I started blogging about politics as a way to release steam at the rabid absurdity in the Irish political scene. Things have hit new levels of madness, and sometimes it’s easy to think that the joke is on us.

So the EU and IMF are touching down tomorrow. Dick Roche is laughing on Newsnight and joking about while electioneering for Fianna Fail? Where are the Greens? Oh yes, Dan Boyle has assumed his patented Bad Cop position while Gogo is karting up and down Kildare Street. They are damned pissed at the Government, but they are part of the Government.

One thing, I’d like to ask – where is the leadership in the Greens. Has anyone seen John Gormley?