God I hope not. The idea of any Irish party having a majority is terrifying to me. Having a coalition party means that each party in government has to focus on their most critical policies and leave the more hare-brained ones in the reject pile.
I’m not opposed to a Sinn Féin government, but their plans on pensions and their woeful climate policies badly need to be kept in check by a coalition partner. I think they’ll let go of the pension one if they go into government with Fianna Fáil, but unfortunately, I think both parties will be more than happy to return climate action to the back burner.
Even without the constituency changes, they have a shot at a majority. Considering their growth in the polls which shows no sign of slowing down, you’d be a fool to rule out them rising into the 40’s, which would put them in or near majority territory.
Thats why they call it Gerrymandering.
I hope SF will lead the next government, but I’d rather it be a coalition with smaller left-wing groups than an overall majority. Coalitions encourage consensus-building, and there are plenty of good ideas and voices on the left that we would benefit from having in government rather than in opposition.
There hasn’t been an overall majority in the Dáil since a FF government in 1954 I think.
For SF to manage to overhaul a nearly 70 year streak would take some doing.
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Mathematically or realistically?
God I hope not. The idea of any Irish party having a majority is terrifying to me. Having a coalition party means that each party in government has to focus on their most critical policies and leave the more hare-brained ones in the reject pile.
I’m not opposed to a Sinn Féin government, but their plans on pensions and their woeful climate policies badly need to be kept in check by a coalition partner. I think they’ll let go of the pension one if they go into government with Fianna Fáil, but unfortunately, I think both parties will be more than happy to return climate action to the back burner.
Even without the constituency changes, they have a shot at a majority. Considering their growth in the polls which shows no sign of slowing down, you’d be a fool to rule out them rising into the 40’s, which would put them in or near majority territory.
Thats why they call it Gerrymandering.
I hope SF will lead the next government, but I’d rather it be a coalition with smaller left-wing groups than an overall majority. Coalitions encourage consensus-building, and there are plenty of good ideas and voices on the left that we would benefit from having in government rather than in opposition.
There hasn’t been an overall majority in the Dáil since a FF government in 1954 I think.
For SF to manage to overhaul a nearly 70 year streak would take some doing.