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  1. #AndrewMarr has abandoned #KeirStarmer, but not his misreading. "Starmer, I insist, is a decent man with strong public values." newstatesman.com/politics/uk-p

    #Starmer is just a frontman for #MorganMcSweeney, whose goal is only to destroy the left. Starmer lied his way to #LabourParty leader, purged the left, but brought no vision, won #GE24 only by a quirk of #FPTP, and smashes liberties.

    As political editor of The #NewStatesman, Marr has projected onto Starmer talents which nobody else sees.

  2. #AndrewMarr has abandoned #KeirStarmer, but not his misreading. "Starmer, I insist, is a decent man with strong public values." newstatesman.com/politics/uk-p

    #Starmer is just a frontman for #MorganMcSweeney, whose goal is only to destroy the left. Starmer lied his way to #LabourParty leader, purged the left, but brought no vision, won #GE24 only by a quirk of #FPTP, and smashes liberties.

    As political editor of The #NewStatesman, Marr has projected onto Starmer talents which nobody else sees.

  3. I realised I've been remiss in sharing here, so in case anyone's looking for some #Seanad2025 guidance, I've got a spreadsheet going with candidates from both panels and their positions on some major issues.

    docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

    #se25 #ge24

  4. I realised I've been remiss in sharing here, so in case anyone's looking for some #Seanad2025 guidance, I've got a spreadsheet going with candidates from both panels and their positions on some major issues.

    docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

    #se25 #ge24

  5. If you're missing #GE24, never fear! #SE25 is almost upon us, as Seanad elections take place in January.

    Confirmed list of twelve candidates for the last-ever NUI panel in the Seanad elections (h/t @gavreilly):

    Sandra Adams
    Hilary Beirne
    Ronán Collins
    Eva Dowling
    Alice-Mary Higgins*
    Marie Keenan
    Mairead Kenny
    Dara Joseph Kilmartin
    Michael McDowell*
    Rónán Mullen*
    Michael O’Doherty
    Linda O'Shea Farren

    (* = incumbent)

    Background info: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_S

    #MastoDaoine

  6. If you're missing #GE24, never fear! #SE25 is almost upon us, as Seanad elections take place in January.

    Confirmed candidate list of twelve confirmed for the last-ever NUI panel in the Seanad elections (h/t @gavreilly):

    Sandra Adams
    Hilary Beirne
    Ronán Collins
    Eva Dowling
    Alice-Mary Higgins*
    Marie Keenan
    Mairead Kenny
    Dara Joseph Kilmartin
    Michael McDowell*
    Rónán Mullen*
    Michael O’Doherty
    Linda O'Shea Farren

    (* = incumbent)

    Background info: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_S

    #MastoDaoine

  7. Looking at the election data #GE24 and the question of ballot position, I discover the FG and FF candidate surnames come significantly earlier in the alphabet, on average, than other parties.

    Practically 30% of their candidates have names in the A-C range, vs 23.5% overall.

    SF and independents are fairly low too.

    I really can't think why this might be.

  8. Looking at the election data #GE24 and the question of ballot position, I discover the FG and FF candidate surnames come significantly earlier in the alphabet, on average, than other parties.

    Practically 30% of their candidates have names in the A-C range, vs 23.5% overall.

    SF and independents are fairly low too.

    I really can't think why this might be.

  9. The Limerick City #GE24 ballot paper had a small problem with alphabetical order (Qs came before Os) and non-elected candidates were moaning.

    That got me thinking: what evidence is there that ballot-order has an effect.

    I needed data: Wikipedia has it for all constituencies, even for 2024 (mostly) and a lot of other years.

    I used Julia to mass-download, and Emacs to massage the data into something analysable.

    A little tricky identifying surnames (with Ó and Mac and double-barrels)!

    1/N

  10. The Limerick City #GE24 ballot paper had a small problem with alphabetical order (Qs came before Os) and non-elected candidates were moaning.

    That got me thinking: what evidence is there that ballot-order has an effect.

    I needed data: Wikipedia has it for all constituencies, even for 2024 (mostly) and a lot of other years.

