Elections Thread (1 Viewer)

[FiFi_LaRue]

I follow RTE, Irish Times and a couple of others. Do searches then for the town councils not covered by them.

 

[Gambra]

I'm following rte_elections which is the most intense coverage of Irish stuff. Also following the individual parties and the BBC news feeds.

 

[IFF]

how many parties are there in the uk?

anyway, i think joe is best placed in dublin. he should get more from mckenna and de burca's transfers then mcdonald

who's best placed for the 3rd seat in the south, sinnott, ferris or the labour guy (smith or white. whichever. i mix them up)

 

[pete]

looks like the BNP are in...

 

[Gambra]

Jesus.. Pat Cox on RTE there "this secular trend in Europe is disturbing"

 

[magicbastarder]

Bit premature there, seems he's on the way out. By 15 votes according to RTE.

Yeah, seems my sources can't be trusted..

 

[Gambra]

who's best placed for the 3rd seat in the south, sinnott, ferris or the labour guy (smith or white. whichever. i mix them up)

I'd like to say Ferris but I'd say it'll be Alan Kelly for Labour to get it. He's the most likely to recieve the transfers. The 3 main people to be eliminated next are FF, FG & a Green so none of them will transfer to SF.

 

[FiFi_LaRue]

1 Libertas MEP in France it seems. (Not sure how accurate my sources are, yet).

 

[pete]

Jesus.. Pat Cox on RTE there "this secular trend in Europe is disturbing"

i wasn't really listening, but i thought he meant secular in a non-party context rather than religious?

 

[pete]

ah jaysus wouldn't you think one of them men in the RDS would get up and give mary lou a chair

 

[Gambra]

Gay Mitchell seems certain Higgins will get the seat. Gwan Joe.

 

[broken arm]

looks like the tories will lead welsh euro elections.

first time labour haven't led any election in wales since 1922

 

[Gambra]

i wasn't really listening, but i thought he meant secular in a non-party context rather than religious?

Was it? I was only half listening myself. I was fairly shocked when I heard it.

 

[Gambra]

BBC is saying that European voters are punishing the left. Which is nice since here Labour have gained, Socialist Party has gained and even the People Before Profits party have managed to get seats.

 

[pete]

Was it? I was only half listening myself. I was fairly shocked when I heard it.

well i really, really hope it's what he meant

 

[broken arm]

looks like the BNP are in...

the new BNP MEP was a campaigner with the National Front

 

[xrockridgex]

well i really, really hope it's what he meant

The context and the fact it was Pat Cox would suggest that is what he meant.

BBC is saying that European voters are punishing the left. Which is nice since here Labour have gained, Socialist Party has gained and even the People Before Profits party have managed to get seats.

I think they are reffering to the centre left parties of the PES as opposed to those further left. In Spain the incumbent socialists have lost by about four percent, which is a sizeable enough margin of defeat given the party system is incredibly stable. And of course in the UK and France they have taken a real shoeing.

 

[magicbastarder]

poor oul mary lou.

 

[Froog]

swedish pirate party in too, with 7.1% of the vote!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0608/breaking23.htm

they should join up with the BNP, "we only steal music from black musicians".

 

[old]

Aye, Joe Higgins is in.