100% correct,and you haven't a clue how angry it makes me, and they are moving more to the left every day to meet them ,The bickering between the two main centre left parties is giving the far left crazies in SF a free ride .
But Leper is right, if FF/SF have the numbers the likes of O'Cuiv could oust Michael and invite the IRA into government
I had come to a similar view. The polls showed a big swing from FG to SF. A strange shift which I put down to Charlie Flanagan's Black & Tans gaffe. I myself would have been tempted to tell a pollster SF just to spite Flanagan. But time and common sense will reverse that knee jerk reaction by election day. I think SF to get less than 24 seats is a good bet.that didnt work out too good for richard bruton and the young turks when they tried to oust Enda Kenny a decade ago, Enda Kenny easily out manouvered them. Also O Cuiv being old school traditional fianna fail would not be over enamored with the new look Sinn Fein on subjects like same sex marriage and abortion.
I dont trust the irish times poll anyway, they have never been that reliable , Sinn Fein did very badly in the local and european elections only 6 months ago, is that now forgotten !! There are alot of leftist canditates to the left of sinn fein and maybe the "green wave" actually materialises this time
FF attacking FG at the beginning of the campaign started the rise in the polls for SF ,I had come to a similar view. The polls showed a big swing from FG to SF. A strange shift which I put down to Charlie Flanagan's Black & Tans gaffe. I myself would have been tempted to tell a pollster SF just to spite Flanagan. But time and common sense will reverse that knee jerk reaction by election day. I think SF to get less than 24 seats is a good bet.
The only good thing about an increased Sinn Fein vote is that it will manoeuvre FF and FG further to the left.
Also O Cuiv being old school traditional fianna fail would not be over enamored with the new look Sinn Fein on subjects like same sex marriage and abortion.
As long as it moves FF and FG further to the left it doesn't really matter to me whether people reflect on such a move as being good or bad !or perhaps
The only bad thing about an increased Sinn Fein vote is that it will manoeuvre FF and FG further to the left.
A FG/SF collation is not that far fetched.
Sean Lemass liked to call Fianna Fail Party he helper Found ''A slightly Constitutional Party,Micheal Martin has rejected coalition with SF on the basis of the party's paramilitary past. There is no escaping that.
Leo has rejected coalition with SF on the basis of their rejection of the special criminal court and the unacceptability of their economic policies. Plenty of wriggle room there.
SF could conceivably cannibalise FF votes, many FF people feel comfortable with SF.
No FG voter is ever going to vote for SF.
It may sound odd to say this in the 21st century, but my neighbour, a FF voter, will never vote for FG because they (the free state government) murdered his grandfather. And can you blame him. He and his extended family and his friends and neighbours amount to a sizeable number of votes. A FF/SF government could easily see him becoming a SF voter after the next election.
There are also people whose grandfathers were killed by anti-treaty forces, they will never vote SF.
All this makes SF less of a threat to FG in terms of stealing voters.
A FG/SF collation is not that far fetched.
I tried to back €200 on FF/FG but they set a maximum bet of €50!
Well Mary Lou got what she wished for, she is on tomorrow's Great Debate. I wonder is she pleased. These debates rarely throw up a big winner but they can produce a car crash moment occasionally. I would say she wishes she was left out - less risky and get a big sympathy vote, after all they are ahead of FG in the polls.
You are quite safe ,they never touch the people who increased there vote , The late Ian Paisley was there best recruiting agent ever,I told the SF canvassers that I'd give them my vote... they know where I live!
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