    I used Julia to mass-download, and Emacs to massage the data into something analysable.

    A little tricky identifying surnames (with Ó and Mac and double-barrels)!

    1/N

  11. Ireland has rejected the far-right. Only 6% of voters said immigration was their main issue, while 76% backed centrist or left-leaning parties. Now it’s time for the media to stop legitimizing and platforming their hateful lies. #ge24

  12. The results of the Irish 🇮🇪 National elections are clear. Our people’s silent indoctrination into a weaponized false narrative based reality like the Farrage’s UK BREXIT will not happen soon.

    🔗 | authormulhall.com/europe-under

    We should as committed EU citizens see the far right foothold in Ireland as a Russian controlled foothold.

    They have succeeded in manipulating this cohort via anger based false narratives to sow social chaos and disruption.

    #blog #politics #europe #germany #GE24 #ireland

  13. The results of the Irish 🇮🇪 National elections are clear. Our people’s silent indoctrination into a weaponized false narrative based reality like the Farrage’s UK BREXIT will not happen soon.

    🔗 | authormulhall.com/europe-under

    We should as committed EU citizens see the far right foothold in Ireland as a Russian controlled foothold.

    They have succeeded in manipulating this cohort via anger based false narratives to sow social chaos and disruption.

    #blog #politics #europe #germany #GE24 #ireland

  14. Reposting this RTÉ tweet from RTÉ's Upfront from tonight.

    _This_ is exactly the whole problem in a nutshell. I want to live in my own house... not in my parent's house. And it's not the fault of anyone but the governments.

    #GE24

    "'I feel like I'm being forced out of Ireland - I'm just so angry and frustrated' - Teacher says she will probably emigrate after election result @rtenews
    | #RTÉUpfront "

  15. Reposting this RTÉ tweet from RTÉ's Upfront from tonight.

    _This_ is exactly the whole problem in a nutshell. I want to live in my own house... not in my parent's house. And it's not the fault of anyone but the governments.

    #GE24

    "'I feel like I'm being forced out of Ireland - I'm just so angry and frustrated' - Teacher says she will probably emigrate after election result @rtenews
    | #RTÉUpfront "

  16. New election, new women in Dáil Éireann. Just not many.

    In 2016 there was gender quota. The %female went from 13.25% to 21.5%.

    A step change. Since then, it hit 22.5% in 2020, and of the 155/174 seats already assigned from last week's election, 25.2%.

    Apart from the step change at the time of the gender quota, it's a little stagnant!

    #MastoDaoine #GE24 #genderbalance

  17. New election, new women in Dáil Éireann. Just not many.

    In 2016 there was gender quota. The %female went from 13.25% to 21.5%.

    A step change. Since then, it hit 22.5% in 2020, and of the 155/174 seats already assigned from last week's election, 25.2%.

    Apart from the step change at the time of the gender quota, it's a little stagnant!

    #MastoDaoine #GE24 #genderbalance

  18. Scores on the door: Fianna Fáil 48 Sinn Féin 39 Fine Gael 38 Social Democrats 11 Labour 11 Ind Ireland 4 PBP-Solidarity 3 Aontú 2 Greens 1 100% Redress 1 Independents 16 #GE24 via @gavreilly.com on X Of the Independents 16, I'd figure at least 5 are potentially "reliable" gene-pool FF/FG

  19. Count 14 from Cavan Monaghan #GE24 #CNMN

    Brendan Smith (FF) and Niamh Smyth (FF) have been elected.

    Elected:
    * David Maxwell (FG) - Count 10
    * Matt Carthy (SF) - Count 12
    * Cathy Bennett (SF) - Count 13
    * Brendan Smith (FF) - Count 14
    * Niamh Smyth (FF) - Count 14

    [Awaiting count sheet]

    mastodon.ie/@padraig/113584991

  20. Count 14 from Cavan Monaghan #GE24 #CNMN

    Brendan Smith (FF) and Niamh Smyth (FF) have been elected.

