@bthalpin The history of Irish creative use of #PRSTV is a bit of a chicken-and-egg issue. To what extent did decline of #FiannaFail and #FineGael drive more creative use of #STV, and how much did clever use of STV hurt #FFFG?

I think it's actually the same phenomenon. For decades, Irish voters were mostly happy with the choice of FF or FG. Later, new political goals drove voters to new parties and new tactics.

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@kelpana I've witnessed similar outside the library in March. They were literally shouting pedo at us and a Garda turned and told an anti-fascist protester to watch her language.

I've come around to the theory that #FFFG are going to do nothing until they can pin violence to leftist groups, and when they find that incident, they're going to broadcast it every three minutes on #RTE until they've scared away all the middle class mammies from voting left of centre.

NB: Every year 0.7% of existing voters die, and the population grows by 1.4% through births and migration. Every year the #FFFG traditions lose voters, by sheer attrition.

#FFFG and are not doing anything to attract 70,000 new voters every year.

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