I could write hundreds of words on the launch of the Labour Manifesto today – particularly on the section on gay rights (they forgot the lbt in the title but I’ll let it pass for now as the full text of it is inclusive.) The main thing I thought about tonight reflecting on the history [...]
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It’s been a while since I checked in with the good folk at Rock the Vote. You might have noticed that the majority of those big jobs were filled by the lads – the junior positions have some female participation – nice to see they reflected the glass ceiling that exists everywhere else in society. [...]
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Or how I got through the Liverpool/Chelsea match tonight! The night before the election I think is when the final is due! Now will it be against Manchester United? Anyway whilst I bit my way through the match I researched and wrote this for Irish Election – more of this throughout the campaign.
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For the election you’ll find me ‘hanging out’ at Irishelection.com. I’ll still be blogging here though! My Link blog which you will find here is a list of items I have read today and everyday and have found interesting – it’ll be a mishmash of election and political and queer stuff over the next few [...]
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This is a guy I’d like to have a pint with. He mentions the S word and you know he means it and that he has used it before for years and is no parachute candidate. Eric has also had a long standing commitment to lesbian and gay equality and is not just a newcomer [...]
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Lots of coverage for this new initiative launched yesterday outside Leinster House. I note that the site has a blog and a heavy concentration on civil union issues and ‘how your politician voted’ in the recent private members debate on the Labour Party’s Civil Union Bill. I’ll give lots of link love to any reader [...]
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Dominic Hannigan gets two new best friends in Meath…Love it! So AJ and Tommy match that! * Meath East is the most blogged/vlogged constituency by candidates so far in Ireland – it’s been fun so far, it can only get better!
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That’s what I learnt at Barcamp in Dublin today. Even if Eoin wasn’t a great speaker and expert on the law I’d still say he is a lovely man because if I said he wasn’t and it was a lie then I would be in trouble. See – I now know a bit more about [...]
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Thanks to the Guardian News Blog for their simple guide to the French Election. Time to get the burgundy and brie out for Sunday Night in front of the telly dragging up my aul French! The Zimmers do the Who….The single is being released next month. The programme which inspired the music goes out in [...]
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Back in February Michael McDowell was telling us all about the difference between conviction politics and auction politics. This morning according to the RTE Radio Headlines he brings us the end of Stamp duty – immediately after the election and terms and conditions will apply no doubt. (Link will be inserted later) Not that he [...]
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