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Thu 06 Jun 2007Left has to aim higher than simply propping up FG or FFThe left should reappraise the strategy of coalition with the two big parties, writes Richard Boyd BarrettThe results of the election should prompt a major rethink by the political left in this country. By any standards, the vote for the left was very disappointing.