Fine Gael leadership contenders’ different slant on delivering message
Over the past 48 hours, Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar and Housing Minister Simon Coveney have both made clear their intentions to speed up Enda Kenny’s impending departure. However, while the message at the core of what they are saying — effectively “there’s your coat, when are you leaving?” — is the same, the way in which they have cloaked their words is in stark contrast to each other.
On Saturday evening, after days of publicly saying Mr Kenny should be given the space to decide what to do, Mr Varadkar released a statement calling for his leader to fall on the sword he delicately placed before him.
