Irish general election, 26th Feb 2016

[joevsimp]

still no sign of a date? this state of the parties rundown suggests early March..

http://jasonomahony.ie/state-of-the-parties-6/

[joevsimp]

I went for Clare as its my sister's name

Fis Nua (Niamh O'Brien) 33
Green 32
Sinn Fein 26
Fine Gael 22
Labour 22 (no comment)
Ind (Anne Norton) 21
Fianna Fail 18
Ind (Righard Cahill) 18
3 other Inds 6 each

It dosen't take it into account, but Cllr Norton is a big disability rights campaigner, so I think I would vote: green, norton, o'brian, then Labour if Im feeling charitable

might  try somewhere more urban as well

[joevsimp]

so I did Dublin Bay North as well since it has the broadest range

Green 31
Tommy Broughan 31
PBP 29
Averil Power 28
AAA 27
Labour 27
Sinn Fein 27
Finian McGrath 25
Paul Clarke 24
Jimmy Guerin 23
Social Democrats 23
Fine Gael 22
Direct Democracy 20
Fianna Fail 18
Renua 10


so I more or less know about Broughan and Power, but what actually is the deal with McGrath? Is he a Tankie? Stickie? What?

[joevsimp]

WP 1 (-1)

Are they even running enough candidates to make 1%?

[joevsimp]

As I stated earlier

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just like Labour warned us (and then claimed they didn't)?

[joevsimp]

so a couple of questions re: the upcoming Seanad elections.

Does Enda still get to appoint his 11 senators if there's no permanent Taoiseach is chosen by then?

It seems that our old friend, Senator Power is hoping that the graduates of Trinity College will return her to her lofty perch, any chance of success?

[joevsimp]

Is that a demotion for Varadkar? He was at Health before no? and being talked up as a future leader