I thought that there was an unspoken rule among head of states not to get involved in the electoral process in other countries!
According to The Irish Times Fianna Fáil TD Seán Fleming attacked FG last month over a letter from Angela Merkel read out to the party's ardfheis. Fleming is quoted as saying 'The Irish people have a very deep-rooted sense of not being told what to do by foreign powers' and that FG had demonstrated 'a massive inferiority complex' by getting endorsements from people in other countries. Last night's broadcast was in a different league altogether.Didn't Ms. Merkel give her support to Enda not so long ago?
Last night's broadcast was in a different league altogether.
C'mon . . you can't see that reading a letter received at one's conference is not comparable to soliciting a US ex-President and a serving British prime minister to provide endorsements to be used in a party political broadcast?In what way?
I would think that getting Bliar to endorse Ahern is a FF own goal .And if Sean Fleming is correct, then surely this is an own goal for FF?
C'mon . . you can't see that reading a letter received at one's conference is not comparable to soliciting a US ex-President and a serving British prime minister to provide endorsements to be used in a party political broadcast?
I'm amazed that Blair would choose to participate in a broadcast which is directly in competition with a Labour party - but perhaps he doesn't see his own party as a Labour party any more.
Maybe it's because he fought the battle to save his party from the loony left and sees comrade Pat's party as being of that ilk(and why wouldn't he support Bertie, sure he's one of the only socialists in the Dail )
Indeed - some might even consider Pat Rabbitte's recent call for work visas for certain EU immigrants to be looney right wing!Wasn't it Kinnock that fought off the Millies (Militant Tendancy) at the same time as Spring fought off the Irish Millies? It's really hard to find anything that could be described as 'loony left' in any current Labour policies.
That's why I put theWasn't it Kinnock that fought off the Millies (Militant Tendancy) at the same time as Spring fought off the Irish Millies? It's really hard to find anything that could be described as 'loony left' in any current Labour policies.
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