Galway West count results are not statistically significant

Independent Catherine Connolly is right now fighting tooth and nail to overhaul FG's Sean Kyne, who beat her to the last seat in Galway West by 17 votes in the first recount last night, prompting her to call a second full recount which is continuing as I type. But a thought struck me in the…

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General Election NI aftermath

Well, that was a surprise. I had written off any chance of excitement in NI last night, and then Naomi Long goes and unseats Peter Robinson. A well-deserved victory for her, and a rare blow against the Developer's Unionist Party. In other news, UCUNF crashes and burns, as  most unbiased commentators expected it would. News…

General Election 2010

This is the first time I have been unable to vote in a UK general election since I turned 18, having moved to Galway a few years ago. Of course, not being able to vote in NI is not so much of an inconvenience as it sounds on paper, there generally being nobody worth voting…