Lee turns his back on politics

What do you do to make a high profile higher? leave your well paid job as a broadcaster, make plenty of money as a politician and, when your ego has been sufficiently inflated, return to your old job. This is exactly what George Lee TD has done. He's taken Fine Gael and the people of Dublin South for fools while all the time building himself up like some sort of Superman.

Apparently the bespectacled, former RTE Economics correspondent, was not asked to front FG's economic portfolio. This dissapointed him and because no one went to knock on his door he, today, decided to throw in the towell and walk away from his responsibilities as a public representative. Why did he stand for election in the first place? One can only conclude that politics was not as cushy a number as he first thought. Afterall you have to be accountable, don't you George?

Not content with damaging his party colleagues, Lee has decided to dump those he represents in his constituency. Most probably his resignation from the Dail will result in another pointless by-election campaign in which much money and time will be wasted. This is Lee's legacy as a politician. The executives at RTE will be rubbing their hands with glee now that their golden boy, their prodigal son, is returning.Unless he plans to follow another,as yet uncharted path. Now we know what side Lee's bread is buttered on. He's definitely not a political animal.