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    If Trump's election proves anything, it is that the electorate will reward irresponsible behaviour, and the more irresponsible the better.…
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    • Ironically Varadker was elected using an electoral college system he himself proposed.  The larger Irish political parties have traditionally elected…
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    • And often in practice they are not - to the point of guarding their differentials jealously.
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    • No, but the disparity in conditions is such that it has totally undermined the worker solidarity required to bring social…
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    • No - I'll try and find an on-line source or discussion of it
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    • OK, I concede. I forgot for a moment how diverse the USA is, and how good so many of my…
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    • The problem with this theory is that Trump is moving the Overton window of what passes for normality with every…
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    • Democratic partisans should be hoping that Trump remains on as a lame duck President for as long as possible, tainting…
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    • It is a common illusion to believe that household living standards can keep on rising in a world with a…
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    • The Tories are picking up Labour votes and are replacing Labour as the main pro-union opposition in Scotland, and it…
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    • There is a real danger that all of America is written off as a screwball nation during the lifetime of…
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    • Someone is having a laugh!  No prosecutions have ever been brought under the act and perhaps the complainant wants to…
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    • because God said so.  And it is a sin to try to move the centre in any direction.  First past…
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    • Candidate  Vote  Poll average (based on graphic at top of diary) Macron      23.9      24.0 Le Pen…
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    • And as I've mentioned, there's no evidence for "shy Le Pen" voters. Not today, and not in France or other…
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    • I think Brexit and Trump have served as a salutary reminder to all voters that indulging in fantasies, not bothering…
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    • Yes but there is a culture of tactical voting that may be less prevalent in polities which use only first…
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    • Don't forget France like many European countries has a proportional voting system where tactical voting or voting in order of…
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    • Agreed. The largest error recorded in the sample period is 3.36%, which would not be enough to lift Fillon or…
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    • Apologies to those who read this diary early, but having slept on it overnight I have added a few paragraphs…
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