Brendan O'Neill: The Irish elites will do anything to keep Conor McGregor out of power

Another week, another blow to democracy in Europe. This time it’s in Ireland. According to the Irish Sunday Times, the government has binned plans for a directly elected mayor of Dublin because it fears the election of a swaggering populist. Well, one swaggering populist in particular: the MMA bruiser turned Trumpist braggart, Conor McGregor. It seems they’ll do anything to keep the contrarian from Crumlin out of power, including suspending democracy itself.