Plus ça change….

This cartoon was reproduced in The Irish Times on 25th April 2012.  It was originally published in Punch in 1909.

Instead of John Redmond, just substitute David Boyd Barrett or Joe Higgins or any multi-purpose rabble-rouser, and instead of Saxon tyranny let’s think of the “oppressors” in the ECB or the troika.  We want their money, but they can keep their policies.