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Post by cato on Apr 15, 2019 17:33:28 GMT
59 candidates are competing for 11 seats plus another 2 that will be added on when the British eventually depart the EU.
In Dublin I see see Hermann Kelly is running for Irexit and Gemma O Doherty has also thrown her hat into the ring. The vast majority of candidates are slavishly pro EU. Many candidates from the smaller parties have been labelled non party which puts them at a definite disadvantage.
I wonder are Clare Daly and co going to appeal to critics of the EU or will they join the cheerleaders for Brussels?
Peter Casey is running in the Midlands North West region.
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Post by Séamus on Apr 16, 2019 1:51:01 GMT
59 candidates are competing for 11 seats plus another 2 that will be added on when the British eventually depart the EU. In Dublin I see see Hermann Kelly is running for Irexit and Gemma O Doherty has also thrown her hat into the ring. The vast majority of candidates are slavishly pro EU. Many candidates from the smaller parties have been labelled non party which puts them at a definite disadvantage. I wonder are Clare Daly and co going to appeal to critics of the EU or will they join the cheerleaders for Brussels? Peter Casey is running in the Midlands North West region. Dana tried being a moral voice in the EU Parliament before, but murmurings of actually leaving were probably uncommon then. I read a bizarre article today about Kent County Council bulldozing tens of thousands of native orchids maintained by a Kent Wildlife Trust to prepare for a no-deal departure. Something to do with a drainage ditch needed for the future queues going to Dover (!) Due to delays the Trust have been told they can now replant. At whose expense it didn't say. |
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Apr 16, 2019 7:44:02 GMT
59 candidates are competing for 11 seats plus another 2 that will be added on when the British eventually depart the EU. In Dublin I see see Hermann Kelly is running for Irexit and Gemma O Doherty has also thrown her hat into the ring. The vast majority of candidates are slavishly pro EU. Many candidates from the smaller parties have been labelled non party which puts them at a definite disadvantage. I wonder are Clare Daly and co going to appeal to critics of the EU or will they join the cheerleaders for Brussels? Peter Casey is running in the Midlands North West region. Dana tried being a moral voice in the EU Parliament before, but murmurings of actually leaving were probably uncommon then. I read a bizarre article today about Kent County Council bulldozing tens of thousands of native orchids maintained by a Kent Wildlife Trust to prepare for a no-deal departure. Something to do with a drainage ditch needed for the future queues going to Dover (!) Due to delays the Trust have been told they can now replant. At whose expense it didn't say. The radical left tend to be pro-E.U. in principle, even when they are extremely critical of its current workings. Sinn Féin's opposition to the EU seems a very distant memory now. I will give my first preference to Hermann Kelly. "Irexit Freedom Party" could hardly be clearer. I find it very hard to believe Euroscepticism will make any inroads in Ireland, though-- at least for the foreseeable future. |
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Post by cato on Apr 16, 2019 9:21:28 GMT
On paper and despite all the Euro propaganda that oozes continuously from our media there is a solid Euro sceptic bloc in Ireland. Under a PR system it should be possible to elect MEPS.
Eurosceptics defeated two referenda in Ireland. Katherine Zappone managed alas to get elected with under 10% of first preferences and look at the havoc she achieved.
I do believe it is not impossible to gain 2 or even three seats if Eurosceptics cooperate , transfer votes and generally provide a critical voice to awaken that group that are currently voiceless.
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Post by cato on Apr 25, 2019 14:56:26 GMT
The Euro election posters have sprung up all over the lamp posts of Dublin. I have been very struck how smug the bigger party candidates look. Are they contemplating the very significant rise in their standard of living if elected? Or maybe they are just happy people. One Fianna Fail candidate appears to be making ample use of her God given feminine characteristics.
