Separate discussion for the EU election results.
STOP THE STEAL
Anyone care to guess where Umar Al-Qadri transfers may go? Haven't a clue of his leanings
Edit: Quick search on Twitter shows David Quinn supporting him!!!!
I would say "left".
Ah those tricky left wing Muslim theologians
Niall Boylan has performed exceptionally well (considering RTE blacklisted him from the TV debate ) but he is not going to make it , far too many left wing candidates to be eliminated who's votes wipe out the eliminated transfers of the right wing candidates
They didn't blacklist him though, the criteria to be in the debates came out before he even started running iirc.
He was very transfer friendly for the bucket load of "Ireland this or that" candidates. It should dry up once it gets closer to the top but he still has got a chance.
Which is mad, Even though David Quinn of Iona is backing him. Al Qadri would be much much more conservative socially.
They may well go left for other reasons than backing a party platform.
O Conrain out, ~1000 to Dogkicker, ~1000 to non-transferrable, 834 to N Boylan
Al-Qadri now out.
Hopefully he gets in.
He has virtually no chance now as didn't get a thousand votes in Irish Freedom party transfers , only 824
Weirdly, Aodhan o Riordan got a few hundred transfers from the Irish freedom party 🤔
Maybe it's the Irish name 🤣
Ha ha true it is "complicated"hence my quotation marks, he welcomed LGBT people (to a degree...) he also was pro choice in the 8th referendum and is anti FGM. We will see how is his transfers go they could be a bit all over the shop.
I wouldn't vote for him whatsoever, but if you ignore his politics (which I loath) he hasn't done that badly.
It was only a 4 seater, Regina and Andrews were always likely then he had to fight it out with Clare Daly, Lynn Boylan AOR, Cuffe and Brid Smith for the last 2 seats which was a massive challenge as no matter your view on those people they are all established politicians .
The only reasons people thought he was likely to win a seat was due to wishful thinking from his supporters and betting money which nobody should take seriously when it comes to politics.
He's a very liberal Iman , the lesser known clonskeagh imans are a lot more Saudi
I wasn't overimpressed with Boylan in the couple of debates I watched or listened to. He was surprisingly short on detail or policy and kept resorting to vacuous soundbites about immigration and refugees.
The rest of the candidates jumping on him didn't help and being RTE, the chair allowed it
Wallace didn't seem too bothered whether he got in or not when he was interviewed on Drivetime.
Local Pizza store making a fortune.
Al-Qadri votes scattered, nearly 900 to Andrews in the first major move for him.
Dog Kicker out next.
I'm really horrified someone like him got thousands of votes. Who looks at him and thinks he should represent them?
Other racists who like abusing dogs?
I gave him my number 1 and Niall Boylan 2.
Answers my question, Al-Qadri votes went kinda centrist, no real bias except unsurprisingly v little for the Independence Party lad
And if Niall Boylan is to have any real chance. He'll need next 2 redistributions to go big in his way
Minor intrigue - can the SDs get their election expenses?
18837 votes at elimination needed I think, so 1400 from Dwyer (in this election, there'll be at least 100 there surely) Steenson (plenty of left wing votes in there), SF (will get some there too) and Aontu (some people vote for them over abortion, then transfer back left).
Dogkicker gone
+1706 to N Boylan. +1844 to Steenson.
Not enough to hold Steenson in another count, so he's out.
This may be the last count tonight.
12th Count in Dublin: Niall Boylan overtakes Ciarán Cuffe and now stands in 4th place. Malachy Steenson (Ind) eliminated. 9pm has passed but the count goes on…
The ones who's son went on holiday and accidentally ended up participating in an uprising?....lol
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