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@JugglingWithEggs The so-called "#LabourParty" is v like the #UK, i.e. an anti-democratic oligarchy disguised by some democratic clothing.

The #GE2024 gave "Labour" ⅔ of seats for ⅓ of votes. So no Labour leader has a right to be PM with significant aupport from other parties.

Any Labour leadership election would be a farce. Nominations controlled by MPs selected by the #McSweeney conspiracy. Votes excluding the ~250k members expelled or driven out.

There's no democratic path here.

#ukpol

@JugglingWithEggs The so-called "#LabourParty" is v like the #UK, i.e. an anti-democratic oligarchy disguised by some democratic clothing.

The #GE2024 gave "Labour" ⅔ of seats for ⅓ of votes. So no Labour leader has a right to be PM with significant aupport from other parties.

Any Labour leadership election would be a farce. Nominations controlled by MPs selected by the #McSweeney conspiracy. Votes excluding the ~250k members expelled or driven out.

There's no democratic path here.

#ukpol

@bthalpin I looked at #GE2024 in Dublin Bay South and Sligo–Leitrim. In each case, winning parties & independents got only 70-75% between them.

And there is significant leakage from the first round. First preference votes for eliminated Fianna Fail candidates do not reliably transfer to the same party.

@ColmDonoghue @ChrisMayLA6 @Tattered

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@bthalpin I looked at #GE2024 in Dublin Bay South and Sligo–Leitrim. In each case, winning parties & independents got only 70-75% between them.

And there is significant leakage from the first round. First preference votes for eliminated Fianna Fail candidates do not reliably transfer to the same party.

@ColmDonoghue @ChrisMayLA6 @Tattered

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I am old enough to remember when the #LibDems were the cautious centrists of #UKpolitics.
Then their first woman leader promised to just ignore the #Brexit referendum. Then their new leader took up farcical aquatic ceremonies and won lots of seats at #GE2024.

And now their former leader #TimFarron goes #flagshagging at the LibDem party conference 🙄

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd11n14zz1o

I am old enough to remember when the #LibDems were the cautious centrists of #UKpolitics.
Then their first woman leader promised to just ignore the #Brexit referendum. Then their new leader took up farcical aquatic ceremonies and won lots of seats at #GE2024.

And now their former leader #TimFarron goes #flagshagging at the LibDem party conference 🙄

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd11n14zz1o

Considering the increasing discussion about the #Seanad2025 elections (part of Ireland's #GE2024 series of fun) I have the following hot take on Voting:

It's not a duty.

It's not a responsibility.

It's a right, which you can choose to exercise according to your circumstances, to your abilities or to your taste (or, more likely, your distaste).

There are reasons why someone can't, don't or won't vote, and telling them it's a duty or a responsibility is an insidious form of passive aggression.

(for the sake of clarity, I don't have a vote for the Seanad because it's not a general franchise. If I had the choice, I would make it a general franchise, and if I had the right to vote for the Seanad I would exercise that right as often as I possibly can, as I do with the general elections. However, I would never dare to suggest to anyone that they have a responsibility or duty to vote, as doing so without knowing their circumstances might very well be unfair to them!)

@Palky55

Mate, I'm having party level discussions about the same thing. I can't say much, but there are high level discussions which have commenced looking in detail at #GE2024 voting patterns, where #Labour stands now, & what must be achieved to retain power in 2029.

Labour's coms are comically shit! This makes matters worse when we don't have a gob on a stick, populist leader who can chat shit & people take it all in.

The fightback is gonna have to come from us mate. I've got your back ✊🏾

@Palky55

Mate, I'm having party level discussions about the same thing. I can't say much, but there are high level discussions which have commenced looking in detail at #GE2024 voting patterns, where #Labour stands now, & what must be achieved to retain power in 2029.

Labour's coms are comically shit! This makes matters worse when we don't have a gob on a stick, populist leader who can chat shit & people take it all in.

The fightback is gonna have to come from us mate. I've got your back ✊🏾

And with that, all 174 seats in the Dáil have been filled.

Now the coalition talks can begin. It took months to form a government after the 2020 election. Will it take as long this time?

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

Even though Cavan-Monaghan is still counting, I think I've seen enough to rule out Aontú winning the fifth seat in that constituency. That one will be as-you-were.

And with that, this is what the final seat count in the Dáil will look like when that constituency has finished.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

Counting has concluded in Louth, following a marathon 20 counts! I think that's the most this whole election!

Fianna Fáil gains one seat from an independent here.

