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SF now the largest political party in the north.

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  • 07-05-2010 3:18pm
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    dlofnep
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    With the recent win by Gildernew, it takes SF's % to 25.5% (171,942 votes), with the DUP trailing marginly at 25.0% (168,216 votes). the SDLP came in third with 16.5% (110,970).

    This is a great day for Sinn Féin. All the hard work put in has paid off.


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    Lockstep
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    Amazingly tight race in Fermanagh/South Tyrone!
    Nerve wracking stuff. Has an even larger effect on Westminster as SF are abstentionist, lessening the numbers needed for a majority.


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    TOMASJ
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    Well done Sinn Féin. looking good for unity in 12016


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    danbohan
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    TOMASJ wrote: »
    Well done Sinn Féin. looking good for unity in 12016

    you might want change the date !, before the west brits think its real


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    paky
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    quite amazing. who would've thought?


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    Exile 1798
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    It’s another success for a very well run and popular party in the North. But really, being the "biggest party" doesn't mean much beyond the symbolism.

    My greatest hope is that it will put an end the whinging about the wrongs of abstention from Westminster... the verdict on that is in, Nationalists don't give an f....


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    TommyT
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    Exile 1798 wrote: »
    It’s another success for a very well run and popular party in the North.

    While they slide furter into oblivion in the South.


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    FTA69
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    TOMASJ wrote: »
    Well done Sinn Féin. looking good for unity in 12016

    2016? Are they still peddling that bullsh*t? I thought they'd the good sense to quietly abandon that nonsense.


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    Exile 1798
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    TommyT wrote: »
    While they slide furter into oblivion in the South.

    I wasn't aware that there was an con-current election the South?


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    steelcityblues
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    A solid performance by SF in these elections, but reading some of the posts you would swear they made double figures!


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    KeithAFC
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    Doesn't mean much. William of Orange Haud Trado. NO SURRENDER.


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    TommyT
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    Exile 1798 wrote: »
    I wasn't aware that there was an con-current election the South?

    Didnt they lose ground at the last election in the South? An election that was ready made for a party like Sinn Fein to make significant gains, yet they allowed Adams to go on TV and F**k the whole thing up.


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    paky
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    TommyT wrote: »
    While they slide furter into oblivion in the South.

    what the hell are you talking about?


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    DoireNod
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    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Doesn't mean much. William of Orange Haud Trado. NO SURRENDER.
    It means that a Unionist pact couldn't stop the will of the people in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. It's a bit of a blow to unionism.


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    paky
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    TommyT wrote: »
    Didnt they lose ground at the last election in the South? An election that was ready made for a party like Sinn Fein to make significant gains, yet they allowed Adams to go on TV and F**k the whole thing up.

    if anything they'll probably make significant gains in the next election down south


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    KeithAFC
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    DoireNod wrote: »
    It means that a Unionist pact couldn't stop the will of the people in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. It's a bit of a blow to unionism.
    Dirty people will stick with the dirty people. They just have to remember to protect those dissidents and keep giving them bombs to try and kill people. But we won't surrender.


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    P. Breathnach
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    dlofnep wrote: »
    ... This is a great day for Sinn Féin....

    It's not necessarily a great day for the rest of us.


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    Exile 1798
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    DoireNod wrote: »
    It means that a Unionist pact couldn't stop the will of the people in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. It's a bit of a blow to unionism.

    True, outside of North Antrim and Down the Six Counties are looking increasingly green.


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    dlofnep
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    P. Breathnach wrote: »
    It's not necessarily a great day for the rest of us.

    Who did you vote for?

    Why would it not be a great day for the leading republican party in the north, which endorses the peace process and devolved power for the people not be a great day for the rest of us?


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    DoireNod
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    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Dirty people will stick with the dirty people.
    Care to clarify? Are you talking about the unionist pact here? Something which seems to have galvanised nationalist support?
    KeithAFC wrote: »
    They just have to remember to protect those dissidents and keep giving them bombs to try and kill people.
    'They'?
    KeithAFC wrote: »
    But we won't surrender.
    'We'?


    It's sad that you feel the need to call nationalists 'dirty people'. Why is this?


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    rcecil
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    We get Tweedledee and Tweedledum corporate parties and a Labour Party that crosses picket lines as well as be willing to enter a pact with rightwingers.
    I think it's time for the people to takie another look at Sinn Fein.


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    dlofnep
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    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Dirty people will stick with the dirty people. They just have to remember to protect those dissidents and keep giving them bombs to try and kill people. But we won't surrender.

    Surrender to what, exactly?

    Perhaps you might take your catchphrases elsewhere.


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    paky
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    some people fail to let go of the past


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    KeithAFC
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    dlofnep wrote: »
    Surrender to what, exactly?

    Perhaps you might take your catchphrases elsewhere.
    Dirty scum bag parties like Sein Fein and dirty scum bag dissidents. Although i ain't too sure if they aren't the same.


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    TommyT
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    paky wrote: »
    if anything they'll probably make significant gains in the next election down south

    Like they did last tiime?
    Politics in the South are slightly different to the North. The North is just a sectarian headcount, as witnessed in Fermanagh, South Tyrone. What policies did anyone standing in the North have? What were they going to do to bring jobs during the economic downturn? etc etc etc? The North is simply an Orange and Green scrap and that is why Sinn Fein and the DUP are doing so well.
    Anything else is just bull****.


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    Jaap
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    DUP still got the greatest number of seats...8 as opposed to Sinn Fein's 5...so not all bad for DUP.
    Great to see Peter Robinson knocked off his perch...and the real success story of the election has been Naomi Long...superb to see unionist and nationalist voting put aside by the people of East Belfast...hopefully that trend will spread to other areas!!!
    Hopefully we will also see new blood enter the fray...young politicians who are clued in on matters which we all care about...education, jobs, health...more political billboards without a union jack or green and gold in the background!!!
    I don't think we have heard the last of it in Fermanagh/South Tyrone...36 more ballots were counted than that which were issued!!! :confused:...and a handful of suspect papers have been found...with a margin of four votes only...I suspect Unionists will be taking legal advice!!


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    Exile 1798
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    Another positive from this election that no one has yet noted, the rejectionist TUV went no where.


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    LordSutch
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    A great day for SF indeed, but it's not necessarily a great day for the other parties & the 'Non Shinners' people who live in Fermanagh & South Tyrone, but who will continue to have NO VOICE at the heart of Government!


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    paky
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    TommyT wrote: »
    Like they did last tiime?
    Politics in the South are slightly different to the North. The North is just a sectarian headcount, as witnessed in Fermanagh, South Tyrone. What policies did anyone standing in the North have? What were they going to do to bring jobs during the economic downturn? etc etc etc? The North is simply an Orange and Green scrap and that is why Sinn Fein and the DUP are doing so well.
    Anything else is just bull****.

    circumstances have changed


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    Mayo Exile
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    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Dirty people will stick with the dirty people. They just have to remember to protect those dissidents and keep giving them bombs to try and kill people. But we won't surrender.

    Nice..... Your not an embittered Traditional Unionist Voice (or is that Taigs Unwelcome Vanish?) supporter by any chance?

    Overall SF, the SDLP and the DUP (bar the Peter Robinson result) will be happy enough today I'd say. AP probably happiest of all though!


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    TommyT
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    paky wrote: »
    circumstances have changed

    How?


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