You have to feel for Paul Murphy. The far-left TD was accused online of secretly being a landlord. When he laughed it off, this seemed to confirm in some minds that he must indeed be a landlord. His pal, the MEP Ming Flanagan, chipped in, joking that Murphy owned half the houses in his estate. But this seemed to get taken seriously by some. I’m willing to believe Murphy isn’t a large landlord. But the fact it is now being believed is hardly that surprising. Having been fed a diet of populist ranting for over a decade that politicians are...