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Lots of counting still going on in Dublin...#ge2020
In Dublin Bay North, for example, we’re on the eighth count, with only one TD of five elected.
Just spoke to PBP’s Conor Reddy. 24 year old housing activist looking likely he’ll be elected. Urges SF to keep out or govt this time. Says if the left can force FG/FF into coalition, they can destroy them and have a full left wing govt next time. This is the conundrum SF faces.
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What happens now with #ge2020 and the next Irish govt? (Thread)

Reminder: this is big stuff.

Neither Irish politics, NI politics nor Anglo-Irish politics has had to deal with Sinn Féin so powerful across the island of Ireland before. Nor has Ireland voted left before.
Won’t go into all the details as to why this happened, have done so already, if you missed it, here is my take on that here.

In short, FF/FG, in their own respective ways, completely misjudged the public mood. SF got it completely right.
It’s vulgar but this has been a common refrain doing the rounds among voters about the difference between and antics of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil (via @Limerick_Leader).
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Just interviewed @MaryLouMcDonald.

Lots to say:

-She should become Taoiseach as she won.
-if she does she will start preparing for a border poll straight away and ask @BorisJohnson to do same.
-says she wants EU to shift policy to favour Irish unification (a la Germany/Cyprus).
Mary Lou McDonald tells me she sees the election result as an endorsement of their message on public services but about “an end to partition” too. #ge2020
McDonald also told me she hasn’t had any contact from FF or FG. Confirms she still wants a govt without either in it. Says it’s “the utmost hypocrisy” that their position has been they won’t work with SF, given they insist on others doing so in NI. #ge2020
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Confirmed: Sinn Féin have come first in the popular vote on first preferences.

First time a left of centre party has “won” an Irish election. First either FF or FG hasn’t come first for virtually the entire history of the Irish state. #GE2020
To those appearing on my timeline saying this is down to Brexit and will hasten demise of the union.

Yes and no...

This was not a vote about Brexit. It was barely an issue in #ge2020.

That said, clearly a Dail/govt/Irish politics with SF as a major player will change things.
It is also probably not a complete coincidence that SF has experienced a profound surge just after a period where Anglo-Irish relations (and power dynamics) have once again been a dominant theme of Irish discourse and political life.

That said, it’s not the major driving factor.
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