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→Views and policy: Nov 2023
== Views and policy ==
== Views and policy ==
Despite Fine Gael's claims to be a "conservative party", there is little, beyond moderate [[fiscal conservatism]], about Varadkar's political ideology that can be called conservative. He is blatantly liberal; in 2018, he called a referendum on the legalization of [[Abortion|killing unborn children]] in Ireland, in which the anti-life side won. He also supports [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>https://cassandravoices.com/politics/leo-liberal/</ref>
Despite Fine Gael's claims to be a "conservative party", there is little, beyond moderate [[fiscal conservatism]], about Varadkar's political ideology that can be called conservative. He is blatantly liberal; in 2018, he called a referendum on the legalization of [[Abortion|killing unborn children]] in Ireland, in which the anti-life side won. He also supports [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>https://cassandravoices.com/politics/leo-liberal/</ref>
Since riots broke out in Dublin on 24 November 2023, following the stabbing of three children by a Muslim immigrant, the cries for action have become ever louder. The government led by Varadkar has now pledged to have the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill on the statute book “within a matter of weeks”.
Leo Varadkar was criticized as 'flirting with a new form of totalitarianism.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/28/leo-varadkars-ireland-is-flirting-with-a-new-form-of-totali/</ref>
== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==