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Thu 07 Jul 2009Time for SF to reassess as activists walk away
IT MAY be an illusion, but does summer make discontent boil over in the lower ranks of politics? Local councillors seem to draft resignations as they dig out the swimming costumes: done with that, shake off dust, let the rest wait for the new school term, writes FIONNUALA O’CONNOR
Sinn Féin is not the only party with malcontents, but has taken most hits, North and South, and may have the most thorough-going questions to consider. It might of course make sense for unionist parties to re-examine unionism, but that looks like a task for another generation. Ulster Unionists, the DUP and even the infant Traditional Unionist Voice have all lost councillors.
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