European Parliament Elections 2009

[Réiteoir]

so did u vote for the BNP then?
popular enuff around here in east london - but then Millwall are the local team

went with Socialist Labour in the end - the party revived by none other than Arthur Scargill...

[bennocelt]

went with Socialist Labour in the end - the party revived by none other than Arthur Scargill...

wow - i thought he was dead
rock on

[bennocelt]

Euro results in today

just looking at some of the results in so far from the locals - jesus still in this great country of ours we have 25% of mentally retarded people who will still vote for FF no matter what

I know what these people are like, they mostly follow Gah, first up at church in the morning and are real patriots (know one shower laughing at me once for reading the Daily Mirror - ok i know its a rubbish paper but was for sports - it was too "British" for them - and they buying the Star!!! - that kind of inward boggersih mentality)

Jesus what a country Ireland is!!!!!
Will FF ever go away

[Ringo]

Euro results in today

just looking at some of the results in so far from the locals - jesus still in this great country of ours we have 25% of mentally retarded people who will still vote for FF no matter what

I know what these people are like, they mostly follow Gah, first up at church in the morning and are real patriots (know one shower laughing at me once for reading the Daily Mirror - ok i know its a rubbish paper but was for sports - it was too "British" for them - and they buying the Star!!! - that kind of inward boggersih mentality)

Jesus what a country Ireland is!!!!!
Will FF ever go away

Its called democracy and whats with using people with an Intellectual disability to make a cheap shot at people who vote differently to yourself. It has nothing to do with why people vote one way or another.

[Poor Student]

just looking at some of the results in so far from the locals - jesus still in this great country of ours we have 25% of mentally retarded people who will still vote for FF no matter what

One could be equally as disturbed that we're on the verge of voting a member of the Socialst Party as an MEP in our capital city.

[eamo1]

FAO Poor Student:who are you referring to as the Socialist in the captial??I know results cant be given out till tonight but i was out all yesterday and didnt even hear any "projected results".Anyone hear anything about the North-West Projected Results?

[Red&White Rover]

Haven't heard anything yet, but Ganley was doing much better than expected and could be fighting for that third seat.

I can't believe people would still vote FF after they've been shown to be completely incompetent and full of career politicians with no interest other than their own aspirations.

Mental.

[Poor Student]

FAO Poor Student:who are you referring to as the Socialist in the captial??

Joe Higgins. He's contending that third seat with Ryan and Mary Lou, although from what I hear she's the one likely to get it.

[pete]

FG have a good chance of taking the last seat in Ireland South (2 from 3 seats) as Labour lower than expected. Would make up for the expected loss of 2nd seat in Ireland East.

Ganley seems to think he has a chance in the North West.

[sligoman]

Ganley seems to think he has a chance in the North West.

He got a lot more votes than expected in Sligo anyway. Harkin still topped by a lot but Ganley 2nd iirc.

[pete]

He got a lot more votes than expected in Sligo anyway. Harkin still topped by a lot but Ganley 2nd iirc.

Surely Ganley will struggle for transfers? Can't see FF or FG passing him on any votes...

[pineapple stu]

Was chatting to a few of the Monaghan ultras after the game on Friday and they reckoned he wasn't going to near the running in their neck of the woods anyway.

[Poor Student]

It's hard to take in the bigger picture in parliament elections but there seems to be a slight shift towards the right overall: http://www.rte.ie/news/elections/sto...upolitics.html

[John83]

It's hard to take in the bigger picture in parliament elections but there seems to be a slight shift towards the right overall: http://www.rte.ie/news/elections/sto...upolitics.html

There are a lot of protest votes flying around, and the far right is a lot more visible than the far left across Europe.

[Réiteoir]

http://www.rte.ie/news/elections/eur...st_counts.html

Ganley and his Libertas mob getting pulverised all across Europe - resorting to grabbing at straws in the Count in the Northwest...

[pete]

There are a lot of protest votes flying around, and the far right is a lot more visible than the far left across Europe.

The EPP are centre-right mainstream group who will be by far the biggest group again. Recessions would usually see a move to the left.

There will always be a few wackos on the far left & right in these elections. BNP won a seat in Manchester. UKIP second large overall vote in the UK.

It really will be a black day if Ganley, McDonald & Ferris get in.

[holidaysong]

It really will be a black day if Ganley, McDonald & Ferris get in.

Thankfully I don't think any of those will get a seat. The BNP having an elected MEP is scary..

[Red&White Rover]

Crazy.

I know people in times of hardship will swing to the extremes, either right or left, but a supposedly first world country, with an educated population electing the BNP is just scary...

[holidaysong]

It was Yorkshire where they won it and not Manchester as Pete stated. Their leader is also expected to take a seat in the North West constituency. Scary stuff alright.

[holidaysong]

According to politics.ie an rsf candidate has been elected to the galway county council. I think they actually run as independants though - they're not registered as a political party. Micro groups are always gonna get an increase in support in harsh times

I read last week that they wanted to run under the name 'Sinn Féin Poblachtach' but weren't allowed to do so in case people mistook them for the other Sinn Féin so they decided to go instead as independents rather than have to use a different party name.