JRG, I didn’t mean ‘defend’ Wallace or Lowry from the accusations levelled against them, but in the sense of defending them in light of the principle of not calling for the resignation of politicians ie saying a censure motion calling for resignation was out of order and it should be up to their electorate to make the deicsion. After all, if the principle is that one doesn’t call for the resignation of politicians for fear that tactic could be used against the left surely it holds even in the instance of right wing politicians and particularly if there’s an issue of criminal cases because it is possible that left wing politicians, or indeed any politicians could be stitched up by the state or whoever.
And even if Lawlor or anyone else who I won’t name due to the danger of legal action was indeed guilty surely that too is irrelevant if the principle is one of not calling for the resignation of anyone for precisely the same reason, because guilt or innocence isn’t the issue, but the nature of the process by which elected representatives might be pressurised out of office.