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Thu 04 Apr 2003FF TD says PD policies 'infecting' his party
Comments by a Fianna Fáil backbencher warning that right-wing PD policies were beginning to "infect" his own party aroused little overt support from his colleagues yesterday and were shrugged off by Ministers.
Carlow-Kilkenny TD Mr John McGuinness complained yesterday that PD policies were coming into conflict with those of Fianna Fáil. The minority coalition partner was having a disproportionate influence in Cabinet and was diluting Fianna Fáil's "centre-left" political outlook and its commitment to social justice. He said they should be kept "on a tight rein".
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