Killian Forde confirms to Politics.ie that he has resigned from Sinn Fein

[Catalpa]

Killian would be a big loss to Sinn Féin. There are a lot of unhappy people in Sinn Féin, including elected representatives. The party is in serious serious trouble.

Been saying for years that SF were a spent force down here...

They moved away from their Irish Republican Working Class base

- and courted liberal trendy Internationalists instead

Result: FAILURE

Smilie is cus I told em so - on this very Site!

[David Cochrane]

Yes KF has gone it has been on the cards for a while as he has been offered the chance to stand for FG or Lab in the next GE.It certainly is a blow to SF in the capital but this has been the elephant in the room for his colleagues for quite a while and at least now the elepant is out.

I'd heard there were discussions with both Labour and Fine Gael too.

This might sound like an odd defection by a Shinner, but Killian is a strong candidate, who would easily attract a wide electorate outside of his current votebase (those who voted for him in June in the locals)

[turdsl]

I think Fordes vote was down anyway the last time,

[MickFealty]

This is the least of SF;s worries this weekend if rumors doing the rounds about a story going to appear in the one of the Sundays is to be believed

That may end up spiked for the Robinson story... Though it hasn't gone away you know...

[mutley]

indeed, you have to wonder why a supposedly "party of the left" is doing so poorly in the current climate, really serves to highlight how out of touch with their potential support base and many of their members they are....

I was wondering that to, even the BNP were able to make capital out of the dissaffected in the UK, but Sinn Fein can't get any conversions
Why have Sinn Fein got such a bad image problem, and why are these guys resigning? is it because they realise Sinn Fein are going nowhere or because of the Liam revelations or a mixture of both?

[edifice.]

Can we expect the smear campaign anytime soon?

[codology]

Can we expect the smear campaign anytime soon?

I heard he was shagging Peter Robinson.

[factual]

Is this a sign that SF are imploding in the Capital. There was great disappointment after ML failed to get the Euro seat. Any chance of a move against Gerry?

Remember that Mary Lou's seat was effectively taken away because the number of representatives from Dublin was cut from 4 to 3 so it was never expected realistically that Mary Lou was going to keep it without a major swing towards SF.

[David Cochrane]

I see there's a few attempts at humour, and I don't want to say they're not appreciated or anything, but ye know...........

[David Cochrane]

That may end up spiked for the Robinson story...

Mick, we're trying to say on topic here and discuss Killian's (so far unconfirmed) resignation from the party.