"Former taoiseach sets out to justify his actions and sometimes rewrites history, writes John Downing"
"Less than a year after quitting electoral politics, former political wunderkind, and one-time youngest-ever taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has produced a political memoir, Speaking My Mind."
"Political memoirs are inevitably self-justifications and Speaking My Mind could well be entitled "How I Was Right - and Why the Rest of Politics Got Me Wrong.""
Leo Varadkar published a political memoir titled Speaking My Mind less than a year after leaving electoral politics. Varadkar previously served as taoiseach and was a one-time political wunderkind and the youngest person to hold that office. The memoir functions as a political apologia, seeking to justify Varadkar’s actions while sometimes rewriting recent political history. The book frames events to portray Varadkar as vindicated and criticizes opposing political narratives. The memoir’s tone and structure emphasize a self-justifying perspective, suggesting an intent to influence how Varadkar’s decisions and legacy are perceived.
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