Ireland: Punishment Beatings for Adams, and Dale?

While we all wonder not whether Iain Dale escaped unscathed from his search for a pot of Irish Gold last night, but just how scathed did he get? Dave's Part takes a leftists', even a revolutionary leftists', look at the irish elections with some good additions from the commentaria.

This one in particular caught the eye:

And, yes the PDs (that's Lib Dems ... LOL) getting the bum's rush was a small ray of light, though you gotta love McDowell (left with stick - LOL) for his put down of Gerry Adams's (right with stars - LOL) hypocrisy.
In the TV debate Adams claimed he was only living on an average industrial wage. McDowell then asked him how he managed to own a holiday home worth about a million euro then. To which Adams replied it's "owned by the bank".
McDowell - quick as flash - "the Northern Bank?"
It was the first time in many years that anybody has landed a punch on Adams and it was in the George Foreman class.

Totally unfair. But beats something about "tree fellas" I guess.

Meanwhile, back at Dale's and just 8 days (or "almost three weeks") after his ban on potty mouthed comments Dale himself posted not a link but a full on rant with at least six Fs and a C within, with plenty more at the link.

No stamina whatsoever on abstinence, award-winning Tory bloggers.