Poll: Irish general election edition

[Diable Rouge]

https://twitter.com/NextIrishGE/status/1272624263959371782

https://twitter.com/NextIrishGE/status/1272624637210484736

[elguapo4]

In fairness, when people are looking at other countries (naming no names) Varadkar and Harris looked competent and statesmanlike .

[Lang Spoon]

Yep, the same effect probably also contributing to Sturgeon's high ratings even with Unionists (despite Scotland only doing marginally better than England).

[DCI Harry Batt]

Any chance of this rotten stitch-up being rejecting by the Greens' membership?

[Duncan Gardner]

TT- I'm no longer a member in Ireland (though still supportive) but instinctively I'd say there's a 40-60 poss the membership will reject it

[DCI Harry Batt]

Fingers crossed.

[Diable Rouge]

TT- I'm no longer a member in Ireland (though still supportive) but instinctively I'd say there's a 40-60 poss the membership will reject it

One interesting point of note is that the NI Greens are full members of the Irish Green Party, and accordingly have equal voting rights over the deal - indeed, Clare Bailey was one of the abstainers at last night's parliamentary party meeting.

[DCI Harry Batt]

So is the "parliamentary party" a single body including members of the Irish parliament and of the Legislative Assembly?

[Diable Rouge]

So is the "parliamentary party" a single body including members of the Irish parliament and of the Legislative Assembly?

Yes - also the two Irish MEPs elected last year.

[DCI Harry Batt]

Thanks. How many abstained in total? Any actually vote against?

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

I see some people aren't really suited for the ins and outs of multi party coalitions. We have those people here too sadly.

[Diable Rouge]

Thanks. How many abstained in total? Any actually vote against?

Four out of thirteen abstained, including the husband of the deputy leader. No-one was likely to vote against at the start, more likely to save their energy for the campaigning over the next week.

[Diable Rouge]

Meanwhile, the FF ginger group is big in Novosibirsk:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1272797889815814145

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

I can't see too many circumstances where either side of this 'row' is going to be hiring bots. This vote isn't going to be decided by people who know anything about social media. So I suppose it's a big hello to Vladimir and his boys. Quite frankly we don't need your help, and you'll only get hurt if you intervene

[Diable Rouge]

https://twitter.com/yfg/status/1273201836829421568

[Diable Rouge]

Fair to say that Paul Murphy easily comes out best from the FaceApp treatment:

https://twitter.com/SeanDefoe/status/1273194314953342981

[elguapo4]

My eyes ,my eyes.

[Lang Spoon]

If we are to have another election, wouldn't it make sense to have postal ballots for all?

[elguapo4]

Probably

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Fair to say that Paul Murphy easily comes out best from the FaceApp treatment:

https://twitter.com/SeanDefoe/status/1273194314953342981

Dion Fanning would be interviewing the shit out of Paula Murphy, like she had something to say, and Fionnan Sheehan would be praising her passionate oratory and her youthful enthusiasm.

[Diable Rouge]

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1273347661693947910

[Duncan Gardner]

[Duncan Gardner]

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

You'd think that the leader of the Northern Ireland Greens would be aware of what sinn fein were like.

[Duncan Gardner]

I'll ask her- at the forthcoming Conference I mentioned above. Until then I'm guessing that she thinks what FG and FF are like now and predictably into the future is more important than what SF were like 25 or 50 years ago