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Thats some bullshit right there
Pete,
Not much to disagree with, its a halfway decent synopsis of Europe.
I do disagree with the part you highlight though on ‘smaller fringe parties’ and the example of Dublin that was used given that a very small fringe party picked up the third seat.
It was intended to be educational, Mark. Although it might have been more useful to have broadcast it during the actual campaign.
And that’s a fair point about the Dublin seat. I’ll update to note it.
“The bigger it becomes the more rules that are going to be needed.”
Errr …… why?