Damien Mulley has managed to fire up a discussion on Irish Politics. Here; Labour consider inviting bloggers to the Ard Fheis. Oh how terribly nice of them! and here Irish Bloggers will not influence the election and while I think he really is concerned, I think he is doing a bit of tongue in cheeky just to stir things up a bit.
Fundamentally the question is how do you connect with politicians that want nothing more than to be completely removed from public opinion. It’s no wonder that they are having such a hard time taking bloggers seriously. They don’t want to talk to any individual let alone one who will publish the conversation on the internet five minutes after the last pint is gone.
I have never seen a government this far removed from public scrutiny, and who prefer to remain out of reach of any freedom of information requests. I doubt 2 people in 10 know how the current politicians got into office let alone the process on how they got elected. And the politicians are happy with that situation. Completely!
Why disturb the status quo?
Maybe the Irish deserve better? (that includes me now)
Funny you should ask that- I’ve just finished a guide to how the voting system works in Ireland and how it means that small changes in opinion can decide the government.
http://www.tuppenceworth.ie/blog/index.php/2006/07/14/theyre-counting-on-your-vote/
The Irish get the politicans that they elect. What is needed is for the entire population that is entitled to a vote is to take a bit of interest, and get out and use it.