The #Tullymamder backfired so spectacularly that at the 1977 general election it handed a record majority to the opposition #FiannaFail party. To their credit, Fianna Fáil cleaned up the system by setting up an independent constituency commission. That ended blatant gerrymandering in Ireland.
There was better luck to come for minister Jim Tully. In October 1981, Jim was standing beside Egypt's to President #AnwarSadat, when #Sadat was assassinated. Jim escaped with a facial shrapnel wound.
@epistatacadam @beemoh @ChrisMayLA6 For more details, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_Act_1974
Oddly, the minister responsible was Jim Tully, who narrowly avoided being assassinated with #AnwarSadat. https://www.irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie/p/tullymander
The worst #gerrymandering was eliminated in 1980 by the usually corrupt Taouseach Charles Haughey, who set up an independent Constituency Commission.
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Президент, що прагнув миру і загинув від ненависті.
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Three men. Thirteen days. Decades of war.
The Camp David Accords changed history—but also reveal what it takes to bridge human divides.
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The Camp David Accords were more than political treaties; they were acts of faith amid decades of war. This post explores the accords’ history, human cost, and legacy while connecting them to Poetic Bipolar Mind’s mission: transforming wounds—personal or political—into spaces of dialogue, healing, and fragile but enduring peace.
Autographs
In 1971, my older brother and I attempted to collect the autographs of all the world leaders. We kept a detailed record of who we wrote to, who responded, and how long it took. The project lasted for several years. Here are some of our treasures!
1) Albert-Bernard Bongo, Gabon
2) Park Chung Hee, South Korea
3) Anwar Sadat, Egypt
4) Indira Ghandi, India
#autographs #signatures #headsofstate #albertbongo #omarbongo #parkchunghee #anwarsadat #sadat #indiraghandi #worldleaders #autographe #autogramm #gabon #egypt #southkorea
Jimmy Carter random fact: He thought Anwar Sadat was the greatest person he had ever worked with:
"'Sir, of all the people you worked with, who was the greatest?'
'Anwar Sadat,' he replied. 'The world will never fill his shoes.'"
Source: Personal conversation between Mitch Landrieu and Carter, from page 53 of Landrieu's memoir "In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History" (2018)
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