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LEO VARADKAR HAS insisted he is “absolutely definitely not” thinking about being leader of Fine Gael with the issues he is currently dealing with.
The Health Minister told TheJournal.ie in an interview earlier this month that “personal ambition is the last thing on my mind” with the issues he has to deal with in the Department of Health.
Varadkar’s name has been heavily linked with the Fine Gael leadership along with Cabinet colleagues Simon Coveney and Frances Fitzgerald although Enda Kenny has given a firm commitment to lead his party into the next election.
Here’s what else Varadkar had to say when we asked the leadership question in our recent interview with him:
Video: Aoife Barry/TheJournal.ie
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Sure the funny thing is you think you’re Taoiseach already….
Enda Kenny pulled a master stroke by making Leo Varadkar minister for health…..
After the next election you’ll never work in politics again…
But you definitely will get a job in The Journal…
They Fecking love you….
Who’d want it now, that party is a busted flush!!
In 2010 after backing Richard Brutal for leader, Varadkar said it would be “very hypocritical” to take a spokesmanship job on the frontbench, under a man he had stood against (Kenny)
Didnt stop you taking a cabinet position under him though, did it Varadkar!
Leo the liar
Really getting great mileage out of that interview. The love affair continues.
Remember Leo even a turkey will fly in a hurricane,
He’ll be as relevant as Micky Martin
But Leo.
After the next general election, FG will be no more.
Leo couldn’t possibly answer a question about leadership ambition with the truth – besides the point that I don’t think he knows how not to tell porkies,
Stop trying to get us to like this clown.
Quick question, who are all these people that are linking Leo’s name to leadership of FG, no-one I know is?
I am.
That’s good Tap
They can all go down the same plughole.
I wonder what he is like as a doctor and would he be better off if he went back into that profession?
Some people like him others don’t, and maybe it would be better if he cut his losses while he is ahead. God knows there are enough young people wasting away doing things that are so far removed from the jobs they trained for. Many are lucky to even have a job because of this government’s arrogance and indifference to youth unemployment.
The economy is recovering. Taxes are reducing. Nice!
Okay Powerabbey where to start….
where to start….
So the government gave people e5 in the budget per week regardless of income to families then takes away e3-4 of that in water charges. While people on 100k or more got e700 of a cut plus this e5 on a children’s allowance payment from the social welfare. Yes the highest in society are claiming social welfare payments………….but thank you Jesus and all of the above (if you believe in that sort of thing, I do, many do not) for the e1 per week pocket money for all the plebs….
I’ll vote for the first party to come out and say that IW is being scrapped immediately..simple as that..
He won’t have a f****** job in the new year. the irish people are going to drop kick Enda Kenny through the goalposts of life. And i phone Joan will be on the touchline
Michael Martin current leader of Fianna Fáil, in spite of the comments of Fine Gael and Sinn Fein supporters on here, will be the next Taoiseach of this country of ours and he will lead this lovely country onto new prosperity and better living.
Gerrymiah wtf…… What’s Martin going to do different??? All plans water charges etc was agreed under the previous government with him, country is on the road to recovery… Europe controls is doesn’t matter wanta muppet in charge…. Don’t forget Fianna Fáil ruined this country had the people a short term memory????
Forget to take your medication this morning Jer.
gerry
You’re not fully awake yet lad, give it time you will come around, too much christmas pudding, fruit cocktail, pina coladas, and of course the one for the road, get plenty of water into you, then reassess you’re comment.
That is probably true as the electorate here have short memories. The electoral cycle goes: FF get into government, but then wreck the economy by buying elections, people then get fed up and put FG in to clean up the mess. When that is done, then FG gets turfed out of office on to the opposition benches with FF returned to power to wreck the economy again and they then get thrown out for FG to clean up the mess again, etc , etc
You ok Gerry? I do worry…..
Who gives a flying fcuk what this dipstick wants?
That’s what Frank Underwood said & look where it got him…
“Personal ambition is the last thing on my mind” Ha. Who are you trying to fool Leo?
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