Equation impossible as Burton hopes to give Labour a new voice

Former accountant Joan Burton wants to make Labour the voice of Ireland, but has no room to manoeuvre, says Political Correspondent Shaun Connolly.

SO OFTEN mimicked for the distinctive way she speaks, Joan Burton’s pitch for the leadership is to promise to give Labour its voice back.

In the white heat of the electoral meltdown she sensed would soon leave Eamon Gilmore’s future in flames, it was no coincidence that the social protection minister quoted US president Barack Obama.