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Where Have They Come From? Where Are They Now? Where Are They Going To? The dilemma for The Progressive Democrats now is whether to try to ride out the storm with the old crew or to change course under a new leadership? The stereotype of the messianic leader is out of fashion. Michael McDowell bit the dust at the last election and, basically, Gerry Adams got nowhere. Perhaps Sinn Féin and The Progressive Democrats shared the same "directorial" approach combined with a lack of organic, spontaneous democracy within their own parties. Self-confident leaderships were too ready, perhaps, to be didactic and prescriptive towards the public which would prefer, as anyone would, to have a little wriggle room and be allowed to think for itself, to some extent at least. |
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