It’s a shame former EU commissioner Phil Hogan wasn’t able to get up to Glenties this year for the annual MacGill windfest. We all know how Big Phil likes to get out and about when he’s back in Ireland. Big Phil has good reason to feel aggrieved at having to resign from his trade commissioner job over his attendance at the golf dinner. Her spokesperson insisted von der Leyen followed all the rules and went into “preventative self-isolation” with is not the same as quarantine. Big Phil must be wondering why Brussels wasn’t so understanding of his plight.

Source: The Irish Times October 24, 2020 00:00 UTC