Totally undemocratic, but for crying out loud. Everyone in Tipperary knew Lowry was corrupt but he topped the poll. For years and years loyal constituents wouldn't hear a word against Haughey and kept inflicting him on the nation election after election. Likewise, Bertie, the Healy Raes, the unspeakable Flynns. Some people are just not fit to vote.
Country politics has always been a case of, you scratch my back and i'll scratch yours. They only see local issues, they never see the bigger picture and sometimes ignore what is happening in the real world as long as they are looked after and from what we are to believe, Lowry has looked after his constituants very well over the years and is even still trying to land a major construction deal at present with Mr. Quirke and his 'Good Time Emporiums'. He will go down as a god in the area if he pulls off that deal.
you might think it is a country trait, but it is also possible to look at the other side of the coin and the view that many country people will look at how services are distributed around the country and how the 'country' will always play second fiddle to the capital. With that mindset it seems reasonable that people will look at whatever opportunity arises to help their neck of the woods and in doing so help their families friends and community to prosper at best and continue to get by as usual.
It's not an Irish trait or even a 'country' trait because negotiations and deals are a constant in all politics.
you might think it is a country trait, but it is also possible to look at the other side of the coin and the view that many country people will look at how services are distributed around the country and how the 'country' will always play second fiddle to the capital. With that mindset it seems reasonable that people will look at whatever opportunity arises to help their neck of the woods and in doing so help their families friends and community to prosper at best and continue to get by as usual.
It's not an Irish trait or even a 'country' trait because negotiations and deals are a constant in all politics.
I've been thinking for some time that democracy itself is fundamentally unsound.Then we need an end to multi seat constituencies and possibly a list system.
Proper local government would also help.
I've been thinking for some time that democracy itself is fundamentally unsound.
They only see local issues, they never see the bigger picture and sometimes ignore what is happening in the real world as long as they are looked after and from what we are to believe, Lowry has looked after his constituants very well over the years and is even still trying to land a major construction deal at present with Mr. Quirke and his 'Good Time Emporiums' .
I've been thinking for some time that democracy itself is fundamentally unsound.
The only thing worse than democracy is everything else that's been tried.
Merging Tipp North and South would reduce the chance of people like Lowry being elected??
Country politics has always been a case of, you scratch my back and i'll scratch yours. They only see local issues, they never see the bigger picture and sometimes ignore what is happening in the real world as long as they are looked after
and is even still trying to land a major construction deal at present with Mr. Quirke and his 'Good Time Emporiums'. He will go down as a god in the area if he pulls off that deal.
Agree to an extent, but (assuming I would pass any such IQ test) it's not as if there's a lot of competition for the votes. Take those you've mentioned, who else was running in that constituency? Were they actually good? With vote management, it's likely that opposition parties knew they were safe, so didn't exactly stick their brightest and best up against those candidates or party strongholds.
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