Keaveney expelled for standing by Labour promises

So now a Labour TD has been expelled from the Labour Parliamentary Party for supporting the policies on which he and the Labour Party got elected 22 months ago.

'Aside from the depressing cynicism of all this, there is a wider dimension (not just about the rank injustice of the budget, with its myriad weasel cuts, every one of them avoidable -- and it was entirely possible to make the fiscal adjustments without touching social welfare) about how this was decided and enforced'.

So now a Labour TD has been expelled from the Labour Parliamentary Party for supporting the policies on which he and the Labour Party got elected 22 months ago.

At the same time, those who voted for measures that were flagrant breaches of those policies are praised by the leader of the party (and his predecessor) for their "courage" and "loyalty" - courage to inflict entirely avoidable pain on those who the Labour ...