Game, set and match for party despite some calls to play on

SHORTLY after last year’s general election, a former high-ranking Progressive Democrat coldly assessed the party’s future and realised it had none.

Game, set and match for  party despite some calls to play on

Speaking of the possible candidates to succeed Michael McDowell, the veteran PD said: “There is no [new] Des O’Malley. There is no Mary Harney. Game, set and match. All over.”

That particular politician preferred to remain anonymous, wishing not to upset colleagues who wanted the party to continue.

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