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Full retreat.
The numbers in this poll do not quite paint a picture of a nation that is entirely supportive of our present gender recognition laws.
BEN SCALLAN: Fine Gael Senator Garrett Ahearn says Mattie McGrath’s views on capping refugee numbers “do not reflect the majority.” But according to recent polls, they actually do – and Ahearn, not McGrath, is woefully out of step with public opinion:
In fact, both FF and FG are on course to exceed their worst ever general election results
Numbers don’t lie.
We don’t do things by halves, in Ireland – no mild experiment with Blairism for us. If we go left, we’re going to go proper left.
1 in every 5 voters saying they would vote non-party
In fact, you won’t find a single independent estimate of Irish covid deaths which exceeds, or even matches the official Government figure.
Perhaps the most frightening thing, if you are a Fianna Fáil partisan, is this: The party is on 15%, and it doesn’t seem to care.
Much more support among the elderly.
In an RTÉ-commissioned poll on “hate speech” legislation a few years ago, only 19% of viewers said they were in favour of such laws. The poll ran on Claire Byrne Live and was conducted by Amárach Research in 2017, the year after the Brexit referendum and the election of then-US President Donald Trump. 2017 was […]
A poll posted by billionaire businessman Elon Musk has racked up more than two million responses after he asked if Twitter adhered to the principle of free speech. “Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?” he asked. The final tally after 2 million votes was […]
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