pooka, paisley has done nothing for N.I. except offer despair and a source of reasons why the two communities hate each other.

On the face of it SF is playing the democratic game,I for one thought that we were making progress when the power sharing started, over 30 years too late if you ask me.

But in behind scenes the spying and undermining of security is not in the remit of those who say they want to represent all the communities. I was genuinely saddened when the raids came about as it tells me that, I as a person who will accept a democratically voted for united Ireland will not have representatives in government that will instill in me any form of confidence.

It's naive to believe such spying was going on without SF knowledge, I'm not saying this from an anti SF perspective, given the nature of the organisation it sends shivers throughout N.I. and people have to ask are we being fooled.

As for the increase in elections, SF has no problem with poaching the odd vote or two, which has been admitted to in the past, some of their elections in the Republic has also been questioned.