Thinking ahead.
You don’t need to be a political genius to work out that “Rhasidat Adeleke isn’t Irish” is not exactly a political slogan likely to attract the masses.
“But (eliminated candidate) is really nice. Can we not ask him for more?”
Yet such an event would immediately shift the political ground rightward in Ireland by several degrees, and be a much better situation than that which faces those of us frustrated by the lie of the political land as it stands.
There will always be those who put their names on a ballot paper out of ego, or spite, or a delusional belief that they can win simply by so doing.
Daly’s close associate and colleague, Mick Wallace, is also in a dogfight to hold his seat in the Ireland South constituency, where counting is at a much less advanced stage
For the remaining right wing candidates, the story of the count is the split vote.
Natural justice should presume that the voter was trying to cast a vote, not that the voter was trying to spoil their vote
It is difficult – but by no means impossible – to see such a scenario unfolding.
A general election is coming in short order.
Irish politics will continue to be much more left wing than it should be, based on how people actually vote.
Councillor Steenson?