Bryan Green is stacking up an unenviable record as Labor Leader with a second high profile party figure publicity criticising its direction in a little over a month.
Former Labor candidate and union heavyweight Scott McLean is showing his disdain for Labor and Mr Green’s leadership by running against the party’s endorsed candidate in the Legislative Council election for Windermere.
Mr McLean said last month he was not happy with the direction the party was headed (Examiner, March 15).
Now former Unions Tasmania boss Kevin Harkins has criticised Labor, saying: “I’ve had not much to do with the Labor Party over the last few years and, quite honestly, on a number of issues they’ve been pretty disappointing.” (Southern Cross News, April 16).
Mr Harkins is so unhappy he is working to set up his own political party.
The Labor faithful have clearly lost faith in Mr Green.
He has failed to articulate any policies and took no time in turning his commitment to be a constructive opposition into a sad joke.
If Mr Green cannot even command the support of lifelong Labor identities such as Mr Harkins and Mr McLean, what credibility does he have left?