The others , mainly lefties of various shades of red look quite sinister. I presume this is not intentional. A particular Marxist lady asks us to vote for "Feminism , workers and the Planet". I haven't noticed any remotely right wing or conservative candidate's posters yet.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Apr 25, 2019 15:10:22 GMT
The Euro election posters have sprung up all over the lamp posts of Dublin. I have been very struck how smug the bigger party candidates look. Are they contemplating the very significant rise in their standard of living if elected? Or maybe they are just happy people. One Fianna Fail candidate appears to be making ample use of her God given feminine characteristics. The others , mainly lefties of various shades of red look quite sinister. I presume this is not intentional. A particular Marxist lady asks us to vote for "Feminism , workers and the Planet". I haven't noticed any remotely right wing or conservative candidate's posters yet. I do love seeing the posters go up. But I haven't seen any right-wing candidates, either. I intend to vote first preference Hermann Kelly Irexit (even though he unfriended me on Facebook, for unknown reasons), second preference Gemma O'Doherty. Nobody after that. |
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Post by cato on Apr 25, 2019 19:34:43 GMT
I think there may be one or two independents worth supporting but it is hard to tell as quite a few are lumped in as "non party". I suspect very few candidates describe themselves in this way. After all some get away with claiming they are the tribe of the Gael or the soldiers of destiny or even all those who work!
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Post by cato on Apr 25, 2019 21:22:09 GMT
I believe Herman Kelly is down as non party as they were late in registering their party.
The other non party people appear to be single issue candidates. Perhaps we will learn more about them as the no doubt highly exciting campaign commences.
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Post by Tomas on May 8, 2019 13:03:36 GMT
The voting for next EU parliament is a low marketed business in Sweden so far. When our country joined EU in the mid-90s it was the Moderate party (eqvivalent of the Tories) who led the way and it was a quite close run in the referendum. After EU has changed into what it is today more and more it looks like a brew of "same ideas fits all" and no debates achieve much substance either pros or cons.
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Post by cato on May 9, 2019 15:24:36 GMT
Trusting RTE s weather forecast of light rain I left my umbrella at home today. While I was getting absolutely soaked on the Dublin Quays 2 hours later I noticed 2 Dublin buses with large Gemma O Doherty Anti Corruption Ireland posters displayed on their sides. She looks great too.
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Post by Maryb on May 10, 2019 10:04:05 GMT
How would Ireland thrive if we left EU and stood alone? We have always been economically dependent on first UK and now EU? We joined EU because Britain joined.
We are basically an agricultural economy. Agricultural economies cannot sustain full population. Land owning and professions are what give well paying livihoods in such an economy. Not all can achieve this.Our present system widens the availability of well paying jobs. I know there are lots of poorly paid insecure jobs as well which is to be decried. Ireland was quite poor with high emigration prior to EU. I remember it as part of a household that suffered poverty
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Post by assisi on May 15, 2019 11:29:37 GMT
How would Ireland thrive if we left EU and stood alone? We have always been economically dependent on first UK and now EU? We joined EU because Britain joined. We are basically an agricultural economy. Agricultural economies cannot sustain full population. Land owning and professions are what give well paying livihoods in such an economy. Not all can achieve this.Our present system widens the availability of well paying jobs. I know there are lots of poorly paid insecure jobs as well which is to be decried. Ireland was quite poor with high emigration prior to EU. I remember it as part of a household that suffered poverty I am all for leaving the EU as soon as possible. I don't have any of the economic answers to staying or withdrawing from the EU. But I think the following points are worth considering. - We have had emigration before we joined the EU and we have had emigration during our EU membership
- Families tend to be smaller now than in the first waves of emigration pre-EU
- If we remain and the EU begins to disintegrate as many believe, we will be dragged down with it.
- We tend to concentrate on solely economic factors, but the moral, cultural and societal factors are important for the health of the nation. The EU seems to want to destroy the nation state and instil a globalist consumerist mindset which will accelerate the already growing rates of depression, anxiety, self harm, suicide and isolation.
- In our very fast moving technological era advances such as Artificial Intelligence and Robotics may prompt a reaction whereby people will look to a healthier and more grounded life. An Ireland that prioritised a rural lifestyle alongside local entrepreneurship and the odd multinational (who pays taxes) might well be seen to be the future model to be imitated.
