Soc Dems
“We historically have not had large numbers of people coming here.”
If Sinn Fein really wants to start winning back votes, it should be advocating that the next ten thousand migrants are welcome – so long as they are accommodated in places like Sachs Hotel. And Dalkey. And Foxrock. And Ballsbridge.
Legal rights comparable to people
“Equality” vs. “Equity”.
‘An attack on my faith’
“I certainly welcome the introduction of hate speech legislation into Ireland.”
Social Democrats MEP candidate for Dublin, Sinéad Gibney, says she would “absolutely support” hate speech laws, and all laws like it “at a European level” if elected.
There is protest, there is symbolism, and then there is childish student union politics without thought to diplomacy. Not the for the first time, from Holly Cairns, this only fits one of those categories.
A year ago, there was an opportunity to offer the electorate something really different. Instead, the choice has been made to offer the electorate some empty rhetoric.
Catherine Murphy, the former co-leader of the Social Democrats, previously said that Irish people had “white privilege,” even during periods of historical oppression. Ben Scallan asked the current leader, Holly Cairns, if this is still the party’s position.
Which way Sinn Fein jumps will tell us a lot about the party, and it will also tell us a lot about what it’s hearing on the doorsteps.
An explanation required.