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Labour Moves Further to the Right

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Thursday April 29, 2010 10:37author by Mairead O'Shea Report this post to the editors

The latest recruit to the Labour Party is Mary Harneys buddy Mae Sexton. Sexton was the PD Dail Deputy for Longford up until she was defeated at the last General Election.


Sexton was a consistent and firm supporter of both Mary Harney and Michael McDowell and she endorsed the most right-wing policies introduced by the PD’s during their period in Government
Now she will be a Labour Party candidate in the forthcoming general election.

In an article in yesterdays “Irish Independent” it states

“FORMER PD TD Mae Sexton has justified her decision to make the leap from a right-wing party to the left-wing Labour party by saying she was never "hung up" on ideology.

She was previously a TD for the Progressive Democrats from 2002-2007 when the party pushed forward policies such as hospital co-location, tax breaks for developers and argued that "inequality is an inevitable part of the society of incentives" that Ireland had become.

But Ms Sexton who is now going to run for Labour in Longford-Westmeath in the next general election, denied that her PD background was a problem.

"I really never held dear to any particular philosophical ideology.” she said.

Labour Leader Eamon Gilmore described Ms Sexton as an effective and energetic representative during her five-year tenure in the Dail serving Co. Longford.

"Mae Sexton is one of the most respected and admired public representatives in County Longford," Mr Gilmore said.

"She was an effective and energetic representative for the county in the Dail between 2002 and 2007, having been successful in delivering local facilities and inward industrial investment for the county."

Ms Sexton said she was flattered to have been chosen by Labour, and added that she looked forward to helping Mr Gilmore become the Taoiseach.”

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   You do need to "answer" this     Mike Novack    Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:45 
   Sometimes politicans have to either ignore, repress, bribe or even lead the mindless mob     aunty trotsky    Thu Apr 29, 2010 14:19 
   Give the woman a chance     Clive Sullish    Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:41 
   Are you serious?     MickNed    Fri Apr 30, 2010 22:32 
   Sexton and the P.D.'s     Marty Davidson    Mon May 03, 2010 10:52 
   To MickNed-None.     Line Manager.    Mon May 03, 2010 13:19 
   Blueshirt policies     Mary J.    Tue May 04, 2010 22:27 
   A response to "Line Manager"     MickNed    Tue May 04, 2010 23:04 
   Blueshirts     Marty Davidson    Sat May 08, 2010 22:49 
 10   reply to MickNed None     rianorr    Sun May 09, 2010 13:15 
 11   Indistinguishable from Fine Gael     Marie OB    Sun May 09, 2010 17:56 
 12   Accurate Description.     Line Manager.    Sun May 09, 2010 19:23 
 13   movin     Cahir Devlin    Sun May 09, 2010 21:17 
 14   Labour has lost its soul     Karl K.    Thu May 13, 2010 18:43 
 15   Another recruit     Plato    Fri May 14, 2010 16:01 
 16   Never a miss achance to be wrong Plato     Dermot Lacey    Fri May 14, 2010 16:20 
 17   Time to form a radical united front R.U.F.     trade union member    Wed May 19, 2010 15:01 
 18   a view from the aisles     Labour Party Member    Thu May 20, 2010 13:01 
 19   Hang in there     Richard    Thu May 20, 2010 14:07 
 20   Hmmmmm     The Hmming Hmmer    Thu May 20, 2010 15:01 
 21   Will the next Taoiseach please Stand Up .     Sceptic    Fri May 21, 2010 06:42 


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