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MEP NESSA CHILDERS has resigned from the Labour party and said she will run in the next European elections as an independent candidate.
In a letter to Labour leader Eamon Gilmore, Childers said she had been “vilified” within the party for trying to advocate an alternative path for Labour and said the party was pursuing “never-ending, pointless austerity for austerity’s sake”.
Childers had already resigned from the parliamentary Labour party – which is made up of TDs, Senators and MEPs – in April but was still a Labour member. She follows the lead of TDs Patrick Nulty and Colm Keaveney who have also resigned from the party.
“While I have remained constant in my views, the Labour leadership has drifted away from a progressive policy approach,” Childers wrote.
My attitude is vilified as disloyal or opportunistic when, in fact, I am defending and promoting the party’s core values.
She cited the example of how she had opposed the appointment of Kevin Cardiff, the former Secretary General of the Department of Finance, to the EU Court of Auditors following controversy about his abilities, but said she felt “abandoned” by the party on the issue.
In the letter, she acknowledged that Labour ministers had done some good work, but criticised the party for its focus on the politics of austerity ahead of the more progressive politics that members expected from the party.
[The government is following a] policy of cutting services like health, education and social protection while bankers, big corporates and the wealthy are allowed dodge their share of the burden.
This is a profoundly immoral way to run our country.
Childers said she would fight for a progressive alternative to austerity in the European Parliament and said she will run as an independent candidate within the European and Socialists Group in next year’s elections. she said she does not yet know which constituency she will run in because of the changes to constituency boundaries.
Childers was originally a councillor for the Green Party on Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council in Dublin but rejoined the Labour party in 2008.
The European Parliament elections will be held between 22 and 25 May 2014.
Well that didn’t take long. New party, same old Sh!t€
“…..try and find out what happened……” Aiming high ruinua style.
After initially coming out and denying any wrong doing.FG lite showing it’s roots.
It’s OK, renua will be investigating renuas role in this serious matter.
Just like the big boys do, it’s cute.
Karl Deeter, The banks new kid from the block, I am not a fan
Renua investigating Renua, we’ll definitely get the truth about this. Just like when Putin personally investigated the Nemtsov murder
Or when Enda comments on how a Garda commissioner decided to retire….
Or KPMG investigating KPMG.
or iw compliance stats
The amount of votes that Renua got in the by election scared me. I have no faith in the electorate.
Indeed. How dare they vote for their choice of party.
And how dare I not have faith in people voting for a party I despise.
It would certainly explain the high number of votes for their candidate compared to their overall support nationwide.
FG lite same shite different names….
Ha, this is playschool stuff. Really does the guy shanahan really think people are going to believe his rubbish.
Shanahan said the endorsement was posted via his Facebook account, but “it wasn’t my decision.”
Who did it Adrian? Was it John Eardley? Was it Karl Deeter? Was it Colonel Mustard in the Library with a Candlestick? Was it John Drennan? Was it Lucinda Creighton? Was it Denis O’Brien? Was it David Quinn? Was it Paidi Manning? Maybe David Norris or the Ghost of Oscar Wilde? The suspense is killing us!
Sound like it was only him running the page. He must of been the sole administrator on the page. Hes’ now found himself caught red handed and is now saying some else had access to his account. hmmmm. I don’t believe that for one second.
It was reverse vampires.
We’re through the looking glass here people.
I would rather be beaten across the head than endorse Pat McKee. Nice chap but I’ve seen invertebrates with more backbone. I have no doubt that this was a stroke initiated by himself and his campaign team.
Good old Adrian strikes again…..
or trying to cover up!
The PDs are back with a new name and new members but its the same old right wing agenda.
Hate that.
someones in trouble now…
The Ethics Officer is likely to be Over-Ruled by the Winning-Seats officer….
I’ve been asleep for a few years and this is the first news article I’ve read in a while. Am I to assume that Bertie has retired and FF changed its name to Renua? Only thing that makes sense to me
Imagine Donald Trump setting up the Tea Party and hiring Bill O’Reilly to be their “Ethics Officer”. In Ireland.
The Tae Party
And Donald has better hair.
Is that the same as the “Judeain people’s front” and not “people’s front of Judea”, the latter which was really hated :-)
beb
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