Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he believes his stepping away as party leader helped has helped Fine Gael in the local elections
Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he believes stepping away as party leader has helped Fine Gael in the local elections . Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are doing much better than many predicted in the locals and will in fact battle each other to emerge as the biggest party.than expected in the locals but their two MEPs - Ciaran Cuffe and Grace O'Sullivan - are facing a fight to retain their seats in Brussels.
"We're having a good day and I do genuinely think - just as was the case five years ago when I was a new leader - the fact that Fine Gael has a new leader has meant we would have done a little bit better today than we might have done if I was still leader". "Nobody can tell what's going to happen in the next general election; by it's very nature we describe in political science as second order elections.
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