    Elected:
    * David Maxwell (FG) - Count 10
    * Matt Carthy (SF) - Count 12
    * Cathy Bennett (SF) - Count 13
    * Brendan Smith (FF) - Count 14
    * Niamh Smyth (FF) - Count 14

    [Awaiting count sheet]

    mastodon.ie/@padraig/113584991

  21. According to Gript around 300k of voters cast their vote in support of nazis (including Aintú and independent). That is about 13% of the votes cast.

    I was curious to compare this with the number of immigrants they hate so much.

    About 5.5% 300k of Ireland population are citizens of non-EU-non-UK countries. 376.k are immigrants from the EU, 676k total. (I do not include UK citizens because Irish nazis are notoriously tolerant to everything UK).

    #mastodaoine #GE24 #Ireland

  22. According to Gript around 300k of voters cast their vote in support of nazis (including Aintú and independent). That is about 13% of the votes cast.

    I was curious to compare this with the number of immigrants they hate so much.

    About 5.5% 300k of Ireland population are citizens of non-EU-non-UK countries. 376.k are immigrants from the EU, 676k total. (I do not include UK citizens because Irish nazis are notoriously tolerant to everything UK).

    #mastodaoine #GE24 #Ireland

  23. Cathy Bennett (SF)'s surplus is about 1,800, and the gap between Aontú and the Fianna Fáil pair is about 1,500. Niamh Smyth and Brendan Smith will retain in Cavan-Monaghan, the final constituency outstanding. #ge24 - as per @gavreilly.com on X So 86 for FF-FG, 2 short of a majority.

  24. Count 13 in Cavan Monaghan #GE24 #CNMN
    (Edited as it is 13 not 18)

    Cathy Bennett (SF) has been elected.

    Elected so far:
    * David Maxwell (FG) - Count 10
    * Matt Carthy (SF) - Count 12
    * Cathy Bennett (SF) - Count 13

    mastodon.ie/@padraig/113584641

  25. Count 13 in Cavan Monaghan #GE24 #CNMN
    (Edited as it is 13 not 18)

    Cathy Bennett (SF) has been elected.

    Elected so far:
    * David Maxwell (FG) - Count 10
    * Matt Carthy (SF) - Count 12
    * Cathy Bennett (SF) - Count 13

    mastodon.ie/@padraig/113584641

  26. Count 12 in Cavan Monaghan #GE24 #CNMN
    Matt Carthy (SF) has been elected.

    No one has been eliminated.
    The next count should be the last one!!

    Elected so far:
    * David Maxwell (FG) - Count 10
    * Matt Carthy (SF) - Count 12

    mastodon.ie/@padraig/113583897

  27. A celebration in my Russian anti-war emigrant household.

    🎉 Clare Daly has been kicked out! 🎉

    She called us irrelevant. Now she is officially irrelevant herself.

    I am glad Ireland has decided that there is no place for an authoritarian apologist and dictator mouthpiece in both the European Parliament and the Dáil.

    She can go to Putin or China now; I bet there will be a job for her on their propaganda channels.

    #ClareDaly #GE24 #mastodaoine

  28. A celebration in my Russian anti-war emigrant household.

    🎉 Clare Daly has been kicked out! 🎉

    She called us irrelevant. Now she is officially irrelevant herself.

    I am glad Ireland has decided that there is no place for an authoritarian apologist and dictator mouthpiece in both the European Parliament and the Dáil.

    She can go to Putin or China now; I bet there will be a job for her on their propaganda channels.

    #ClareDaly #GE24 #mastodaoine

  29. A celebration in my Russian anti-war emigrant household.

    🎉 Clare Daly has been kicked out! 🎉

    She called us irrelevant. Now she is officially irrelevant herself.

    I am glad Ireland has decided that there is no place for an authoritarian apologist and dictator mouthpiece in both the European Parliament and the Dáil.

    She can go to Putin or China now; I bet there will be a job for her on their propaganda channels.

    #ClareDaly #GE24 #mastodaoine

  30. A celebration in my Russian anti-war emigrant household.

    🎉 Clare Daly has been kicked out! 🎉

    She called us irrelevant. Now she is officially irrelevant herself.

