Well he didn't. Marian Harkin got the last MEP seat in Ireland and Europe, 3 days after most of Europe had voted and counted. No FPTP system in these elections, the European election is a PR vote throughout Europe.Originally Posted by bennocelt
The coalition have done a good job, relative to the circumstances they were handed. But all elections come down to economics. The phrase "it's the economy, stupid" wasn't said for nothing.
I still think FG & Labour will be returned in 2016, mainly from lack of alternatives available. SF are banned from holding office by the bigger parties, FF created the current crisis and have done nothing but sit on the opposition benches for the past 3 years howling at the moon. The FG ragtag rebels on the Reform Alliance don't even know what they're looking to reform, and their only "policy" seems to be to get themselves a profile in the media and tell us what their ex-colleagues are doing wrong. Something akin to kicking an open door.
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