AN OPPOSITION FOR THE PEOPLE BY MARY LOU McDONALD
A little over four weeks ago, I said that Sinn Féin would be the most effective opposition in the history of the state. An opposition for the people. This was not a slogan. It was a statement of our intention to champion the demand for real change that defined the General Election in February. I spoke those words also in recognition of the fact those who entrusted us with their votes have a clear expectation of Sinn Féin. They want us to robustly and vigorously take on this government. They know the Coalition is a marriage of convenience, cobbled together to deny change and to exclude from power
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the voices of a large and ever-growing section of the Irish people who believe that a fair and equal Ireland is possible. They certainly want much better than what is contained in the vague, unambitious, and ultimately hollow Programme for Government agreed by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and the Green Party. After a decade lost to disastrous austerity, cuts, and bad economic policy, workers and families need the work of the 33rd Dáil to be shaped and guided by the issues that really matter - housing, healthcare, childcare, a fair recovery, Irish Unity, and climate action.
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