Archive for the ‘Electoral politics’ Category
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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Monday, November 8th, 2004
While I agree with Clancy that this is a well-crafted piece of rhetoric, it annoyed me tremendously. And not in a "she's telling upsetting truths" sense. Here we have, seemingly, a woman who doesn't want Roe-v-Wade overturned, who believes third trimester abortions are sometimes necessary, who believes that gay marriage ...
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Thursday, November 4th, 2004
So, here we are. The mood around here is as you would expect. Several people have seriously enquired about options in other countries, and my mailbox this morning was full of suggestions - amazing just how many people came up with the 'secede, and join with Canada' motif.Apart from that, ...
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Thursday, November 4th, 2004
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Thursday, November 4th, 2004
I dislike this man. The Irish Taoiseach (prime minister), Bertie Ahern, has said a Kerry presidency would have been bad for Ireland (due to Kerry's commitment to use tax policy to encourage US companies to invest in the US). Possibly true, but there was no need to make the comment ...
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004
Wow. Things have changed a bit since that flurry of entries at the beginning of the evening. I'm at the party, which is quieter than it was, and everyone's somewhat upset at the turn things have taken. With Bush taking Florida (predicted for Kerry this morning), even though Kerry seems ...
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004
An interesting example of responses to the technical problems
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004
CNN are discussing the problems of four years ago, as being that they called the election too soon in 2000. Of course that was an important factor - but weren't problems with the election mechanisms (not just equipment) also core problems?
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