General Election Thread

[Emphyrio]

They're 2 boring candidates so I just check in on the morning after reports. Heard 1 debate on Pat Kenny and by all accounts everything since has been much the same, apart from the new FFG-led smear campaign.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Latest (and last) poll results, with a bit of demographic break down, for anyone interested:
https://archive.is/olzUT

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Gavin might break 10% of first preferences, but I'll be surprised if the spoiled vote gets that high.

Colour me surprised. Looks like Gavin won't break 10% and spoiled votes is heading for maybe as high as ~15%, potentially half as many, at final tally, as voted for Humphreys. Out of them, polling suggests just over half said neither candidate represented their views, and around 40% said they thought neither candidate was good enough.

[John Kimble]

It's all a bit academic really, at most it involves signing off on the odd bit of legislation (on the say so of the government) and attending a few international matches and shaking hands. That Connolly wan doesn't tally with my own political views tbh, and anyone who gets the backing of Paul Murphy would automatically be a hard no for me, but she's grand like. Inoffensive, speaks well and looks like your gran. A bit like Michael D.

[Carnage]

Her husband taught me in secondary school. His nickname was Scutters as he liked a drop. Nice fella though.

She'll be grand, at least she's coherent, unlike the other two cabbages.

[John Kimble]

Not really a fan of Mick Clifford at the best of times but this is a good take

Mick Clifford: Connolly bank case row shows how outrage depends on who's in the firing line https://share.google/RiuZbGZCtIjuttehU

The left gave her a pass on the whole Banks issue but interesting how they used the "she was only doing her job" line. If, for example, it had been an ex-Garda Commissioner who oversaw the water protests policing, would they have taken the same angle?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Speculation²

[Bürggermeister]

AI cuntery

https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/1026/1540488-deep-fake-concerns/

[Emphyrio]

I've seen a couple, Pascal and David McWilliams, and while good, most Irish people would recognise them as fake. That one above, however, is very realistic.

[Pat Twisted Wrath]

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/aontu-fires-youth-leader-and-five-others-over-secret-racist-whatsapp-chat-group/a306331531.html

 

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Unpaywalled version:
https://archive.is/4NODK

Colour me not surprised in the slightest on that one.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

https://kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-the-people-who-spoiled-their