Sinn Féin and the activist help

Welcome to the sometimes menacing world of Sinn Fein "activists".

When you think of election workers what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Folks stuffing election literature through letterboxes, Lads hanging posters and canvassing the public on behalf of their chosen candidate. Mostly you think Jesus could these lads not go off and get a life. Go for a pint, watch a match, or as one fella shouted at a politician I was with at the time, “can ya not get the ride”.

Say what you want about Sinn Féin, so I will. They have some hardcore criminals within their “activist” ranks. Many would claim some have even managed to get elected over the years. Every party has their fair share of crackpots, windbags, fraudsters, moonbats and space monkeys. But some Sinn Féin activists have been British spies, murderers, drug dealers, rapists, lads that assault old age pensioners and fellas that do violent robberies as their side hustle. For the most part, Sinn Féin supporters are ok with this, but the weird thing is that they expect everyone else to be okay with th…