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<blockquote data-quote="Crankycorner" data-source="post: 7427150" data-attributes="member: 50179"><p>Because I’m in a good mood and to save you the embarrassment of saying it’s not true Soundy I’ve taken the liberty of including a section from a Sunday Times article written by Professor Gary Murphy back in December which alludes to this. I’ve even bolded it for you.</p><p> </p><h3>McEntee debate offered a test run for election clash against Sinn Fein</h3><p></p><p>Gary Murphy</p><p></p><p>Sunday December 10 2023, 12.10am GMT, The Sunday Times</p><p>Last week’s no-confidence motion in the minister for justice Helen McEntee brought to mind events of 44 years ago when, in a result that sent shockwaves across Ireland, Charles J Haughey defeated George Colley to become the fourth leader of Fianna Fail.</p><p>The Haughey–Colley leadership contest of December 7, 1979, pitted the maverick of the cabinet against the candidate of the party’s establishment. It was the quintessential contest between the outsider with no Fianna Fail bloodline and the insider whose family was steeped in the party.</p><p>At his first press conference a few hours after his victory, Haughey declared that Colley had promised him his full support and loyalty. This was not true and like many of Haughey’s lies would come back to haunt him.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Four days later, Haughey was elected taoiseach and appointed Colley as tanaiste. He felt that he had no choice but to have Colley in his cabinet. He was simply too senior in the party not to be in government.</strong></p><p><strong>Sacking him would have been seen by the party and the wider public as an unprecedented act of political savagery and was not politically feasible.</strong></p><p><strong>The trouble for Haughey was that Colley wanted the power of veto over who could be appointed to the position of minister for justice and threatened not to serve in cabinet if he were not given that veto.</strong></p><p><strong>In this game of high political bluff, Haughey blinked first. He could easily have refused Colley’s demand and spun a tale of a sore loser unwilling to serve in cabinet. Instead, he caved in and hamstrung his leadership from the off.</strong></p><p><strong>By giving Colley the power of veto, Haughey, himself a reforming minister for justice in the early 1960s, gave rise to the spectre that he was not to be trusted with the security of the state.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crankycorner, post: 7427150, member: 50179"] Because I’m in a good mood and to save you the embarrassment of saying it’s not true Soundy I’ve taken the liberty of including a section from a Sunday Times article written by Professor Gary Murphy back in December which alludes to this. I’ve even bolded it for you. [HEADING=2]McEntee debate offered a test run for election clash against Sinn Fein[/HEADING] Gary Murphy Sunday December 10 2023, 12.10am GMT, The Sunday Times Last week’s no-confidence motion in the minister for justice Helen McEntee brought to mind events of 44 years ago when, in a result that sent shockwaves across Ireland, Charles J Haughey defeated George Colley to become the fourth leader of Fianna Fail. The Haughey–Colley leadership contest of December 7, 1979, pitted the maverick of the cabinet against the candidate of the party’s establishment. It was the quintessential contest between the outsider with no Fianna Fail bloodline and the insider whose family was steeped in the party. At his first press conference a few hours after his victory, Haughey declared that Colley had promised him his full support and loyalty. This was not true and like many of Haughey’s lies would come back to haunt him. [B]Four days later, Haughey was elected taoiseach and appointed Colley as tanaiste. He felt that he had no choice but to have Colley in his cabinet. He was simply too senior in the party not to be in government. Sacking him would have been seen by the party and the wider public as an unprecedented act of political savagery and was not politically feasible. The trouble for Haughey was that Colley wanted the power of veto over who could be appointed to the position of minister for justice and threatened not to serve in cabinet if he were not given that veto. In this game of high political bluff, Haughey blinked first. He could easily have refused Colley’s demand and spun a tale of a sore loser unwilling to serve in cabinet. Instead, he caved in and hamstrung his leadership from the off. By giving Colley the power of veto, Haughey, himself a reforming minister for justice in the early 1960s, gave rise to the spectre that he was not to be trusted with the security of the state.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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