Gilmore is unlikely to recover from latest blows

DESPITE being a bit of a lefty by Labour’s irredeemably bourgeoisie Chardonnay-socialist standards, when Colm Keaveney became party chairman it was always clear he would be less Chairman Mao, more Chairman Row, and so it has proved.

Gilmore is unlikely to recover from latest blows

Everyone expected it to end in tears, no one expected it to end in Latin.

The fact the Tuam TD tweeted his exit via the enigmatic phrase “Acta non verba” — “deeds, not words” —underlined the somewhat theatrical side to his quixotic nature.

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