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How much can Sinn Fein actually do to enact socialist policies in Northern Ireland though? Aren't they rather limited by the need to work with the DUP who are anything but interested in socialist policies? I'm not trying to sound like an apologist for them, I've not got a horse in this race, genuinely curious about the growth of Sinn Fein in the Republic. I've heard a little about a growing clash in the party between the old heads from Northern Ireland and a younger generation of activists who are less concerned with reunification and more worried about improving social justice in Ireland but aside from that I know very little. Considering my sister stays in Dublin now I probably should know more about Irish politics but that tends to go as far as "Fianna Fial & Fine Gael are both terrible".
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Informative stuff, thanks. Definitely not the successors to Connolly.
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Blut posted:At this stage a better outcome for all concerned would be to kick out the Republicans and reunite the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland On the other hand, do you really want to be lead by a Prime Minister who quite likely shoved his penis into the mouth of a dead pig?
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Think of all the hundreds of billions of debt that could be forgotten about. And the 8th amendment would no longer be an issue. And no more Michael Healy Rae in a position of power. It's win-win-win, really.
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Marenghi posted:Not sure what good getting into scraps with Pegida Ireland does for the anti-racist cause. As has been discussed in UKMT recently, standing up to fascists & refusing to be cowed is the best tactic to turn them from a big scary to a bunch of pathetic clowns. Bullies don't like it when you stand up to them, it makes them look as tragic as they are.
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kustomkarkommando posted:Another video with a bit of a timeline: Oh that is just a delight.
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Cabinet posted:Labour in Ireland are comparable to the Lib Dems in the UK. Voted in under the pretense of keeping the reigns in on the bigger party, and failed horribly. There was also a shift in leader just over a year ago and Burton is horrible as a public speaker and as a face of the party. Though in fairness, I think UK Labour are a mite less transparently corrupt than Fianna Fail
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Blut posted:Believe or not I'd actually have a selfish personal preference for LAB to stay where they are at 7 seats, so the SocDems can take advantage of the 'soft' left niche and expand into it. LAB only got a 3rd preference vote from me last week. But I wrote a thesis on how ideological splits amongst left-wing population groups tend to dramatically damage left-wing parties chances of forming governments, mostly to the benefit of the centre-right parties. So its a pet peeve of mine when supporters of one left party attack another above all else - its just very problematic and short sighted. You're not a centre-left party just by declaring you are a centre-left party. If you are a party who used to be centre-left but are explicitly involved with a government which pushes through a right wing agenda for very little in return then people who view themselves as on the left on the spectrum are justified in punishing them for that betrayal. How else does a formerly centre-left party know that voters don't appreciate their going from centre-left to centre or centre right?
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Marenghi posted:Danny Healy-Rae spouting bollicks in the Dail today. Is he a Catholic? Because I'm pretty sure the Pope has staked out a clear position on man-made climate change. Is Danny Healy-Rae harbouring heretical views? Someone should ask him to clarify.
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So is 20% just the ceiling on support for Sinn Féin under the current leadership? Is there another reason they've failed to pick up more support from Fine Gael's collapse?
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Bryter posted:The British commentariat are taking the election results well That's up there with Liam Fox's recent claim that Britain did absolutely no bad things in the 20th century. Which I'm sure the Irish thread would definitely agree with.
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Going to be so bummed out if you have a new election before the UK. Really want rid of our bad PM.
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My brain hurts from trying to parse this.
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May 25, 2018 01:25
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Good luck Ireland. Do the right thing.
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May 25, 2018 15:30
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Congratulations Ireland. You've done the right thing and I'm so glad women won't have to go through a tough and lonely trip to a wet, grey miserable island any more. Terrific news.
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kustomkarkommando posted:Awaiting Danny Healy Rae's spectacular meltdown Hope he has a song about it.
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Blut posted:A DUP TD probably wouldn't be that much worse than the Healy-Raes to be fair. Probably just as backward socially, but maybe slightly less corrupt. But they wouldn't have the great songs.
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