Labour TD Alan Kelly and Labour leader Brendan Howlin
“I think Brendan needs to consider what is best for the Labour Party into the future.”
“I certainly believe from a leadership point of view, after two-and-a-half years, we haven’t been able to turn the ship around. We haven’t even looked like we’re turning the ship around.”
“We need a radical shake-up. We need to change the direction of the party. We need a different vision. We need far more energy.”
Yikes.
Comments made by Labour TD Alan Kelly during an interview with Fran Curry on Tipp FM this morning.
Labour needs ‘radical shake-up’: Kelly challenges Howlin’s leadership (Harry McGee, The Irish Times)
Previously: Must. Have. Power
Rollingnews
UPDATE:
Martina Fitzgerald, of RTE, reports:
Mr Howlin said he was disappointed that Mr Kelly would make any comments that would seem like the party is divided when they need to work together. He said there is a collective leadership.
He also said that all the parliamentary party, which is made up of seven TDs and six senators, bar Mr Kelly support his leadership.
Mr Howlin said the majority of the party’s 50 councillors support him.
Howlin ‘disappointed’ by Kelly’s call for significant change (RTE)