Sinn Fein and McDonald’s bizarre handling of the O’Neill-O’Dowd election will have done nothing to enhance the party’s poll ratings

Once upon a time Sinn Fein as a political party were masters in the art of public relations.
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Letter to the editor

Since the inception of Mary Lou McDonald as leader that is no longer a valid description.

With a general election in the offing and in her position as president of Sinn Fein it beggars belief that she could stand in front of a television camera with her retinue including newly elected vice president Michelle O’Neill, and when confronted with a reasonable question about the election result between Michelle O’ Neill and John O’ Dowd, she resolutely and peevishly refused to reveal any statistics regarding the outcome.

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But hey presto! Within hours when her Duke of York moment had passed she changed her mind, or more likely had it changed for her and all was revealed.

In a recent Behaviour and Attitudes poll carried out by a prominent newspaper Mary Lou McDonald had fallen seven points to 32% in the satisfaction ratings.

The bizarre handling by her and her party of the O’Neill, O’Dowd election will have done nothing to enhance that rating.

Wilson Burgess, Londonderry