Defeat for SP in ‘07, but where is the internal debate?

national | politics / elections | other press Monday August 13, 2007 10:33 by Cedar - Cedar Lounge Revolution

In the aftermath of the setback for the broad left in the May 2007 elections there has been a substantial focus in both establishment and alternative media about the implications for Sinn Féin and, to a slightly lesser extent, the Labour party.

Yet it is perhaps the Socialist Party that suffered the most.......

In the aftermath of the setback for the broad left in the May 2007 elections there has been a substantial focus in both establishment and alternative media about the implications for Sinn Féin and, to a slightly lesser extent, the Labour party.

Yet it is perhaps the Socialist Party that suffered the most in losing Joe Higgins' seat in Dublin West and failing to make the anticipated breakthrough in Dublin North.

Over on the Cedar Lounge is an analysis of the implications of the election results for the SP in the context of a year that started for them with so much promise on both sides of the border and has left them substantially weakened. But there seems little evidence of the internal debates that have convulsed Labour and Sinn Féin with analyses that have appeared in The Socialist preferring to focus on legitimate grievances over the need for boundary changes and the failure of others to create the proper conditions for the SP's growth.

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