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term='PSNI'/><category term='Orange Marches'/><category term='Jay Leno'/><category term='Jimmy Duffy'/><category term='Bobby Sands'/><category term='Finn Geaney'/><category term='Brian Arthurs'/><category term='Frank Hegarty'/><category term='Prison'/><category term='Karl Marx'/><category term='RNU'/><category term='Sarah Palin'/><title type='text'>Comments on The Pensive Quill: Might Sinn Fein Merge With Labour?</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepensivequill.am/feeds/1956114499019761426/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html'/><author><name>AM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__RtQMk1SpuA/SftzLNVldVI/AAAAAAAAAP8/JWqOOxbzSEA/S220/AnthonyCol.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6671349646893491707</id><published>2009-09-04T23:29:57.740+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T23:29:57.740+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Stephen.....Good post enjoyable but at a quick gla...</title><summary type='text'>Stephen.....Good post enjoyable but at a quick glance at the comments wow what was that Stephen Labour would not prioritise reunification unlike Sinn Fein, what planet is you on boy, dont see Labour ruling a part of Ireland with the might of british powers, maybe I am missing something but what has implementing british rule got to do with the unification of Ireland please let me know ?????</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/6671349646893491707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/6671349646893491707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html?showComment=1252103397740#c6671349646893491707' title=''/><author><name>Interested</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18135991575816455805</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to 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Sorry, i didn&amp;#39;t read the artlice very car...</title><summary type='text'>AM,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry, i didn&amp;#39;t read the artlice very carefully,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rory</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/8344592724868180007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/8344592724868180007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html?showComment=1252054279812#c8344592724868180007' title=''/><author><name>Urban_Underclass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14595539222261952264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-jX1dIqJsmw/SnoWMDlMM2I/AAAAAAAAAMI/LTq1o2487cw/S220/0511-0906-1405-3828_Dog_Howling_at_the_Full_Moon_clipart_image.png'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1956114499019761426' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/posts/default/1956114499019761426' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1125734918'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-675582239152985255</id><published>2009-09-03T20:38:20.669+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T20:38:20.669+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Urban Underclass, it was not my article

Anthony</title><summary type='text'>Urban Underclass, it was not my article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anthony</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/675582239152985255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/675582239152985255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html?showComment=1252006700669#c675582239152985255' title=''/><author><name>AM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__RtQMk1SpuA/SftzLNVldVI/AAAAAAAAAP8/JWqOOxbzSEA/S220/AnthonyCol.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1956114499019761426' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/posts/default/1956114499019761426' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-875143453'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2640868411224526511</id><published>2009-09-03T16:47:45.723+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T16:47:45.723+01:00</updated><title type='text'>There is no left wing politics. All that died with...</title><summary type='text'>There is no left wing politics. All that died with the miners and house ownership a long long time ago. I do get the feeling that &amp;#39;the lefties&amp;#39; that still exist on the periphery seem to maintain the capacity for factionalising and nit-picking. Dear oh dear.&lt;br /&gt;     Also, wonderfulforyourage-I believe SF wouldn&amp;#39;t even blink at the prospect of being left wing [supposedly] South of the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/2640868411224526511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/2640868411224526511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html?showComment=1251992865723#c2640868411224526511' title=''/><author><name>larry hughes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to 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href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/5881944139001203670'/><author><name>Wonderfulformyage</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03408574437205184474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1956114499019761426' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/posts/default/1956114499019761426' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2122488297'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3356602023807644174</id><published>2009-09-03T03:41:38.044+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T03:41:38.044+01:00</updated><title type='text'>i agree they should work closer together on areas ...</title><summary type='text'>i agree they should work closer together on areas they agree on but calling on them to merge,  labour would not prioritise reunification to the same degree SF do.  labour have been avoiding and kicking for touch moves with in the lsbour movement to organise the party in NI, the only logic reson because as you say,  they feel the north is settled to get over involved could be to open a can of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/3356602023807644174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/3356602023807644174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html?showComment=1251945698044#c3356602023807644174' title=''/><author><name>stephen kelly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12997653973322772606</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1956114499019761426' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/posts/default/1956114499019761426' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty 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I couldn&amp;#39;t read your whole arti...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry Antony, &lt;br /&gt;I couldn&amp;#39;t read your whole article. Sinn Fein should go merge with Youth Defense, if they want political bedfellows.&lt;br /&gt;Labour should remember where they came from. Labor is, just as much as SF in limbo. People are looking for real left wing politics.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/8415765046691326107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/1956114499019761426/comments/default/8415765046691326107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html?showComment=1251942551688#c8415765046691326107' title=''/><author><name>Urban_Underclass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14595539222261952264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-jX1dIqJsmw/SnoWMDlMM2I/AAAAAAAAAMI/LTq1o2487cw/S220/0511-0906-1405-3828_Dog_Howling_at_the_Full_Moon_clipart_image.png'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://thepensivequill.am/2009/09/might-sinn-fein-merge-with-labour.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1956114499019761426' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4807238897188927967/posts/default/1956114499019761426' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1125734918'/></entry></feed>
