Sinn Fein's strange bedfellows

[NotDevsSon]

One of the more odd things about Sinn Fein these days is the people it associates with.

Today in the European parliament Mary Lou's main support during a debate on the Lisbon Reform Treaty was UKIP, the anti-EU right wing party made up of ex-Tories. Their MPs were bedecked in union jacks during her speech. Afterwards they were the ones who supported her. (She was followed by the UKIP leader.) Another notable supporter in the European Parliament was ex-DUP man and now independent MEP Jim McAllister. Strange times indeed.

[mmclo]

And of course...

Gabriele ZIMMER

Studied at Karl Marx University, Leipzig; graduated in translation and interpreting (1977). Worked in Suhl motor vehicle and rifle factory (1977-1985). Editor and SED Party Management Assistant at Suhl motor vehicle and rifle factory (1986-1989).

Francis WURTZ

Secretariat of the Bas-Rhin Communist Party Federation (1973). Worked in the Communist Party Secretariat (1976). Member of the Communist Party national leadership (since 1979).

Georgios TOUSSAS

Member of the central committee of the Greek Communist Party. Chairman of the Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marine Engineers (1997). Member of the Executive Committee of the Panhellenic Marine Federation.

Marco RIZZO

Member of the provincial party executive of the PCI in Turin (1986-1991); founder and coordinator of the National Secretariat of the Refounded Communist Party (1995-1998); founder and coordinator of national secretariat of the Parliamentary Group of Italian Communists (1998-2004).

Vladimír REMEK

Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, Master's degree (Military Aviation Academy, 1976). Military pilot (1970-1995). Cosmonaut (1978) Hero of the USSR.

Vincenzo AITA

Member of the Provincial Secretariat of the Italian Communist Party (1976-1980). Member of the Central Committee of the Italian Communist Party (1975-1983).

Věra FLASAROVÁ

Ostrava Mining Institute. Higher Party School, Moscow (1987-1989). Economist (1977-1982). Secretary (1982-1985).
Employee at a town committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1985-1986). Secretary of a town committee of KSČM (Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia) (1989-1994). Instructor at the central committee of KSČM (1994-2004).

etc. etc.

[Just Us]

And of course...

Gabriele ZIMMER

Studied at Karl Marx University, Leipzig; graduated in translation and interpreting (1977). Worked in Suhl motor vehicle and rifle factory (1977-1985). Editor and SED Party Management Assistant at Suhl motor vehicle and rifle factory (1986-1989).

Francis WURTZ

Secretariat of the Bas-Rhin Communist Party Federation (1973). Worked in the Communist Party Secretariat (1976). Member of the Communist Party national leadership (since 1979).

Georgios TOUSSAS

Member of the central committee of the Greek Communist Party. Chairman of the Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marine Engineers (1997). Member of the Executive Committee of the Panhellenic Marine Federation.

Marco RIZZO

Member of the provincial party executive of the PCI in Turin (1986-1991); founder and coordinator of the National Secretariat of the Refounded Communist Party (1995-1998); founder and coordinator of national secretariat of the Parliamentary Group of Italian Communists (1998-2004).

Vladimír REMEK

Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, Master's degree (Military Aviation Academy, 1976). Military pilot (1970-1995). Cosmonaut (1978) Hero of the USSR.

Vincenzo AITA

Member of the Provincial Secretariat of the Italian Communist Party (1976-1980). Member of the Central Committee of the Italian Communist Party (1975-1983).

Věra FLASAROVÁ

Ostrava Mining Institute. Higher Party School, Moscow (1987-1989). Economist (1977-1982). Secretary (1982-1985).
Employee at a town committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1985-1986). Secretary of a town committee of KSČM (Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia) (1989-1994). Instructor at the central committee of KSČM (1994-2004).

etc. etc.

Oh those nasty reds under the bed! That oul' McCarthyist ************************e belongs in the 1950s (with John Charles McQuade).

[bogtrotter]

And of course...

Gabriele ZIMMER

Studied at Karl Marx University, Leipzig; graduated in translation and interpreting (1977). Worked in Suhl motor vehicle and rifle factory (1977-1985). Editor and SED Party Management Assistant at Suhl motor vehicle and rifle factory (1986-1989).

Francis WURTZ

Secretariat of the Bas-Rhin Communist Party Federation (1973). Worked in the Communist Party Secretariat (1976). Member of the Communist Party national leadership (since 1979).

