For Fine Gael, that means one thing: rebuilding economic credibility. Bluntly put: there is not much evidence in the election results that Fine Gael is on course to win the next election and plenty to suggest it might not be. Here’s how: many voters do not believe that Fine Gael is central to the economic recovery and don’t believe that the recovery would be endangered by Fine Gael’s absence. And unless it is restored, Fine Gael cannot credibly hope to beat Fianna Fáil by a sufficient margin to guarantee them the leadership of the next government. It’s clear, I think, that having Fine Gael Ministers trumpet Fine Gael’s fiscal prudence is not going to work.

Source: The Irish Times June 08, 2019 03:00 UTC