of a vicious row.