The decline of SF?

Eh, yes, Caroline is married to Brian (one of the leading conspiracy theorists in SF) so no surprise that Caroline supported Gemma, that is what my post said.

More waffle about people you dont know.

I believe 

…is doing a lot of work.
It's a dogwhistle BTW to claim that SF are exceptional in having husband/wife teams involved in politics or are exceptional in 'keeping it in the family' and then blithely ignore a post that contradicts you. It's been a common trait across Irish politics for decades.

There is no room for rational debate in politics when politicians like him are tweeting 80% of their stuff about immigration and a lot of it is lies.

I am all for common sense, but the posting of lies like "we can refuse them" implying that we can turn them away straight away does not help on the immigration issue. The hypocrisy of then claiming to be left-wing from the same party sources is nauseating.

So no need for the hysterical tweets from the dog-whistling SF councillor.

We will see a bounce in SF support at the next opinion poll with their refugee's only in places that can handle them policy

The current kamikaze carry on in the government parties over the land hoarding tax will sèe their support drop

The SF support will continue to rise and rise in the heat of an election campaign.

Meanwhile more government party bickering will lead to a big fall in their support.

Simon Harris has run out of steam amidst a growing lack of cohesion in government,it's undoing.

It is August, silly season for politics.

You have identified two issues that will help SF, however, there are a long list of issues from the lack of leadership, the paucity of talent, the inability to coherently and cogently present policies etc., that will act in the opposite direction. Hard to know which will prevail. As I said in a previous post, there is still time for SF to get its act together.

The electorate SF are after aren't over analyising the skills of T.D's in the way you are,their target audience will hear them on not letting single male blacks into their estates and the stupid zoning row is an open goal,a sign of things to come with government parties cohesion imploding

Mad to think these chancers were a shoe in to lead the government in the very recent past.

I was ready to hold my nose and vote for them myself.

I was referring to the amount of their target audience lost on account of asylum seekers.

They're sweet talking those back,make no mistake about it

An increasing lack of cohesion in government , already underway,will do the rest in welcoming a large increase in SF T.D's to the next Dáil.

Buckle up

Ah hang on,SF and their plans to put the sbm's in wealthy non shinner areas is designed to placate their own who have been hypnotised by the national party types and bring them back

To say otherwise is insulting peoples inteligence

I already proffered the theory that FG with FF on its coat tails are moving on because they are being more decisive than they were under the previous ditherer plus some honeymoon shine for Harris that will soon wear off.

If you think saying SF's new (post EU and coco think in) line will wash with me,of no SBM's in poor areas by saying it isn't a sop to council estate voters who left SF because them immigrants are taking our money and houses,then its so bloody transparent,my inteligence is being insulted by your assertion yes

It absolutely is an attempt to woo them back/stem the tide and its a clever move in my opinion

They never said what you claim:

no SBM's in poor areas by saying it isn't a sop to council estate voters who left SF because them immigrants are taking our money and houses

Here is what their policy says they would do:

The newly published policy focuses on moving away from a system of private profiteering, recommends auditing areas before choosing locations for accommodation centres, and engaging in meaningful consultation with communities.

Sinn Féin has long been vocal in its criticism of the government for not engaging in dialogue with communities where Ms McDonald said there are "well-grounded" frustrations and anger. Ms McDonald pointed out that the lack of transparency and consultation is something she has been raising since November 2022.

The Government's claim that consultation has taken place has fueled the sense of anger and led to a "very unacceptable situation" that needs to be remedied rapidly, she said.

Which is funnily enough much the same thing renegade FG and FF and Green councillors in the affected areas are saying too.

It's a re-iteration of what they have been saying for yonks as the article points out.

Sinn Féin has long been vocal in its criticism of the government for not engaging in dialogue with communities

If there is a purpose it is to keep the government honest as is their opposition duty. The government vociferously claim to be doing consulting and auditing even though their own people on the ground contradict this, I expect scrutiny of these claims to resume once the Dáil resumes business.