But any irony involved in a coalition government that came to power pledging to scrap identity cards introducing a system of foreign residence permits will be lost as the political parties indulge in "a race to the bottom" over immigration.
"The irony is," says Rachel, "that the battle wasn't at all glorious: it was a failure.
There was nonetheless a historical irony in watching Ukrainians tearing down Lenin's statues as a sign of their will to break with Soviet domination and assert their national sovereignty.
So, in recent years, we've endured 60s, 70s and 80s revivals, punters encouraged to wear silly clothes, like silly music, and generally pretend that crap things were great, a dispiriting travesty of irony, meta-irony, disingenuousness and disingenuity.
Touitou recognises the irony of saying this as the head of a multinational fashion company.
While it may have been radical for the Conservatives to choose a woman, from Heath's point of view the irony was that they had chosen another meritocrat.
(Indeed, it is a sad irony, unmentioned by those who advocate the repeal of this act that those with the most to lose are victims).
Related: The Trans-Pacific Partnership suggests Obama has no sense of irony In late April, Obama angrily told reporters he was upset at those who called the Trans-Pacific pact a secret deal.
The irony is so obvious that even TUC leaders have spotted it.
A particularly tasty dish – a cordon bleu irony, an irony worthy of a rating from Michelin – is produced by the important contest to be the next leader of the scunnered Scottish Labour party.
It is surely a supreme irony that the Irish government, the opposition in the Dáil and the trade unions would dearly love more time to drive down the country's unprecedented national debt from over 30% today to around 3% of Irish GDP.
