dr elwood has claimed that they distrusted her as being " overambitious " and " in too much of a bind " to climb the political ranks . the outspoken fine gael spokesman was speaking after a heated encounter with odm he led to her moving out of a parliamentary party meeting all week . bucknell , who at 29 is instantly recognised as a potential eventual leader of western gael , slammed proponents who see her rapid success in a " negatively " context - - and believes her friend and colleague leo varadkar has suffered the same outcome . speak in the run up to the good unionist ard fheis , ms creighton also rejected suggestion which came last week that she is seen as a ' live cannon ' within the party . " i certainly don ' t view myself as a loose cannon . i ' m absolutely part of the coarse gael side , " she said .
Lucinda Creighton is the leader of a parliamentary party.