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[originally post to Comin's 'N Goin's]
It is right that students and those working away from home should complain about disenfranchisement. The Irish tradition of holding midweek elections is perhaps the best way of ensuring an inadequate turnout at the polls.
[originally posted to Comin's 'N Goin's]
Cork South West is the heartland of Fine Gael and has always one of the most predictable constituencies in the country.
[originally posted to Comin's 'n Goin's]
The people want a change of government! Yes! Revolution is in the air!
A second Irish referendum? Eurocrats have a better idea
Dan Hannan at the Telegraph reckons the plan in Brussles is not for a second referendum but instead to parachute in sections of the Lisbon Treaty via legislation.
"Are Americans and Europeans simply more compassionate than Asians?" asks Ian Buruma. Asking why it is that Chinese and Malaysian warships are not sitting of the Burmese coast with food. Thought provoking? Or a bit prejudiced?
Jurge Habermas once argued that the EU could provide a model for a new constellation of democratic politics allowing for transcendence of national partisanship. Now he is not so sure - the EU response to Lisbon is tending towards authoritarianism
Did the Commission Lie About its Own Poll?
Openeurope asks whether the commission engaged in a little bit of number fudging in the run up to its poll being released. If it didn’t I am thinking that political leaking took place from elsewhere in the system.
but it will smell awful
