So we have a new party... Social Democrats...

I am not familiar with Irish politics. Is the number of seats in your legislative body derived by proportionality of winning per party or is it winner take all on a regional basis.

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Originally Posted by BonnieShels

To be called the Social Democratic and Labour Party? :)

I have them only getting 3 seats. I hope I'm wrong.

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The could go with Labour and Social Democratic Party. Might be popular, especially in the universities. There would be a queue a mile look for the LSD Party stand at freshers week.

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Originally Posted by shizzle787

Being an American, I can assure you, raising taxes on individual earnings only discourages those individuals, especially if they are middle class or lower middle class.

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Being an american doesn't qualify you to assure us of this. Being an economist would.

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Originally Posted by shizzle787

I am not familiar with Irish politics. Is the number of seats in your legislative body derived by proportionality of winning per party or is it winner take all on a regional basis.

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Being Irish I can advise that they are awarded proportionally within 40 regions using the 'Single Transferable Vote' system