political wing of the ira, so that is ultimately what sinn fein is about, however it also recognizes that at the moment, there is not a huge mandate for irish unity on either side of the border, in the north or the south and in this campaign, they ran on a kitchen table agenda, they ran on jobs, the cost of living, they ran on better health care, they said almost nothing about the irish unity. and one of the big questions is, now that they ve emerged as the largest party, will they in fact, revert to the nationalist agenda for a border poll. a border poll would be a referendum that would be held on both sides of the border to determine if the majority of people want to unify the north and the south. the british government is ultimately the one that has to schedule a referendum in the north. there will be a lot of resistance to that. and in fact, british officials have already been on television saying now is not the time to