European Parliament Elections

An interesting observation.
If the recent European elections had been FPTP instead of STV/PR, the result would not have changed in North, 4th and 5th would have changed places in Dublin and 5th and 6th would have changed places in South. Full agreement on 12 of the 14 winners and the difference on the 2 was a toss up. Was it really worth a week long count?
Well yes, coz it meant Mick Wallace wasn’t elected
 
I didn't see this coming.

Michael McGrath is off to Europe as FF's pick for EU Commissioner.
Jack Chambers to replace him as Minister for Finance.

Chambers, aged 33, is set to be the youngest Finance Minister in the state since Michael Collins, who became Minister for Finance in 1919, at the age of 29.

Jack Chambers announced as new Finance Minister to replace Michael McGrath

Chambers will be the youngest Finance Minister in the state since Michael Collins.
www.thejournal.ie
 
Where will mairead mcguinness be going now, have they some other European job lined up for her?
 
She was competent at a very senior level and managed not to make us look like the simple bovine muck savages we are so ill give her a pass
 
joe sod said:
And a whopper pension
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How much will she get?

Edit; from what I can see they get 3.5% of their salary for each year in office. If that's the case she'll get around €90k a year. That's less than a senior Civil Servant gets here.
It's worth remembering that if we don't pay our politicians well then only those on welfare and rich people can afford to be politicians.
 
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Knuttell said:
And not before time. Can't wait to see the back of that dreadful pair of lefty elites and his dreadful poetry and general windbaggery.
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I half joked before that I'd vote for Jeffrey Donaldson for President ahead of Micky D. Then the revelations about Jeffrey came out and I realised, well I realised that I'd still vote for him ahead of Micky D. Therefore I'd certainly vote for Mairead McGuinness. She'd probably understand and respect the constitutional position and responsibilities of the office.
 
So Mairead or Leo, Bertie, Gerry Adams(or Mary Lou depending on the General election results), some minor leftie celebrity and who know who else. + all the right wing nutters will run around the councils looking for a nomination and will fail
 
thedaddyman said:
So Mairead or Leo, Bertie, Gerry Adams(or Mary Lou depending on the General election results), some minor leftie celebrity and who know who else. + all the right wing nutters will run around the councils looking for a nomination and will fail
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There's a bit of gravitas with Mairead.Never rated Varakar despite being FG....as for the others, a rogues gallery probably politely sums them up.
 
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