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

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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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Comments (26 of 26)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	oooo	ooooo	Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:18
2	any of criticism of SWP is McCarthyism	the swp	Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:31
3	Pat Kenny Show today	Dub	Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:40
4	How about this for non-sectarian	Seeing the light	Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:41
5	Just listened to this discussion on the internet...	Jolly Red Giant	Fri Jun 08, 2007 14:03
6	McGuirk	Dub	Fri Jun 08, 2007 14:09
7	Comments on SWP article	DR Runts	Fri Jun 08, 2007 15:11
8	A Transitory vote & dropping "Socialist"?	Emer F	Fri Jun 08, 2007 16:17
9	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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