Whatever is happening in Ireland? The Emerald Isle just got its youngest ever Taoiseach (prime minister), at 39 years old, who also happens to be the gay son of an Indian immigrant. How was this possible in such a socially conservative country?
But, hold on: despite the tolerance implied by Varadkar’s ascent to office, he is certainly no radical. He is a member of the centre-right Fine Gael party and has presided over three ministries during the party’s spells in power. The last of these was the Department for Social Protection, where he led a controversial anti-benefit fraud campaign with the slogan, ‘Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All’.
