Sinn Fein the biggest party in Sindo poll November 1, 2014
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SF 26%
FG 22%
FF 20%
Lab 7%
Others 24%
( figures don’t add to 100)
Is this the first time FG, FF and Labour combined don’t reach 50% ?
Sinn Fein the biggest party despite all their recent troubles.
Adrian Kavanaghs seat estimates based on this poll
Sinn Fein 44,
Fine Gael 43,
Fianna Fail 34,
Labour Party 2,
Independents and Others 35.
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CL, that’s inspired that musical reference. Just on the poll…well, well, well. Cue furious analyses from the great and the good on how the political system is failing etc. that LP vote is one to watch. Oh yes and cue strenuous efforts re water charges.
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“The rise of the Independents continues with 23pc….Independents no change on 23pc.”
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/sinn-fein-the-most-popular-party-in-ireland-new-poll-reveals-30710365.html
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Independent has now changed ‘independents no change on 23pc’ to read “Independents no change on up 2pc to 23pc.”- eventually they’ll get it right.
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Now be fair. Ordinary Cert maths is not a necessary qualification for an Indo ‘journalist’/ sub.
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Not from the Sunday Independent, but a contender for Stupid Statement of the Year – ladies and gentlemen, I give you (who else?) Stephen Collins:
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Wow… that’s some statement from him. I guess for him it truly is all in the timing…
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i tried to put these figures into a Uk wide context – an interesting pattern emerges – bearing in mind all the usual caveats about polls http://eurofree3.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/perfidious-or-precarious-albion/
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Scottish results are very interesting.
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