It will not be that easy for "Old Labour" to get their party back. Once the comrades from the Workers Party get control of something it is hard to remove them, see RTE for a good example. Look at the number of ex-stickies in other media organisations as well, top positions in education, the arts and semi-state sector. Still if the labour grassroots membership have any hope of saving their party, they must back Keaveney against Gilmore/Rabbitt/Sherlock etc. Fianna Fáil always claimed to represent the working man in Irish political life and until the last election always received the biggest share of the urban working class vote. Gilmore's Labour seem to think that following a liberal social agenda; gay marriage, abortion etc will get them some public support while letting the Fine Gael Tories set the economic policies.
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