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

[KingKane]

Why in gods name would he go to FG ??

We're a broad church.

[disgruntledcitizen]

We're a broad church.

aye, but surely there must be some level of standard's ?

[KingKane]

Labour missed out in Donaghmede on a second seat by 150 votes, already had one of their highest vote amounts there - 35%. If Sean Kenny had have split his vote there a bit more the seat could have been secured.

Forde would be a great addition but probably not essential. If he was to join labour and to run in the general for labour it would be with Tommy Broughan in DNE. But there are other potential labour candidates there including Cian O Callaghan (in Howth-Malahide) and possibly Brian McDowell who missed out in locals in Donaghmede. O'Callaghan would be a better fit geographically.

What needs to be kept in mind is the 3 north city 3 seaters are not long for this electoral world. A 4 and 5 seater or two 4s with some areas moved back to Dublin north are likely come the next revision.

[mmrebel]

I think this is just a one off, idiosyncratic, departure, not part of a wider phenomenon.

There has been a number of high profile departures in cork of former candidates

[SevenStars]

This is a hard blow for SF the successful strategy they have up north ain't working down south. So they need to think again.

Their "sucessful stratergy" in the six counties is based on the politics of sectarian headcount and who gets what resources...Which isnt going to be very sucessful in bringing about the Republic.

The question is...What do Sinn Fein stand for? Economnically they moved a lot to the right (the realities of goverment and all that...) which is obviously going to go against them in the 26 counties where appealing to voters on sectarian grounds isnt going to work...Hence Joe Higgins beating Mary Lou.

[liamfoley]

Can anyone help me with a question.
Who are the people in the politburo? The people who ordered Forde and the other SF members of the council to vote against the budget. Have any any of them been elected to office?

[mmrebel]

Can anyone help me with a question.
Who are the people in the politburo? The people who ordered Forde and the other SF members of the council to vote against the budget. Have any any of them been elected to office?

Id imagine Mary Lou is the head honcho in Dublin

[hiding behind a poster]

Id imagine Mary Lou is the head honcho in Dublin

Can't imagine why, though.

[mmrebel]

Can't imagine why, though.

Neither could i she is not elected to anything,she is a political failure can you imagine a non elected rep of FG telling local councilors how to vote

[Keith-M]

I said it few years ago and everything that has happened since has proven it. There is a glass ceiling for "left of Labour" parties. Sinn Fein are simply going the same way as Democratic Left, The Workers Party, CnaP and National Labour. The only question is whether in the longer term they merge into Labour or if they stay as a separate entitity and become a micro-party.

SF's vote is collapsing in Dublin and they are losing elected representatives. The next General Election is key. If they cannot get at least two seats in Dublin, with the swing against the government, then it's only a matter of time before they fade away.