The million new houses policy did stand out, though, for one reason: It was pretty much the only “bread and butter” thing that Labour could come up with.
Though pragmatism might be what voters want, the opposition inside and outside of the Dáil is not incentivised to provide it.
It behooves me, as a writer about politics and society, to try to analyse and make sense of these numbers for you, the public. But I’ll be honest: Buggered if I know what’s going on.
The real problem here is that all of this likely means that the next General election will see a result quite similar to the last one.
Despite Zelensky criticisms
In fact, by the standards of western, English-speaking democracies, the Irish Government is in a very strong political position, relative to the main opposition.
You’d feel sorry for them, if you didn’t realise the truth: They let him do it to them.
The general rule when we report on polling that shows a result which readers might not like is that we will get a lot of comments saying things like “fake poll” or “didn’t poll me”. So, for context, note that this is the same opinion poll which, over the weekend, showed that 83% of the […]
As bad as the new Red C/Sunday Business Post opinion poll is for Fianna Fáil the headline figures are not actually that obviously terrible. 14% nationally is still the stuff of nightmares for the party that has dominated Irish politics since the 1930’s, but it actually represents a slight increase on the previous version of […]
To put this weekend’s Sunday Business Post/Red C Opinion Poll in context, remember two things: first, Fianna Fáil is the leading party of Government, led by the Taoiseach. And second, Fianna Fáil is the leading party of Government, led by the Taoiseach. They may as well enjoy that status while it lasts: 🚨POLL🚨 Red C […]
Is the tide of public opinion…… finally turning? There is strong support for reopening society and the economy as soon as possible, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll, with only a minority favouring a long lockdown until the virus has been eliminated. The poll also shows that the zero-Covid approach is not […]
In many ways, this is completely remarkable: NEW @ABC Wash Post poll: 54% say Pres Trump should be charged criminally with inciting a riot for having encouraged his supporters to march on the Capitol. He’s leaving office with a 38% job approval rating; 60% disapproval More from @LangerResearch https://t.co/nSVXCDI1bs — Karen Travers (@karentravers) January 15, […]