What's SF so afraid of here?

It's kinda ironic, given the history, that when it comes to playing politics, Sinn Fein can be a bit gun-shy.

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They made a bit of a hames of the last two general elections, not trusting their own level of support in 2020 (they got the most first preference votes but didn't run enough candidates) and then seizing defeat from the jaws of victory last year when a big lead in the polls dwindled away due to poor decisions, bad messaging and (what fe