McGuinness will have a big surplus and that should push Walsh into a seat, no? Precarious for Ming?
You cannot be a Green unless you turn your back on the environmental catastrophe wreaked by the ecological vandalism of eating red meat.
Iāve been mocked on here for adopting a food replacement system that is sustainable.
I wonāt name and shame anybody just yet as this has the potential to be a Road to Damascus moment
Thatās a possibility but in Euro elections, in constituencies with such a big geographical spread, party transfers donāt tend to be as tight or disciplined. McGuinness and Walsh have had a very testy relationship and I suspect Ming will just about hang on.
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Fantastic to be a part of this success.
I gave number one votes to Saoirse McHugh in Midlands North West and Ciaran Cuffe in Dublin.
I voted Gary Gannon number 2 in Dublin and I canāt remember who I voted number 2 for in Midlands North West as I didnāt actually vote there at all.
Delighted my 17 posts across various social media platforms praising Saoirse proved to be of benefit to her however.
Weāre back, baby, weāre back.
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Not sure. Lots of the low fry are left wing there which would benefit Boylan over the Tubridy wallflower that is Andrews. And sure maybe some of her hard-core Kerry voters have moved to Dublin to push her over the lineā¦
Mate thatās illegal and youāve ruined your ballot
I think either Daly or Boylan will leapfrog Andrews, possibly both
Not sure what sort of person votes Fianna Fail number 2
Youāre either a backward cunt or you arenāt, there isnāt much in between
Daly for seat 3 is my guess, comfortably, possibly even seat 2
Boylan fourth
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@Juhniallio, where are Alex Whiteās second preferences going to go? Will they push Frances over the line?
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Iād have thought a lot would be for Cuffe but he wonāt need them so it will move downballot
I suspect Daly will get a good few
Durkanās transfers will mean Fitzgerald is safe
Boylan looks less toxic for transfers than your average Sinn Feiner
There are a lot of left transfers at play here
Gannon, White, Higgins etc., possibly even an element of Durkanās
Martin will surely be toast after this?
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Depends on the locals
Some downfall for Mark Durkan, now a waterboy for FG.
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Heās actually their best asset in real terms
Fianna Failās problem is that the party is full to the brim with dreadful candidates and heavily associated with social conservatism and an Ireland that people have left behind
Martin is a decent man and not really like that but his party is
They did not come out of the same sex marriage referendum or the 8th Amendment referendum well despite Martinās efforts
They have a huge image problem, and European elections naturally favour outsiders rather than establishment parties
All told, Fine Gael have had a very good result
Mary Lou will be under pressure after this - as I said at the time Gerry Adams was an electoral asset to Sinn Fein, not a hindrance
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Martin comes across a pathetic, sniveling, horrible little weasel of a man.
SF are fucked, down south in particular. They have jumped the shark.
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Agreed on all counts.
Didnāt a majority of FF TDs vote against having a referendum on the 8th amendment?
Sadly, some of them will. Whyte is capable but effectively a nobody, and will have garnered votes from older folk, often ladies, who felt Labour were fucked over by the last time they were in government. He will also have had part of the ever-dwindling die hard labour vote*. The first group may well vote granny, keeping the8r vote with a lady they felt was pushed. The die hards will split between self immolation and various personal allegiances /grievances.
BUUUUUUTā¦ letās be clearā¦ this election is green. Everyoneās second preference will be greenā¦And if not their second, their third. let th FG cunts scramble on the deck for votes like seagulls who used have bountiful seas but are now forced to stalk the piers of howth for discarded or unguarded chips.
Welcome aboard , i collated the PMs from @Cicero_Dandi @Fagan_ODowd @Little_Lord_Fauntleroy and @Rocko and weighted them inversely according to their reference number so that the #enviro-forefathers would have greatest impact in determining the reference number assigned to a recent bandwagon joiner. Welcome aboard #27 @Juhniallio
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I canāt remember but there was a big push against it at grass roots level, as there was with the 2015 referendum for the simple reason that if youāre a social conservative in Ireland youāll probably vote Fianna Fail - thatās where their base is - with oulā fellas and oulā ones who go to mass, or loudmouth fellas who wear cheap suits and love the Galway Races and think praising Trump online is great bantz
To Martinās credit he performed well in both referendum campaigns but his party let him down in a big way
Strangely enough Timmy Dooley was one of the few who backed him up in last yearās referendum campaign
They will hold what they have in the general election however