Letters to the Editor: Ex Labour leader needs to get his facts right on party policies

One 'Irish Examiner' reader states: 'I voted for Holly Cairns, but with her anti-working farms policies for rural Ireland, I now know I made a dreadful mistake'. Picture: Moya Nolan

Former Labour Party leader and government minister Pat Rabbitte recently opined on national radio that there is no policy difference between the party he once led and the Social Democrats.

It is unfortunate that a former politician as experienced as Mr Rabbitte would not bother to actually check the policies of the Labour Party and Social Democrats before commenting on them, as one policy difference in particular leaps out.