QuoteAm I right in saying he is not giving up his seat but purely the leadership so the Dail has not lost him yet. Although he will have far less speaking time now.
really, i would have thought that happended years agoOriginally Posted by dahamsta
for all his shouting and roaring he didnt actually do much for the labour party in his 5 years in charge
Am I right in saying he is not giving up his seat but purely the leadership so the Dail has not lost him yet. Although he will have far less speaking time now.
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Most important things is for Labour not to get caught up in the whole debate about the election strategy. Pretty much the same result as with the "independent" Quinn approach, and if anything I'd say the failure to just say no under any circumstances gave FG more seats rather than being true to his word (in the end, the only certain anti FF vote was FG). As the results panned out, it was never going to be FF/Labour unless Labour did much worse and so could demand less. I think the effect of the Mullingar Accord is overstated with regard to FG, who had started to turn it around at the local and european elections with no pact. If Labour was to kill off FG, it was at those locals that it was the time to do it, not at the last election.
As for who to take over, Broughan would be my personal early favourite with his talk of reinvigorating the left, with Labour leading the way. There is a clear opening for Labour to lead this, if only they'd grasp the nettle of being proud of their roots rather than diluting them. Being apparently soft on the unions hasn't done Bertie and FF any harm. It's a real shame that Gilmore seems to be going with the opposite approach, as I think he probably is the right personality, but taking the wrong approach. It's a pity it's a term too early for Sherlock. But tbh haven't been following it all as much as I might've so far...
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