How did O'Halloran come to be a To answer that, one would have to go back to 1968/69. The Labour Party at that time was really at its lowest ebb - losing council elections and by elections all over the country. In many areas ward parties stoppped meeting because they couldn't get enough people to attend. Party membership dropped dramatically.
The MP here was Gerry Reynolds, who was immediately under Dennis Healey in the Labour Government. He was only 41 years of age and widely tipped for a cabinet post then he suddenly dropped dead.
Now O'Halloran had been a local councillor for about a year before that. He had only joined the Labour Party in 1966. He was really the outsider, and his selection came as a surprise to everyOne of the reasons he was chosen was the presence at the General Management Committee selection meeting of a large number of Irish Catholic delegates who had never been to any Labour Party mcelnes Subsequently the Sunday Times Insight Team did an investigation in which they said fraud had definitely been committed.
once me tuner rress termer 10' Halloran has accused you of being anti-Irish. What are your respective records on the question of - By 'anti-rish O' Halloran actuall mcans ant amone said previousiv. I am anti-Catholic. I'm against the Catholic Church, the Protestant Church, the Freemasons, the Zionists or anyone else organising on the bas is of their religion, on a sectarian basis, to infiltrate and take over the Labour Party.