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I think when trump was elected something broke, and politics going batshit crazy over there just became normal. In ireland there was a big fuss over some independants wanting to use opposition speaking time, it was in the headlines for a week or so. If an politicial here did one of the things trump did/tried to do there would be outcry about it.
Wait what's wrong with the independents using opposition speaking time when that's their jobs to ask the government questions on issues?
Well, the independants were either working with the new government, or cooperating with them, so it felt like they were wasting the oppositions time.
Oooh that makes more sense. Yeah I can see how that could be scandalous.
To add to it, there was a new "Ceann Comhairle" who basically keeps order in the dail, there was a new one, who happened to be a woman. There was shouting over some stuff and they wouldn't listen to her when she tried to get them to calm down.