One of the very few Greens who talks to me about anything said on Monday that she wondered very much about whether the election would have been nearly as disastrous for her party, in fact, had Ryan remained leader and contested the election.
Election 2024
“Don’t give a tick or an X or anything else.”
Here’s to hoping that in this and future election cycles, the voices of women who offer a different narrative to the current constant fixation on “reproductive rights” and who remain unafraid to speak for the next generation.
“They feel that nothing is available to them’
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Party promises “accountability”
Also: Allison Pearson, Election Gossip, the morality of loyalty, and why I’m sick of telling people how to vote.
Independent Councillor Michael Fleming, whose base in the south of the constituency is considerable and whom many smart observers are expecting to be in contention for a seat.
We got about three minutes, right at the end, on immigration. Before that, we had a lengthy and sleep-inducing section on climate change, which per polling is the top concern of about 1% of voters, almost all of whom live in Montrose.
It remains to be seen if the Irish electorate will again go along with their plan.
When you drive up demand and drive down supply – which are the twin aims of Irish policy – you end up with prices soaring through the roof.