“Over 80% of Georgians would like to join the European Union.”
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.
Coalition drama.
“A digital platform should be established.”
Argument on the campaign trail.
Half of the law-and-order pledges Fianna Fáil made in its 2019 local election manifesto have re-appeared in their 2024 manifesto. Ben Scallan asks Education Minister Norma Foley why the public should believe her party will achieve these if they didn’t over the last 5 years.
“Fairness and choice.”
Repeat.
To the extent that Fine Gael is winning back votes, it is winning them back from people who want to see some change, but not loads of change.
“That happens in elections.”
The Irish government currently gives funding to political parties that run “people of diversity” as candidates, while FF’s 2024 local election manifesto calls for mandatory “gender targets” in local government boards. Gript’s Ben Scallan asks Micheál Martin about this.