GE Exit Poll 10 pm

gmisk

Eric Cartman wrote: »

thats it. Paul murphy not looking great on the first preferences, if theres one thing I might take from this election , its the almost complete elimination of the far left and specifically the upper class wanna be poor left.

I though Murphy was going to be ok? As is RBB.
Who has been eliminated from that group as you describe them bar Ruth Coppinger?

Eric Cartman

gmisk wrote: »

Richard Boyd Barrett will get in as well.
If that's who you mean.

forgot him, ahh well if its only him and brid, theyre both loud yet ineffective.

The Rape of Lucretia

lawred2 wrote: »

He'll have knocked on every door he possibly could. Possibly not slept for weeks.

They be doin an awful lot of the aul drinken down there in Kerry on the day of a count. A whishkey here, a whishkey dhere. Oor drivin around here and there, but after the twelft pint oo be giving it rest like or u get someone elsh te take de wheel, and then an RTE jackeen, in town for the day, schticks a microphone in yur faice. Shur who wud look good at dat stage like ?

is_that_so

gmisk wrote: »

Richard Boyd Barrett will get in as well.
If that's who you mean.

DL is finished and he got in along with 1 Gr, 1 FG and 1 FF.

LeinsterDub

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Awh so despite multiple splits in SF since the 70's which the IRA couldn't prevent they'll somehow prevent someone voting against a FF led collation because you say so. And this says nothing of FF TDs deciding to go rouge.

You are showing your naivity. If a SF TD tries to vote against a government of which SF is a part in a vote of confidence motion there will be hell to pay and they'll come at that TD through their family. The republican movement have been awaiting their fabled promised land and it will not be denied to them.

blackcard

Feisar wrote: »

How can he? He and FF said they wouldn’t.

In the national interest (or his own)

Itssoeasy

Feisar wrote: »

How can he? He and FF said they wouldn’t.

Politicians can and do change.

smelly sock

Feisar wrote: »

How can he? He and FF said they wouldn’t.

He wont. There would be a huge split in FF of that heppened. Mattie McGrath and Jim O'Callaghan have ruled it out.

meeeeh

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Comfortably elected ? Yeah with a massive help from SF.

Does it matter? It was comfortable, it's not her fault that SF didn't field more candidates.

I'm not a fan of SF or Looney Left but you can't rewrite results just because you don't like certain candidates.

amadangomor

smelly sock wrote: »

My payslip says differently.

Yeh, it's all about you. Pity there isn't a party call Me Fein for you to vote for

STB.

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I saw brid smith saying she was happy to be eliminated but seemed to completely omit the fat that without the Massive SF surplus she might still be waiting. Also she was saying that PBP had a part to play in this change which if they did why didn’t people vote for them and not Sinn Fein ?

She said this prior to being elected ?

UsBus

Galway east count is completed for the last couple of hours. What the hell is wrong with the rest of them..??
Kerry takes the biscuit, Michael Healy Rae elected on count 1 and then they've adjourned till the morning......!!!!

Sir Oxman

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Awh so despite multiple splits in SF since the 70's which the IRA couldn't prevent they'll somehow prevent someone voting against a FF led collation because you say so. And this says nothing of FF TDs deciding to go rouge.

To be fair, the two splits were over monumental happenings
The Troubles - Official and Provisional
The GFA - spawned Republican SF


Also, Tobin left over a very, very large question - abortion rights.

gmisk

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Sorry to be a lazy git, but was Paul water charges Murphy up for a seat this time?

Yep he will likely get one in 3rd atm and 5 seats up for grabs

Ush1

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I’m not a shinner but you can’t green light housing projects willy nilly , wasn’t that particular development more of a commercial enterprise than houses for the people?

No it was housing I'm fairly sure.

You're right, you can't green light housing projects wily nilly. Housing in a successful economy is not a simple problem and won't have a simple solution, if any solution. Be wary of anyone who tells you it is simple.

lmimmfn

Muahahaha wrote: »

Latest scenes from inside the Department of Justice

Maybe the new million+ printer can make backups, just in case, you never know!

Itssoeasy

Eric Cartman wrote: »

forgot him, ahh well if its only him and brid, theyre both loud yet ineffective.

Well I don’t mind RBB really(don’t agree with him politically) but doesn’t come across as a bad guy outside of politics.

Hurrache

Higgins5473 wrote: »

More than eliminated. Totally humiliated. Utter gob****e of a man.

He may end back up in the Seanad from where he came from where he was a member since the 80s.

Eric Cartman

gmisk wrote: »

I though Murphy was going to be ok? As is RBB.
Who has been eliminated from that group as you describe them bar Ruth Coppinger?

gino kenny out, saoirse mchugh not elected, paul murphy is 50/50, coppinger is out. Rita harrold did worse than every far right candidate in the land.

its a good culling of the hard left.

Sir Oxman

Eric Cartman wrote: »

thats it. Paul murphy not looking great on the first preferences, if theres one thing I might take from this election , its the almost complete elimination of the far left and specifically the upper class wanna be poor left.

murphy is in 2nd place right now..

The Rape of Lucretia

Muahahaha wrote: »

Latest scenes from inside the Department of Justice

SF havent got their man in there yet surely ? I suppose when you think of Castlereagh...

freshpopcorn

Get off the roads Mary Mitchell O'Connor is on the way home for good!

FrancieBrady

Sir Oxman wrote: »

To be fair, the two splits were over monumental happenings
The Troubles - Official and Provisional
The GFA - spawned Republican SF


Also, Tobin left over a very, very large question - abortion rights.

Like Renua...Aontu will burn a little brightly for a while and fade away.

Eric Cartman

Sir Oxman wrote: »

murphy is in 2nd place right now..

5th according to the times.

is_that_so

UsBus wrote: »

Galway east count is completed for the last couple of hours. What the hell is wrong with the rest of them..??
Kerry takes the biscuit, Michael Healy Rae elected on count 1 and then they've adjourned till the morning......!!!!

Galway East is a 3 seater, Kerry is a 5 seater.

LeinsterDub

Sir Oxman wrote: »

To be fair, the two splits were over monumental happenings
The Troubles - Official and Provisional
The GFA - spawned Republican SF


Also, Tobin left over a very, very large question - abortion rights.

Indeed but that fact there have been multiple splits suggests the IRA are powerless to prevent it

drunkmonkey

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Get off the roads Mary Mitchell O'Connor is on the way home for good!

Who'll get jobs for the girls now...

Itssoeasy

meeeeh wrote: »

Does it matter? It was comfortable, it's not her fault that SF didn't field more candidates.

I'm not a fan of SF or Looney Left but you can't rewrite results just because you don't like certain candidates.

Im talking about an interview I saw about nine tonight and fair enough she got elected(that’s democracy) but she seems to believe it wasn’t SF who helped. I’m not advocating rewriting any results. The results are the results.

ArmaniJeanss

UsBus wrote: »

Galway east count is completed for the last couple of hours. What the hell is wrong with the rest of them..??
Kerry takes the biscuit, Michael Healy Rae elected on count 1 and then they've adjourned till the morning......!!!!

Sunday night in the hotel, couple more meals paid for and another days wages for tomorrow.
You'd be mad to finish the count on day 1, and if you can push it until late tomorrow night all the better.

rockatansky

Sir Oxman wrote: »

To be fair, the two splits were over monumental happenings
The Troubles - Official and Provisional
The GFA - spawned Republican SF


Also, Tobin left over a very, very large question - abortion rights.

Republican SF were set up in 1986 when Ruairí Ó Brádaigh left over SF plan to repeal it's abstention policy in the south.