GE16

Don’t believe in voting? Fine. Vote anyway.

Aoife O'Riordan, 9 Comments
Picture of a wall on which is written "if voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal". The word "illegal" is crossed out, and written below is "seem pointless, irrelevant and detached from people's lives"
Original pic from https://capturingbanksy.wordpress.com/

In the runup to today’s election (and fine, okay, that one you USians are having next year that I’m already tired of hearing about), I’ve seen a lot of you write eloquently about why you refuse to vote, and I get it: voting is flawed. Representative democracy is too. If you’re looking for a complete overhaul of the way that we construct our society or run our economy, this election is unlikely to bring you the change you need.

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GE16 Red Lines: Who is left to vote for?

Aoife O'Riordan, , , , , , , , , , , , 13 Comments

To the USians reading this: the election I’m talking about is the Irish general election- GE16-  on Friday. Not the Presidential election that you have in nine months. Our election campaign? Three weeks long. 

With one day to go before the election, I don’t know who I want to vote for. Who not to vote for? That’s easy, in a constituency that includes the founder of Identity Ireland. It’s an easy rule of thumb: if you’re being invited to speak at Pegida rallies, you don’t get a preference.

Picture of a candidate flyer supporting Peter O'Loughlin. It's annotated. By me. Suffice to say that I don't agree with his blatantly racist views.
That’s easy. Another easy one? Renua’s Paddy O’Leary. A flat tax? Three-strikes-and-life policy for crime? From a party that began when Lucinda Creighton couldn’t stomach dying women being able to access abortions? Continue reading “GE16 Red Lines: Who is left to vote for?” →

GE16 Red Lines: Who is left to vote for?