“But (eliminated candidate) is really nice. Can we not ask him for more?”
Election 2024
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.
For their part, the people of the developing world should continue being authentically poor, idyllic, and wild, while the donor elites and NGO’s, overcome by this genuine authenticity, send messages of encouragement
Dr Gabor Maté
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.
‘party of law and order’
Election 2024
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
Patrick Quinlan of the National Party has just taken a first seat for the party in Blanchardstown, in a recount which saw People Before Profit also gain. It reminded MATT TREACY of the detente that breaks out among political rivals a the count centre
It is difficult – but by no means impossible – to see such a scenario unfolding.