Taoiseach Simon Harris to appear on upcoming The 2 Johnnies Podcast episode

Taoiseach Simon Harris is set to appear on the upcoming episode of The 2 Johnnies Podcast.

With speculation of an election date being announced for late November it seemed fitting that The 2 Johnnies should put Taoiseach Simon Harris in the hot seat and discuss what he has achieved in the 7 months as Taoiseach, his plans for Ireland in the coming months and years should he be elected and of course what his favourite biscuit is.

The 2 Johnnies cover topics  including asylum seeker accommodation, with Johnny B querying if communities should get a veto about who can live in their area.

"No one gets a veto about who lives next door to them. No one asked my next-door neighbour if it was ok for me to live next door to him. I do think there has to be better engagement with a community and we need to show communities what process we actually go through when we are considering opening a new facility – what’s the checklist, what do you do…"

Talking about social media and the proliferation on misinformation in today’s society, the Taoiseach says: "You saw what happened with the Halloween party, the ability to spread disinformation that you can tell people there’s going to be a Halloween parade in Dublin and thousands and thousands of people turn up."

Johnny Smacks is curious as to why Simon would do a job like this which takes a toll on his personal life.

"I love it, I got involved in this completely by accident, my brother was born with a form of autism. I was a moody opinionated teenager in my hometown and I said why the hell can things not be better for my family and I started campaigning with people to make sure the local school had autism classes and got sucked into politics that way."

The 2 Johnnies Podcast episode 351 with Taoiseach Simon Harris is streaming from Monday, November 4, exclusively on Spotify.