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Bertie: Not Waving, Drowning: SWP analysis of the election

category national | politics / elections | other press author Friday June 08, 2007 12:02author by e - swp (pc) Report this post to the editors

Bertie: Not Waving, Drowning

By Kieran Allen

The election results were a blow to anyone who wants to change Ireland to a more equitable and decent society.

Fianna Fail, has been returned to office for its third successive term in government and Fine Gael, which looked like it was in terminal decline, has recovered. On the surface Ireland appears to have returned to the ‘two and a half’ party system that is built around two rival right wing parties and smaller left wing junior partners.

The scale of the blow, should not however, be exaggerated. The Progressive Democrats, who were main party identified with neo-liberalism, were virtually decimated. Despite the loss of Joe Higgins, whose Dublin West constituency is under-represented in the Dail, closer examination of the results reveal that the radical left received serious votes. In many instances, candidates of the radical left received more votes than the PDs who have been in government for ten years.

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http://swp.ie/socialistworker/2007/sw275/sw-275-1.htm

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   oooo     ooooo    Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:18 
   any of criticism of SWP is McCarthyism     the swp    Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:31 
   Pat Kenny Show today     Dub    Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:40 
   How about this for non-sectarian     Seeing the light    Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:41 
   Just listened to this discussion on the internet...     Jolly Red Giant    Fri Jun 08, 2007 14:03 
   McGuirk     Dub    Fri Jun 08, 2007 14:09 
   Comments on SWP article     DR Runts    Fri Jun 08, 2007 15:11 
   A Transitory vote & dropping "Socialist"?     Emer F    Fri Jun 08, 2007 16:17 
   Do the maths     anon    Fri Jun 08, 2007 16:33 
 10   Bored of this game of anonymous sniping     chekov    Fri Jun 08, 2007 16:36 
 11   "Sectarian"     DR Runts    Fri Jun 08, 2007 16:45 
 12   Worth bearing in mind Emer F     IT reader    Fri Jun 08, 2007 16:46 
 13   chekov, perhaps this will be of interest     wageslave    Fri Jun 08, 2007 16:47 
 14   missed opportunity for anti war movement     tom eile    Fri Jun 08, 2007 20:18 
 15   no death squads     margin walker    Mon Jun 11, 2007 20:49 
 16   swp election result     hs    Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:45 
 17   Greens in Gov.     hs    Wed Jun 13, 2007 22:42 
 18   info for hs...     Jolly Red Giant    Wed Jun 13, 2007 23:52 
 19   Jolly pissed off     E1 SWP    Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:51 
 20   SWP's drift to centre     Dub    Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:25 
 21   e swp     hs    Thu Jun 14, 2007 15:10 
 22   HS -SP Greens on the left?!!! Are you kidding me?     R. Isible    Thu Jun 14, 2007 15:23 
 23   R.Isible     Mark P    Thu Jun 14, 2007 15:50 
 24   not the real McCoy     Bud    Thu Jun 14, 2007 17:48 
 25   risable and bud     hs    Thu Jun 14, 2007 19:25 
 26   Dun Laoighre Vote     Limbo    Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:25 


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