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21/06/2013
Three Labour TDs Resign Over Leadership Concerns
Three Labour party TDs have resigned from the party, all citing a lack of confidence in the party leadership.
Patrick Nulty, a Dublin West TD, formally left the party this morning. He had previously been expelled from the Parliamentary Labour Party in December 2011, just six weeks after becoming a councillor, for voting against the budget.
This coincided with news from two Wicklow TDs, county council chairman Tom Fortune and councillor Barry Nevin, that they were also quitting the party, which they say has lost "credibility".
A statement released by Mr McNulty read: "...the leadership of the party and in particular the cabinet ministers who have sacrificed core social democratic demands for their own personal political ambitions have brought the entire political system into disrepute.
"Trust in our political system with citizens has been broken. That means there is a need for new ideas and social movements that are accountable to citizens, not powerful interests."
(MH/JP)
Patrick Nulty, a Dublin West TD, formally left the party this morning. He had previously been expelled from the Parliamentary Labour Party in December 2011, just six weeks after becoming a councillor, for voting against the budget.
This coincided with news from two Wicklow TDs, county council chairman Tom Fortune and councillor Barry Nevin, that they were also quitting the party, which they say has lost "credibility".
A statement released by Mr McNulty read: "...the leadership of the party and in particular the cabinet ministers who have sacrificed core social democratic demands for their own personal political ambitions have brought the entire political system into disrepute.
"Trust in our political system with citizens has been broken. That means there is a need for new ideas and social movements that are accountable to citizens, not powerful interests."
(MH/JP)
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