Post Election '07 Eirig and Dublin PSF

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Saturday May 26, 2007 17:14

by CTN

Now that the Adams/McGuinness axis have crashed publicly at the election, their strategic incompetence and general political disconnection have been exposed to all especially the potential republican left activist base here in Dublin, with many seeing for the first time how out of touch these guys are.

The last few years have seen a mass exodus from the provisional movement in Dublin and beyond as the Adams /McGuinness axis forced undesirables down peoples throats- ie. Dennis Donaldson & the many wideboys throughout the city who were eventually expelled after a decade of terror and corruption.

(Some of these characters have had to contribute to the criminal assets bureau- I am not making a slanderous claim as these facts are on record).

Now that the Adams/McGuinness axis have crashed publicly at the election, their strategic incompetence and general political disconnection have been exposed to all especially the potential republican left activist base here in Dublin, with many seeing for the first time how out of touch these guys are.

On current figures the provo electoral market is vulnerable as they face the loss both of councilors- & their (defeated Dail candidate Mary Lou) MEP who now carryies the baggage of being part of a party losing a TD, members and votes, trapped in a partitionist settlement- bereft both of the necessary membership numbers and strategy to progress national re-unification.

I feel that Eirigi will now begin to recruit ex and currently disillusioned shinners to their ranks as well as new members with no previous political baggage.

These factors combined with the lack of radicalism within the greying provo machine and the energy of Eirigi could result in a new balance of power within Dublin as Eirigi led by honest, young radicals replace provo representatives led by the aging A/McG axis by further defections and elections...