General Election 20 GalwayWest

ShamNNspace wrote: »

Iv seen them in many other count centres she even told the crowd to refrain from any shouting hollering or suchlike till she was finished . What did she expect? The first SF candidate elected since 1922 give them their moment for heavens sake

just saw the most recent count from her and she did the same thing before cathrine connolly was elected. I'd say she is just no craic rather than being anti sinn fein

Pity they couldn't obey the rules of the road - driving on the wrong side of the road for starters, and also partly on footpath, partly on cycle lane - and yes, red van driver, you were observed by many.
(distributor road, Sunday afternoon)

ChewyLouie wrote: »

So Ollie has a team (presumably FF supporters) taking down his posters then FF send a second team around taking down the party posters...?

Seems like madness. I thought the party would have just sent the local candidate a load of party posters.

6 wrote: »

Delighted Crowe is out. People saw through the spoof

Likewise. And it must have cost him a bloody fortune!! Hope he’s learnt for the next time. He doesn’t need to pollute the city and countryside with his posters to get elected, he just needs to join Sinn Fein. ☹️

ChewyLouie wrote: »

Ah, explains why O'Cuiv lost his seat. Or did he top the poll...?

Came out with the most number of seats in the country too.

spurshero wrote: »

Cost him very little mostly party funded . 5175 people would disagree with spoof comments . It’s ff people had enough off not Crowe . Stlll I’m sure ye anonymous keyboard warriors know best . Anyway won’t be back on this thread so post away more insults there till yer hearts are content .

ChewyLouie wrote: »

Ah, explains why O'Cuiv lost his seat. Or did he top the poll...?

Didn’t vote for them but in fairness Cuiv is ‘safest seat in country’ as pundits like to remind us before every election and FF outperformed their national total (albeit marginally) in Galway West unlike FG, SF,GP, etc

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

For those that heard it, what were your thoughts on the Séan Kyne GBFM interview on the KF show yesterday morning?

Not a FG voter and don't know the man myself but it was a pretty good interview I thought.

I didn't hear it, what was his views on losing the seat?

elguapo wrote: »

Honestly delighted O'Tuaithill outlasted Crowe, he ran an honest and thoughtful campaign and was unfortunate that Sinn Fein swept all before them.

He was one of the 'more' honest ones, but looking as his career history, he hasn't got the experience that he says he has in health reform.
At least not according to his linkedin account.

But I'm still a bit bitter at the move of the left vote to SF

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

Obviously saddened at the loss but is was more about the toll the reaction of the locals took on him and his family due to the abuse he got on the campaign trail than the actual defeat.

For me, it took away all the bickering, point scoring & disappointment & focused more on the human side of being involved in politics, something I, maybe most of us tend to forget about.

Podcast: Interview starts at about 00:39:00

Didn’t vote for him but have met, like the majority of people in politics, he’s a decent guy. Wouldn’t have thought it would be that bad in person campaigning but social media is gone off the wall, have seen politicians being described in horrific terms particularly over the last year or so. Saw one post from what looked like a genuine account of a 60+ year old woman using absolutely vile language and I’m far from a prude or anything.

If it continues on this path, it’s going to make a lot of decent qualified people hesitant about entering politics, it has already but will worsen.

How does kyne compare to Naughton?, I don't know her either. Would she be seen as the better of the two? She was pulled from the water by the collar of her blouse, scraping in without reaching the quota so was close enough to loosing out too.

I wonder if securing the last seat without reaching the quota is actually elected by the people?

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He’s a hell of a lot better than Grealish. If all Sean cared about was securing his own seat could have engaged in scaremongering nonsense that Grealish did in Oughterard.[/QUOTE]

Grealish only got the votes in Oughterard due to his old PD buddy Tom Welby who is a very good county councillor and knocked on most doors in the area canvasing for Grealish. It was more an endorsement of Welby than Grealish whos area should in all honesty be in East Galway so he is very fortunate.
The comments he made only influenced a minority(still sizeable) of people who gave him the first preference in that area.

ax530 wrote: »

Good point ClanofLams .... If it continues on this path, it’s going to make a lot of decent qualified people hesitant about entering politics, it has already but will worsen....
I believe this is the most worrying thing at the moment. Shocking what people say about public representatives. Think it was good that Sean raised the personal side in that interview.

Yup. It'll only be the self-serving people that are able to ignore the bullsh1t for their own gains.

Snow Garden wrote: »

When are they going to abolish or reform that horribly wasteful and utterly useless institution....

They tried that in 2013 the people voted by referendum to keep it.