    I am glad Ireland has decided that there is no place for an authoritarian apologist and dictator mouthpiece in both the European Parliament and the Dáil.

    She can go to Putin or China now; I bet there will be a job for her on their propaganda channels.

    #ClareDaly #GE24 #mastodaoine

  31. A celebration in my Russian anti-war emigrant household.

    🎉 Clare Daly has been kicked out! 🎉

    She called us irrelevant. Now she is officially irrelevant herself.

    I am glad Ireland has decided that there is no place for an authoritarian apologist and dictator mouthpiece in both the European Parliament and the Dáil.

    She can go to Putin or China now; I bet there will be a job for her on their propaganda channels.

    #ClareDaly #GE24 #mastodaoine

  32. So, apparently, #ClareDaly was a pioneer of the Irish anti-vaxxers, resisting the HPV vaccination program even before the anti-vaccine movement became popular during COVID.

    A Putin admirer, a person who whitewashed Assad’s crimes against humanity in Syria and the genocide of Uyghurs in China, and she is also an anti-vaxxer.

    Keep her out of the Dáil. She is not fit.

    #ireland #mastodaoine #ge24 #antivaxxers

  33. So, apparently, #ClareDaly was a pioneer of the Irish anti-vaxxers, resisting the HPV vaccination program even before the anti-vaccine movement became popular during COVID.

    A Putin admirer, a person who whitewashed Assad’s crimes against humanity in Syria and the genocide of Uyghurs in China, and she is also an anti-vaxxer.

    Keep her out of the Dáil. She is not fit.

    #ireland #mastodaoine #ge24 #antivaxxers

  34. So, apparently, #ClareDaly was a pioneer of the Irish anti-vaxxers, resisting the HPV vaccination program even before the anti-vaccine movement became popular during COVID.

    A Putin admirer, a person who whitewashed Assad’s crimes against humanity in Syria and the genocide of Uyghurs in China, and she is also an anti-vaxxer.

    Keep her out of the Dáil. She is not fit.

    #ireland #mastodaoine #ge24 #antivaxxers

  35. So, apparently, #ClareDaly was a pioneer of the Irish anti-vaxxers, resisting the HPV vaccination program even before the anti-vaccine movement became popular during COVID.

    A Putin admirer, a person who whitewashed Assad’s crimes against humanity in Syria and the genocide of Uyghurs in China, and she is also an anti-vaxxer.

    Keep her out of the Dáil. She is not fit.

    #ireland #mastodaoine #ge24 #antivaxxers

  36. So, apparently, #ClareDaly was a pioneer of the Irish anti-vaxxers, resisting the HPV vaccination program even before the anti-vaccine movement became popular during COVID.

    A Putin admirer, a person who whitewashed Assad’s crimes against humanity in Syria and the genocide of Uyghurs in China, and she is also an anti-vaxxer.

    Keep her out of the Dáil. She is not fit.

    #ireland #mastodaoine #ge24 #antivaxxers

  37. So if you have suffered through my ruminatings so far, when you vote in #GE2024 #GE24 please #VoteWithPride & #VoteProChoice vote for those who will make life better, or will at least attempt to. We deserve better then school mean girl social politics in the Dáil.

  38. So if you have suffered through my ruminatings so far, when you vote in #GE2024 #GE24 please #VoteWithPride & #VoteProChoice vote for those who will make life better, or will at least attempt to. We deserve better then school mean girl social politics in the Dáil.

  39. So if you have suffered through my ruminatings so far, when you vote in #GE2024 #GE24 please #VoteWithPride & #VoteProChoice vote for those who will make life better, or will at least attempt to. We deserve better then school mean girl social politics in the Dáil.

  40. Tomorrow we go to polling stations. Yet many are still 'Don't Know'. Should you vote tactically against something? Or for something?

    Stephen McNair delves into the many marginal seat contests in a #FPTP world ...
    #DontKnow #TacticalVote
    #GE24

    eastangliabylines.co.uk/featur