Take that draft directive on hedge funds and private equity , a ragbag of measures requiring more disclosure , greater controls over leverage and tighter restrictions on non-eu funds .
The third feature of the elections was a sour and negative mood , shown not merely in a low turnout but also in wide support for a ragbag of far-right , populist , anti-eu or plain nutty parties .
Security folk and mainstream republicans agree on the character of the few hundred activists in their ranks : a ragbag of proficient terrorists , idealists , amateurs , criminals , impressionable and unemployed young people , and the politically or personally disaffected .