Holly Cairns - 'Sinn Fein policies aren't left wing'

Call me a skeptic, but after watching her on the LLS, she is the first genuine honest and inspirational politicians that gave me hope and a vision of a better future. She answered the questions asked and didn’t offer populist utopian solutions, and stated clearly and simply that we have a choice. I would never have considered SF and the left before, not because I had faith in FF and FG, in fact I think they are the problem don’t offer any solutions, but I now will be voting SD and transferring to the whoever has the best chance on the left

Lol the great left alliance didn't last long.

Holly seems to forget that if this left government they all want is to happen they need to keep Mary Lou and the shinners on board.

There is no way in hell the SDs will ever become centrist.

But their coalition options in any future government are limited, its either with FFG or the shinners, Labour and PBP.

I didn't include the Greens because it remains to be seen after the next GE if they are well and truly dead and buried.

Socialism has been tried in other countries and it does not work. Wealth taxes just drive the wealthy and their money and skills to other countries.

“There is no way in hell the SDs will ever become centrist.

But their coalition options in any future government are limited, its either with FFG or the shinners, Labour and PBP.”

I personally believe that they all ready are- left of centre certainly but much closer to centre than far left nevertheless- The profile of people joining that party as members are not in any way typical far left- they’re disillusioned former FF/Labour voters -middle-ish class voters with a social conscience - teachers, psychologists even legal people are all joining- that’s just my own personal experience of who I know who have joined the party.

As much as Holly Cairns said she couldn’t go into partnership with FFG at the start of this Dail due to certain non negotiable issues, will there be other issues with SF that will make her uncomfortable at the next election?

Getting a broad consensus for government across the “left” is going to be a mammoth task - and what’s to say, when the time comes, SF don’t ditch the left alliance and get into bed with FFG because they have the numbers to do it that way as opposed to having a “propped up” coalition with a myriad of political differences landmines that could explode at any stage.

They are hungry for government - the colours of their government partner won’t matter if that’s the only viable option.

It’s a distinct possibility and the rest of the left parties need to recognise that - Mary Lou and SF are not their “friends”.

Labour and the Social Democrats probably need to push a vote transfer agreement at the next election and carefully choose the constituencies they have candidates so that they maximise numbers for both parties - a Labour SD and either FF/G coalition might then be an option also. In other words, I wouldn’t recommend the SD’s place all their eggs in a left coalition basket- they may regret it.

A left alliance right now will only benefit Mary Lou and SF- left parties need to spend the next few years defining themselves and their policies and standing out from the crowd - otherwise they’re just another flavour of SF .

One thing for sure, Holly is very well spoken for someone from West West Cork. A credit to her school in Schull.

Expect that policy to be quietly shelved if SD ever get into power. SD/Labour are the voice of the comfortable middle class, living mortgage free in nice neighbourhoods.

The three ‘left wing’ women leading the Soc Dems, Sinn Fein and Labour are all very posh sounding

Where did I say they didn’t sound ‘right’? I merely said that they all sound posh, which they do. It’s curious that you’re so touchy about it

Of course Holly ticks all the boxes for the RTE canteen culture hence the gushing soft soap interview on the LLS. She is a vacuous know nothing who spends her Dáíl time reading from A4 sheet of paper. She's not a patch on Bacik or MLM.