De Rossa & Rabbitte join Bruton's cabinet - Democratic left's disposable radicalism

andrew
Fri, 24 Mar 1995 18:39:48 +0000
Democratic Left, Labour Party, Politicians, The Left, National, Newspaper, Analysis

WHO REMEMBERS when Democratic Left was formed? It was only two and a half years ago when they arrived on the scene trying to convince us that they were like an anti-coalition Labour Party. Their founding policy statement said "we see no role for our party as a partner of a right wing government". And some were convinced, like the Labour members who uprooted themselves and joined DL, thinking it more left wing.