Labour should look left for its new partners

I’M disappointed that the Labour Party appears to be ruling out co-operation with Sinn Féin on Dublin city council.

Labour Cllr Dermot Lacey says he has “a real difficulty in knowing what Sinn Féin stands for.”

If he took the trouble to read Sinn Féin’s manifesto, he would quickly find out exactly what SF stands for. Indeed he may sense déjà vu as Labour, when it was more radical, used to promote similar, albeit weaker, policies based on the principle of equality. They include: