RTÉ's "The Week in Politics" takes a look back at the Presidential election and the unexpected strong 23% vote for runner up Peter Casey.
Not lacking in confidence, Casey has since come out and said he will join Fianna Fáil, lead it …
RTÉ's "The Week in Politics" takes a look back at the Presidential election and the unexpected strong 23% vote for runner up Peter Casey.
Not lacking in confidence, Casey has since come out and said he will join Fianna Fáil, lead it into the next election and become Taoiseach. FF leader Micheál Martin and other party members have poured scorn on the idea, saying that Casey isn't welcome in the party.
Responding to suggestions that the party is already "full", Casey said: "the party’s full, full of nonsense. If they don’t really have room, then they have a problem.
"He [Niall Collins] obviously doesn’t know me and he has not made an effort to speak to me, I’d be delighted to talk to him. I believe that 342,000 people came out and said 'we support Peter'," Casey said in responsee.
"I think that should send a message and resonate with the fact how disconnected they are with the people in middle Ireland, the centre, the hardworking people that are getting up, working and feeling that there's no light at the end of the tunnel."
Asked whether he had contacted the party officially yet, Casey said he had doubts that party leader Micheál Martin would answer his phone calls.
"I can certainly understand why Micheal wouldn’t want me because I actually want his job," he said.
"I suspect Micheál probably wouldn’t take my phone call. I don’t have his number."
"I think Micheál is a very decent, good and hardworking politician. I think he’s too nice to take on the likes of Leo Varadkar, who made scandalous, racist remarks about me and hasn’t apologised yet."
"Of all the people he knows I’m absolutely not a racist. He knows I’ve spent more time in India than he has." :]
'I’m 100pc serious - if they don’t want me, I’ll start the new Fianna Fáil' - Peter Casey:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/presidential-election/im-100pc-serious-if-they-dont-want-me-ill-start-the-new-fianna-fil-peter-casey-37469995.html
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