The wondrous adventures of Sinn Fein (part 3) Mod Notes and Threadbanned List in OP

hardly, his point has been destroyed already.

i just threw in the final knail.

it is as the rest of the vote is split between multiple other parties.

just like in the UK the tories unfortunately got the majority vote dispite only getting 43% as the rest of the vote was split across multiple parties.

@markodaly Can you point me in the direction of where Eoin O'Broin said, or was alleged to have said, that investment funds needn't worry about SF's rhetoric? I've seen this claim cited a lot over the last few weeks but I've been out of the loop on the news and despite a lot of searching, I haven't been able to find a source for this claim over the last few days. With everything that's happening, I fear I'm unlikely to ever find it if it was on Twitter or anything like that, there's been too much water under the bridge!

Where did you come across the story?

Though the Claire Byrne show excellent. Couldn't believe three convicted killers were deciding policy. Crazy stuff.

Hardly surprising - it's the party of Terrorists, Thugs & Thickos.

Well it reminds me of the foundation of the state when lots of people involved in government had been imprisoned prior to getting state jobs.

The pearl clutching doesn't do much for me but I guess its a good political tactic if it works though I doubt it will.

Everyone already knows that lots of people in Sinn Fein were Republican prisoners so its not like we're just finding it out now.

Loughgall Park?

'The electorate are aware of such and it's likely that the reason that SF are so high in the polls is out of respect, thanks and trust in those who fought for the Irish Republic.'

Well I don't know about that.

But basically they agreed to lay down their arms around 1996 or thereabouts. Unless they renege on that they're fulfilling their agreement to be peaceful and focus on the ballot box.

I can see why someone wouldn't accept it but its basically a tradition in Irish politics, and not just in the 1920s and 30s. Gilmore and other Labour people were mixed up in Official Sinn Fein at one point - another political party with an armed wing.

They’d be great in government.

[for about three days and the stark reality of what’s involved actually hits them… just like the brexiteers]

SecGen of Finance: “Sorry Mary Lou, we don’t actually have a warehouse of magic beans for you to pay for your schemes and dreams…”

nobody has suggested anything of the sort.

hmm, an old but inactive account reappearing to post on a SF thread and in some details as well. interesting.

I'm looking forward to any sort of change from FF and FG in politics and am not particularly fussy who is in government once it is not them.

FF destroying the economy with the housing crash and FG selling out the youth is far worse in my view than what SF might do with senior appointments. I think people who still vote FF and FG haven't done particularly badly financially the last twenty years.

I'm not affiliated with any political party and just vote based on my personal view at the time of the election and how I think the next four years should look.