Sinn Fein are not a Normal Political Party

I agree but they'll need to put up very good campaign. They were on about 18% in polling before locals and euros but fell well short of that on actual polling day.
However, the timing of UK general election caught them on the hop with lot of their canvass teams (especially in Dublin and border counties) ordered up to North for Westminster campaign.
Also, turnout will be higher in GE than locals/euros and this should be an advantage for those opposing the government.

One of their biggest challenges will be portraying budget as irresponsible bribing of the electorate whilst simultaneously saying that they'd have given more away!
They bucked the trend in the locals in Cavan/monaghan and gained seats, The worry for them is after the very poor locals in 2019
MLMD said they have taken on board all the feedback of where they were going wrong and had gone back to basics, They had a great 2020 GE
after that, She said the exact same thing this year in the wake of the terrible results in the locals, Its as if they did not heed the warnings from grassroots again,
 
I know one guy who is active in SF for over 20 years but he has told me certain things the party have done in recent years have annoyed him, The trip to the white house a prime example. But he says he sees no alternative to SF in putting it up to FF FG,
What trip to the White House? The bould Gerry was making regular trips there since the 90s. Was Uncle Sam so much of a paragon of virtue on World matters back then that it was deemed ok to travel and extended the hand of friendship? Did Gerry pull the Pres on US involvement in the Mid-East? On Cuba?
 
What trip to the White House? The bould Gerry was making regular trips there since the 90s. Was Uncle Sam so much of a paragon of virtue on World matters back then that it was deemed ok to travel and extended the hand of friendship? Did Gerry pull the Pres on US involvement in the Mid-East? On Cuba?
Don't think she went to White House but was under pressure to cancel Paddy's day engagements in USA following Israel's slaughter in Gaza and US support for it.
She was further criticised as her language in USA re situation in Gaza was very much toned down from the vitriol she was directing at Israel in dail speeches.

Gerry's trips were seen in context of peace deal whereas Marylou's are unashamedly about filling SF coffers with $$$ form US donors (hence the coyness about criticising Israel too forcibly).
 
What trip to the White House? The bould Gerry was making regular trips there since the 90s. Was Uncle Sam so much of a paragon of virtue on World matters back then that it was deemed ok to travel and extended the hand of friendship? Did Gerry pull the Pres on US involvement in the Mid-East? On Cuba?
The trip this year was particularly divisive among the SF membership based on the Situation in Gaza,
 
Don't think she went to White House but was under pressure to cancel Paddy's day engagements in USA following Israel's slaughter in Gaza and US support for i As I said earlier, when were the US ever not engaged in activities that warrant a boycott?.
She was further criticised as her language in USA re situation in Gaza was very much toned down from the vitriol she was directing at Israel in dail speeches.
That's politics in the mainstream world I guess.
Gerry's trips were seen in context of peace deal whereas Marylou's are unashamedly about filling SF coffers with $$$ form US donors (hence the coyness about criticising Israel too forcibly).
Mary Lou's trips to the US are about keeping SF relevant in the Irish question. The subsequent financial windfall for the party is the same(maybe even less) as it was for Gerry
 
Up to a couple of years ago SF held all the cards when it came to attracting voters, Housing, Health, cost of living were all high on their priorities
and they were seen as the answer as the 2020 GE results showed, But ironically the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a domino effect,
SF would have been pro Russia but the invasion has wreaked havoc with SF, Previous guaranteed voters suddenly became angry with SF and have moved elsewhere, It has also became noticeable lately the SF clamour for a BP has died down ,
Their love in with Vlad didn’t bode well and the new Patriots are all Vatican 1 holy joe, Jew lovers though I doubt any of them have seen the inside of a church since their confirmation..The new Patriots were like the miracle of the loaves and fishes and parting of the Red Sea rolled into one and manna from Heaven for FFFG….
 
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