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“Israel is a terrorist state”: Far-left Irish lawmaker elected president in landslide win (en.royanews.tv)
submitted 4 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/palestine@lemmy.ml
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Independent lawmaker Catherine Connolly has been elected the 10th President of Ireland in an overwhelming landslide, securing over 63 percent of the first-preference vote.

While the presidency is a largely ceremonial role, Connolly’s victory is immediately set to intensify diplomatic strain between Ireland and ‘Israel’ due to her history of strident anti-‘Israel’ rhetoric, which became a focal point of her far-left campaign.

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[–] kiara@lemmy.ml 25 points 4 months ago (3 children)

it's as if ranked voting makes for better outcomes

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much any established voting system is better than first past the post.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

I'd even consider sortition to be better, in the current situation. At least it avoids the wealth filter.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The whole country of Ireland had rank choice??

[–] kiara@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Ireland uses STV at local and national levels source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago

TIL fact makes you far left

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

How left is "far left?”

[–] knowone@slrpnk.net 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Not actually far. Only far when compared to the "social democratic" but actually right wing neoliberal parties in Europe

[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 months ago

She doesn’t want to genocide babies. That makes her a radical far left antifa loony, and probably gay.

[–] hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com 1 points 4 months ago

@geneva_convenience Why is Israel wrapped in single quote in your post? Is there a specific meaning?