Archive for the ‘Electoral politics’ Category
Saturday, May 28th, 2005
I have to say I agree with Tommy Broughan. I haven't heard yet what's happening with the EU constitution issue.
Update: It seems the two motions dealing with the party's position on the constitution will be dealt with tomorrow morning (in the session that no one attends - at my last ...
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Monday, May 23rd, 2005
There is so much of concern at the moment - the 'war on terror', rendition and torture of prisoners for one thing, the shameful response to the Uzbeki massacre for another (word was that the EU would issue harsh words today but not cancel its co-operation agreement with Uzbekistan) - ...
Posted in Electoral politics | Comments Off on Tearing up the rule book – why the ‘nuclear option’ is so significant and so wrong
Friday, May 13th, 2005
Sometimes you can't make it up. Except someone did.PageRank is an algorithm that allows the best leaders to determine who the best leaders are, eliminating the popularity game of conventional populistic-democracy. SD2 can be used by nonprofits, businesses, government entities, but it is intended to be best for grass-roots activism ...
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Friday, May 6th, 2005
A story from EU Observer fleshes out the news of the Irish government's plans to curb the right to a referendum on new EU treaties (as already reported on funferal). Specifically it seems the proposal will be rolled into the text of the referendum on the EU constitution. As I ...
Posted in Electoral politics | Comments Off on More on EU referendums in Ireland
Thursday, May 5th, 2005
George Galloway has won in Bethnal Green for Respect-Unity Coalition running (unsurprisingly) on an anti-war platform. It was predicted earlier by the BBC, but it took a while for the result to come out. Galloway is somewhat controversial as a figure, but the message from the electorate is - well, ...
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Thursday, May 5th, 2005
Watching the results as they happen can reveal the most interesting bits of information. Labour has lost the 'safest seat in Wales' to an independent candidate. Why? Well seemingly Peter Law, the new MP, was a member of the Labour Party but resigned in order to run against the Labour ...
Posted in Electoral politics | Comments Off on Labour lose safe seat – over gender quotas
Thursday, May 5th, 2005
What do you do when you worry that the people will reject deals done by political elites? You propose removing the ability of the people to reject those deals.
Ireland has had quite a number of EU-related referendums over the years, with the people voting against the Nice Treaty before they ...
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Thursday, May 5th, 2005
The results of the British election are trickling in - at this point there are 12 Labour MPs elected and 1 Conservative - and the BBC's analysis of its exit poll is painting the results as disappointing for everybody! Labour will win, but with a much reduced majority, the Conservatives ...
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Thursday, March 10th, 2005
I'm wary of claims that it's the first in the world but the decision to declare Galway an anti-racist city - with resonances of the nuclear-free cities declared in yesteryear - is at least a positive move. For those who wondered what difference it would make for Labour to gain ...
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
Those who've been following Irish current affairs recently will know that there has been an interesting turn of events in the aftermath of the tragic murder of Robert McCartney in Belfast. McCartney was murdered by a gang of IRA members who chased him out of a pub and beat him ...
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