Georgios TOUSSAS

Member of the central committee of the Greek Communist Party. Chairman of the Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marine Engineers (1997). Member of the Executive Committee of the Panhellenic Marine Federation.

Marco RIZZO

Member of the provincial party executive of the PCI in Turin (1986-1991); founder and coordinator of the National Secretariat of the Refounded Communist Party (1995-1998); founder and coordinator of national secretariat of the Parliamentary Group of Italian Communists (1998-2004).

Vladimír REMEK

Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, Master's degree (Military Aviation Academy, 1976). Military pilot (1970-1995). Cosmonaut (1978) Hero of the USSR.

Vincenzo AITA

Member of the Provincial Secretariat of the Italian Communist Party (1976-1980). Member of the Central Committee of the Italian Communist Party (1975-1983).

Věra FLASAROVÁ

Ostrava Mining Institute. Higher Party School, Moscow (1987-1989). Economist (1977-1982). Secretary (1982-1985).
Employee at a town committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1985-1986). Secretary of a town committee of KSČM (Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia) (1989-1994). Instructor at the central committee of KSČM (1994-2004).

etc. etc.

Oh those nasty reds under the bed! That oul' McCarthyist ************************e belongs in the 1950s (with John Charles McQuade).

:
lol:

[Setanta32]

Perhaps as a party, we put what we view is best for people before who else shares the same view..

[infamous-el-guapo]

Perhaps as a party, we put what we view is best for people before who else shares the same view..

like the people themselves?

[Just Us]

Perhaps as a party, we put what we view is best for people before who else shares the same view..

like the people themselves?

Yea, that's why more vote SDLP . . . Oh wait

[ibis]

One of the more odd things about Sinn Fein these days is the people it associates with.

Today in the European parliament Mary Lou's main support during a debate on the Lisbon Reform Treaty was UKIP, the anti-EU right wing party made up of ex-Tories. Their MPs were bedecked in union jacks during her speech. Afterwards they were the ones who supported her. (She was followed by the UKIP leader.) Another notable supporter in the European Parliament was ex-DUP man and now independent MEP Jim McAllister. Strange times indeed.

They also have the support of the US Lyndon Larouche Political Action Committee (very respectable looking website). I strongly recommend reading the full article, but this should give you some of the flavour of their feelings on Lisbon:

"The failed first draft of the London-sponsored Lisbon treaty used to design this fascist coup effort, was launched on the impetus from the same Prime Minister Tony Blair who orchestrated the fraudulent launching of the presently still ongoing war in Southwest Asia. That is to emphasize that the original draft of the Lisbon Treaty was launched before August 2007, before the clearly visible eruption of a presently hurtling, general, global financial breakdown-crisis, which is now sending the world as a whole in the direction of a near-term collapse into a global new dark age.

This present, new, far more savage Lisbon draft, which embodies changes which were being kept as secret as possible until the most recent weeks, if it is rammed through successfully as treaty-law between now and April-May, would immediately establish a fascist international dictatorship over all western and central Europe, a dictatorship based on the same evil purposes as the alliance around the Presidential ambitions of Mayor Bloomberg, and Bloomberg's pro-fascist (e.g., "public private partnership," corporatist swindle) alliance with Governor Schwarzenegger, George Shultz, and fascist Felix Rohatyn, et al., in the U.S.A.

Ignore foolish, or lying babblers like Representative Barney Frank, or Felix Rohatyn's captive dummy, Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Our republic's lawful existence is in immediate threat of destruction under the influence of the enemy foreign power centered in the role of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his followers. Defend our republic against that enemy, while you still can. "

The Yanks. They're madder than you.

[rockofcashel]

One of the more odd things about Sinn Fein these days is the people it associates with.

Today in the European parliament Mary Lou's main support during a debate on the Lisbon Reform Treaty was UKIP, the anti-EU right wing party made up of ex-Tories. Their MPs were bedecked in union jacks during her speech. Afterwards they were the ones who supported her. (She was followed by the UKIP leader.) Another notable supporter in the European Parliament was ex-DUP man and now independent MEP Jim McAllister. Strange times indeed.

Are you going to start that stupid codology as well ?

Is this going to be the best the Yes side can come up with as far as scaremongering people to vote for the Lisbon Treaty goes ?

Will you ever cop on...

Guess what.. Hitler banned smoking in public places.. does that make Micheal Martin a neo-Nazi


I expected better from you NDS.. Apparatchik already tried that stupid linkage earlier in the week

[CookieMonster]

I think it shows a level of political maturity from SF that I didn't expect to see so soon.