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Another election – but not one to choose a government 17/01/2020
By Ken Carty (University of British Columbia) The 2016 Dáil has finally been put out of its misery with over 300 Bills, introduced by enthusiastic local TDs trying to make their mark, failing with it. The question facing the electorate is whether the next Dáil will be any different. If one takes the predictions of…
Eoin O'Malley
Early 2020 election predictions 15/01/2020
Election 2020 has been called for February 8th. It’s a winter election, and called to preempt what would have been a likely government defeat in a confidence motion on minister for health, Simon Harris. The Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, hardly wanted to do his ‘Let’s take our case to the country!’ speech in the aftermath of…
Eoin O'Malley
A timely critique of Majority Voting system (by way of Book and Road Trip!) 18/12/2019
(above book launch in Sarajevo) By Peter Emerson Just published, Majority Voting as a Catalyst of Populism (Springer, Heidelberg) — https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783030202187 — is a critique of binary decision-making. Binary politics are everywhere: in the Dáil although there are better methodologies; in referendums as in Brexit, which was crazy; in Northern Ireland, where the very cause…
brendanflynn
The 2019 Westminster election in Northern Ireland and the impact of the electoral system 16/12/2019
The headline stories from the results of last week’s Westminster election in Northern Ireland have been well aired. A setback for the DUP, treading water by SF, a revival by the SDLP and Alliance, the continued marginalisation of the UUP, and the near irrelevance of the other smaller parties. Closer inspection of the figures delivers…
Michael Gallagher
‘Basic Income: Possibilities, Practicalities, Controversies’, 12/12/2019
‘Basic Income: Possibilities, Practicalities, Controversies’, Nov 29, 2019, 2-5pm, Geary Institute, UCD. Basic income is one of the most powerful yet also controversial political ideas of recent decades. Having broken out of the realm of political theory, it has taken hold in the public and political imagination as a potential way of reducing inequality and…
brendanflynn