Just one constituency left.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

Leigheas póit ól arís. Sin a dheirtear pé scéal é, ach tá amhras orm an oibreoidh sé i gcás na ngéarchéim tithíochta agus costais mharachtála. Beidh deis eile againn i gceann 5 bhliain nó mar sin stopadh den ól. Go mbeirimid beo. #Rogha2024 #Vóta2024 #GE24 #GE2024

Steven Matthews has become the eleventh and final Green TD to lose his seat, being excluded on the eighth count at Wicklow.

Only the Green leader in Dublin West managed to retain his seat.

#GE2024 #IrelandDecides

A full recount has been called in Tipperary North, as seven votes mean the difference between continuing and exclusion.

The recount will begin tomorrow morning.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

Once again I wish we had an easy to navigate website & data base, to look up how TDs & Senators have voted on bills as they progress. #GE2024 #Ireland #speirgorm #GE24

Once again I wish we had an easy to navigate website & data base, to look up how TDs & Senators have voted on bills as they progress. #GE2024 #Ireland #speirgorm #GE24

Catherine Martin becomes the 10th Green TD to lose her seat, being excluded on the 9th count in Dublin Rathdown.

Only two Green TDs remain in the running.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

STATE OF THE PARTIES AT 18:00 GMT:

19 constituencies have finished counting, and nearly 100 seats have now been declared.

It may look like a three-way race, but when you look at seats which one party or another clearly will win (but hasn't yet), Fianna Fáil is well ahead, with Sinn Féin and Fine Gael battling for second place.

Counting will continue throughout the evening.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

Here's the current Dáil forecast, with more than 80% of counts completed.

Fianna Fáil will be on top; it's too close to call for second between Sinn Féin and Fine Gael.

Mathematically, a centre-left coalition that doesn't include Fianna Fáil is now impossible.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

Here's the current Dáil forecast, with more than 80% of counts completed.

Fianna Fáil will be on top; it's too close to call for second between Sinn Féin and Fine Gael.

Mathematically, a centre-left coalition that doesn't include Fianna Fáil is now impossible.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

Malcolm Noonan becomes the ninth Green TD to lose his seat, being excluded in the 8th count in Carlow-Kilkenny.

There are three Green TDs who have not yet been excluded.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

STATE OF THE PARTIES AT 17:00 GMT:

More than half of the Dáil has now been filled, with half still to come in.

Fianna Fáil will be the largest party and will have a choice of coalition partners. Fine Gael and Sinn Féin are both still chasing second place.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

STATE OF THE PARTIES AT 16:00 GMT:

It's now beyond doubt that Fianna Fáil will be the largest party in the Dáil, with Fine Gael and Sinn Féin battling for second place.

80 seats have now been filled, with 94 still to come.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

From BlueSky. About The Monk. #GE24 #GE2024

https://bsky.app/profile/adrianweckler.bsky.social/post/3lcax32x7522u

Crisis averted in Dublin Central
#GE24

#GE2024

Counting has concluded in Dublin Fingal East. Sinn Féin's Ann Graves gains a seat at the expense of Fine Gael's Alan Farrell.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

Counting has concluded in Dublin Central, with Labour's Marie Sherlock defeats Gerard Hutch for the seat lost by the Greens.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

DUBLIN CENTRAL

Hutch +127

Sherlock +1032

Crisis averted.

#GE24 #GE2024

Disappointed to hear about #CathalBerry - always a thoughtful contributor to matters. #ge2024 #GE24

Oblique Philip K. Dick reference in the election coverage on Radio 1 there just now.

#GE2024 #GE24 #IrelandVotes

Ok, this is officially the stupidest timeline.

Dublin Central are replacing their Green TD with the fucking *Monk*

Fuck.

#ge24 #ge2024 #irishelection

No live election results for me today.

#GE24 #GE2024 #IrelandVotes

I've always liked the apocryphal politician's quote: "The people have spoken, the bastards"

#GE24 #GE2024

We now have first preferences declared in three constituencies, and the swing isn't a million miles out from the exit poll.

It's looking like a disaster for the Green Party, and not great for Sinn Féin either. But other smaller parties, particularly Labour and Aontú, are doing well thus far.

#GE2024 #IrelandVotes

Should Ireland have Democracy Sausages and 'I voted' stickers? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democra... #GE2024 #GE24

The amount of first preference votes given to criminals is scary.
#GE2024

#GE24

Just voted. Shortage of good candidates here in South Tipp.

#GE24 #GE2024 #Rogha2024 #Ireland #Mastodaoine

Guaranteed Green for Cork.

💚Vote Number 1 Dr Monica Oikeh
🗺️Cork South Central
📅Today
🗳️GE2024

#CorkSouthCentral #Cork #CorkCity #GE2024
#GreensDeliver