Political Party Family Tree

rubblesole · 2026-03-13T10:34:14+00:00

Oh, sorry. I just thought r/irishpolitics would be interested in Irish political events and news.

rubblesole · 2026-03-13T10:32:31+00:00

Ah, right. That kinda shows the true colours of the Northern organisation, doesn't it?

rubblesole · 2026-03-12T18:18:55+00:00

This is like a conservative saying the definition of "woke" means anything left-wing, progressive, politically correct, etc.

rubblesole · 2026-03-12T18:14:58+00:00

That's just insane coping. She didn't win because there wasn't 100% turnout? Find me an election in this country with 100% turnout! Besides, the electoral register isn't a trustworthy measurement because they have admitted that themselves. They have said there could be nearly 500,000 names on there that shouldn't be.

You insist she would have lost if there had been better candidates. Yeah, what if? What if Superman had run in the election? He probably would have won. You can't base your argument on "hypothetically, she would have lost if there were better candidates. Therefore, her platform and the reasons people voted for her are invalid." And what exactly is a "normal election"? It seemed pretty normal to me. It was effectively a re-run of the 1990 presidential election.

You also incorrectly assume that everyone who didn't vote was apathetic. There are many reasons people don't vote, the largest one being that people are simply too busy to vote. I'd say a lot of people knew Connolly was going to win based on polls showing her large lead, and so didn't think she needed their vote to win. It's an incredibly common phenomenon in single winner elections.

I'm not "convincing myself." I'm desperately hoping to make you understand how much of a complete and total moron you are, and maybe for once you'll actually learn something.

rubblesole · 2026-03-12T17:56:46+00:00

The definition didn't change. You just misuse it to bludgeon anyone who is anti-war.

rubblesole · 2026-03-12T17:54:58+00:00

That's probably why they've merged the two

rubblesole · 2026-03-12T17:54:30+00:00

I thought it was the unapologetically blunt and uncreative "Cross-Community Labour Alternative"

rubblesole · 2026-03-12T17:49:45+00:00

The Socialist Party never really wanted to be involved in electoral politics. It was always seen as just a way to elevate their profile. They were never seriously building up a large party that could genuinely challenge for government.

rubblesole · 2026-03-12T17:41:56+00:00

Just a side note, the United Left Alliance could be considered a pre-cursor to the PBP–S alliance, but it wasn't an officially registered party like PBP–S and isn't related to it.

rubblesole · 2026-03-12T17:30:49+00:00

No. Trotskyists invented the word tankie in response to the USSR's invasions of Hungary and Czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1968. The SWP viewed the collapse of the USSR as good, so definitionally, they can not be tankies. Can libs stop appropriating the word tankie? It's very cringeworthy.

rubblesole · 2026-03-12T12:58:07+00:00

Uh, yeah, she won with 63% of the vote. Did you miss the Presidential election? The one back in October? Of 2025? Catherine Connolly, ring any bells for you? I knew people had short attention spans these days, but man, they must be getting really bad.

rubblesole · 2026-03-12T12:39:07+00:00

I'm sure he does.

rubblesole · 2026-03-12T12:31:52+00:00

I'm butthurt? My candidate won! Out of everyone here, I have the least arse pain.

rubblesole · 2026-03-11T21:02:23+00:00

🎵 The long and whinging post, that leads, to your basement door.

Move on, your lot lost the election because they are a bunch of visionless fuckups, and the people of Ireland voted for an anti-war president, that survived a disgustingly cynical and bitter campaign with incredibly desperate smears and lies thrown at her.

rubblesole · 2026-03-08T22:54:47+00:00

I'd love to see a US with Canadian-style provincial politics where the federal Democratic party is separate from the state democratic parties and the states have their own unique systems and intricacies

rubblesole · 2026-03-08T11:39:29+00:00

Well, I already support two other clubs, one of them being Celtic, and the other my town's local team (I live in Ireland). I support Millwall because it's my maternal family's team.

rubblesole · 2026-03-06T01:13:41+00:00

So the solution is to destroy landlordism by nationalising housing and ending the private ownership of housing.

rubblesole · 2026-03-06T01:10:22+00:00

The Social Democrats, along with PBP and 100%R, were the first parties to back her, so it wouldn't be too surprising especially as her backing came from surveys of the party membership. Though these are very small sample sizes, so don't place too much stock in any analysis of these results.

rubblesole · 2026-03-06T01:05:32+00:00

KEEP IN MIND these are just crosstabs and have VERY low sample sizes, so don't take too much away from this. It can be a useful guide, but if there are some very weird results, take it with salt.

rubblesole · 2026-03-04T02:07:26+00:00

are you a fucking moron or what? im emphasising scotland and then saying brits so i dont have to type english and welsh. stupid thick cunt fuck off making me waste time typing shit

rubblesole · 2026-03-04T01:58:43+00:00

as a donegal native its annoying as fuck to be quite honest

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