“The more turnout goes above 49%, the worse for the big parties. The lower it is, the worse for independents and small parties.”
In our view, the stifling consensus in Irish politics must be broken open for the sake of the health of our democracy.
And perhaps all candidates might be asked, in an ideal world, about what they think of RTE confining the debate to only eight candidates, ranging from the left to the far left.
This time next week, it’ll be polling day, and the whole great circus will come to an end. At least for a few months. Thank God.
Things can change in two weeks, but it’s increasingly hard to see what might be called “an earthquake” type result emerging from these elections.
Consciously running as the consummate political talking points machine, sounding much more angry about the public and companies like X than she is at the political system she’s supposed to be changing.
Ahead of local and EU elections
Populists in a position of power has the potential to cause Ukraine significant political difficulty in the years ahead.
One candidate had a great night. Some others did not.
From arch euroskeptic to Brussels institutionalist – in a decade.
One of the basic jobs of elected officials is to see things coming. There are some candidates running in these elections who did see this problem coming, and warned about it.
Far down the ballot paper, it’s more about keeping people out than it is voting people in.