Quote from: lawnseed on May 08, 2011, 12:49:16 AMWhat are your achievements then and we'll compare them with Mallon's?Quote from: armaghniac on May 08, 2011, 12:45:07 AMbut for the tactical voting of unionists around markethill mallon wouldnt have lasted near as long as he did i'm open to hear what his great achievements were i cant think of one
It is also perfectly credible to believe that the SDLP are more effective nationalists than the rather crass carry on of Sinn Féin, who are not typical of the Irish people generally. Softly softly catchee monkey and all that.
One of the notable things about the recent election count were media interviews by Marty and Jeffrey Donaldson that could have been taken from John Hume's speeches, with talk of "working together for the shared future of our people". I am not sure that the modern SDLP has people quite of the calibre of Hume and Mallon, who did a real service to the people of Ireland.
I can think of 1: Mallon could master primary school spelling and punctuation.
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