- A closer alliance with Britain (but both being wholly separate nations) would be desirable and helpful to both countries now that old enmities appear to be diminishing.
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Post by Séamus on May 17, 2019 5:46:13 GMT
How would Ireland thrive if we left EU and stood alone? We have always been economically dependent on first UK and now EU? We joined EU because Britain joined. We are basically an agricultural economy. Agricultural economies cannot sustain full population. Land owning and professions are what give well paying livihoods in such an economy. Not all can achieve this.Our present system widens the availability of well paying jobs. I know there are lots of poorly paid insecure jobs as well which is to be decried. Ireland was quite poor with high emigration prior to EU. I remember it as part of a household that suffered poverty I am all for leaving the EU as soon as possible. I don't have any of the economic answers to staying or withdrawing from the EU. But I think the following points are worth considering. - We have had emigration before we joined the EU and we have had emigration during our EU membership
- Families tend to be smaller now than in the first waves of emigration pre-EU
- If we remain and the EU begins to disintegrate as many believe, we will be dragged down with it.
- We tend to concentrate on solely economic factors, but the moral, cultural and societal factors are important for the health of the nation. The EU seems to want to destroy the nation state and instil a globalist consumerist mindset which will accelerate the already growing rates of depression, anxiety, self harm, suicide and isolation.
- In our very fast moving technological era advances such as Artificial Intelligence and Robotics may prompt a reaction whereby people will look to a healthier and more grounded life. An Ireland that prioritised a rural lifestyle alongside local entrepreneurship and the odd multinational (who pays taxes) might well be seen to be the future model to be imitated.
- A closer alliance with Britain (but both being wholly separate nations) would be desirable and helpful to both countries now that old enmities appear to be diminishing.
The latest international version of the British EXPRESS paper has scathingly headlined their country's participation in the EU elections 'a waste of time and £150 million'. Inside Ann Widdecombe and more-British-than-Britain Frederick Forsyth gave their usual raps at the May government,Widdecombe typically comical: "The major parties got a well-merited shock at the local elections....this was the moment for the PM to insist (Corbyn) backs Brexit. Instead she seems ready to weaken Brexit to the point of non-existence just to please him. A customs union? Why certainly Jeremy Single market? Of course Jeremy EU law? Oh Jeremy just tell me how much of it you want! Perhaps both he and she should bear in mind the 40,000-odd spoiled ballot papers with Brexit or BrexitParty written across them" |
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Post by cato on May 20, 2019 9:53:23 GMT
Dublin bus employees (perhaps of a certain political outlook) have objected to driving buses with Gemma O Doherty's poster on the side.It was claimed that a reference to "taking Ireland back" was racist. I thought it was a reference to her anti globalism.
Why Dublin bus staff can get away with this is beyond me. Will vegan drivers be permitted to object to the fast food ads normally displayed on buses? Will Moslems object to any pork displayed or alcohol promotion on buses?
Irish democracy is becoming more rigged in favour of establishment or leftist candidates. Hermann Kelly of Irexit was also turned down for his bus ads and his cheque was returned uncashed.
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Post by cato on May 21, 2019 16:40:46 GMT
As well as the Euro elections and a referendum on Divorce we also have local authority elections.
The Pro Life Campaign website has a good guide to the views of the various candidates standing in all areas. I have no pro life candidates or sympathisers in my local authority area. I don't know if I will spoil my ballot yet. I have never had to entertain this prospect before. I know local councillors don't make health policy but I will avoid helping any politician with this evil ideology.
In the Euro election after giving my 3 top preferences to conservative leaning candidates I am thinking of transferring to far leftist Clare Daly.
I sadly doubt if Hermann Kelly or Gemma O Doherty will get in but Daly could get elected. Sending her to Europe will hopefully mean she will spend more time away from Ireland and our TV screens. In the by election that will be called should she win her party would be very unlikely to hold her Dail seat. The trials of being an Irish conservative in 2019!
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