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Pure Bulldog ;-)

Please use the good Friday agreement as a bridge to help you get over your troubles.

Great news to wake up to…. Now if only the people in Meath east can do the same and vote Darren O Rourke in !

Yes i agree little jim we must go forward,but time to oust all old republicans and loyalists out of politics and let decent people with no form represent decent people

Robert you are an informer….Do you like my bit of mud throwing?

@robert
Thats the whole point – they AREN’T sitting in Westminster.

The only losers in the election campaign are the people of mid-Ulster as their views will not be represented in the very forum that can change and improve their lot.

I presume he will happily take the salary though and contribute some to his party too ?

little red thumb boy …..
Is someone feeling a little begrudgery today? Given that the electorate had many candidates to chose from, and that they overwhelmingly gave their vote to SF speaks volumes in itself. Its not like the electorate is being hoodwinked. They want abstentionism.
Why not ask the question, why does the electorate want abstentionist MPs?

Robert, he’s unlikely to be doing any sitting in Westminster. Abstention, lad.

@cathal
I wouldn’t say begrudgery, its more disappointment.
I suppose though that we get the politicians we deserve so if thats who was voted in thats fair enough.
Its just a pity that the opportunity has been lost.
As to why the people who voted for him chose an abstentionist candidate, I can only conclude that they reverted to type and automatically voted for what they felt was the so-called ‘Nationalist’ or ‘Republican’ candidate without really thinking about what he would actually be able to achieve for them.
In other words they were making a political statement rather than thinking about who would be the best representative for their area.

Little Red Thumb Boy:
“without really thinking about what he would actually be able to achieve for them.
In other words they were making a political statement rather than thinking about who would be the best representative for their area.”

Now, i understand the purpose of a protest vote … as a one off protest statement…
But how many years have the people voted for the abstentionist party?
The answer speaks clearly enough IMO, that this is not a protest vote. The Nationalists had a choice of SDLP or SF. One party is abstentionist and the other is not. Time and again, the people vote for the abstentionist party.
Dont be disappointed for the constituency. If SF had won by a very small margin, then fair enough, you could claim to be disappointed. But it was a huge margin… so, again, why do you think that is? And why be diapposinted for a constitiuency that are clearly happy with the party they vote in, time and again with huge margins?

LRTB, the people of Mid-Ulster have representation in the form of MLA’s to the NI Assembly which is much more suited to their needs than a foreign Parliament. What good could a handful of SF Mp’s (4) do in the House of Commons against 303 Conservatives and 8 DUP MP’s? The SF MP’s all have offices in the HoC’s and still carry out their work on behalf of their constituents. The only difference is that they don’t waste their time in a talking shop occupied by a bunch of rowdy heads who couldn’t find mid-Ulster on a map even if you pointed to it.

@Cathal

The Sinn Fein candidate got (approx)17.5k votes out of a total electorate of (approx) 75k so theres a lot more people who didn’t vote for him than did.
Thats democracy though and I respect that.

Out of a field of 4 candidates, the SF got over 48% of the vote … why do you think that is?

LRTB, that’s a nice spin on the figures but you forgot to mention that the turnout was 55% so the total number of people voting was in fact 37,208 and not 75,000 as you claim.. This gave Molloy 46.9% of the vote. If the other 45% of people couldn’t be arsed to go out and vote then that’s their tough luck! No vote, No Voice.

@ little red thumb boy;
i think that the people who voted for Francie Molloy don’t give allegience to the Queen of England, either
no more than Francie Molloy, or myself,
or ‘little red thumb boy’ ??

Comhghairdeachas, Francie.

Desmond, if you have a problem with ‘politics as usual’ why aren’t you calling for the heads of your party, eamonn gilmore and pat rabitte, to resign for lying their way into power and then reneging on their promises?

Meanwhile in Meath East, seat passes from father to daughter.

Desmond supports the Labour party…..ha ha ha……I voted Labour for many years….only a gullible fool would support them now!

Desmond your surname kinda speaks for itself with comments like such. Well Done Francie.

@ Desmond O’Toole:
unfortunately, as you state, the borders of the Six County state were drawn up on the basis of a secterian headcount, so that there would be a c. 60/40 Unionist/Nationalist ratio within the state.
the problem isn’t yesterday’s election
it’s NI.

I heard you were an informer.
Anyway sign up to the GFA and move on.

Move on to what? This summers impending marching season and the heightened tensions? Or next years? Or the year after that?

Have you forgotten what is was like.
We can never return to that.

Do you ignore what it is like now? Being safe and sound in Mexico

@ Patrick Lyons:
i’m not concerned about the result, at all, at all.
on the contrary – unlike you – i’m very happy abput it
& as a matter of fact, like you, i take an interest in current affairs in all of the 32 counties of our country.

Comhghairdeachsa, Francie Molloy, agus Sinn Féin.

“our republic”-you do not represent me, quiet frankly I’m embarrassed and ashamed by some of your comments on the various threads

Pay no attention to Patrick. He’s a rare breed – a Unionist from the south. Any electoral success by an Irish nationalist party makes him go red in the face.

Very true Séan. We are all different.