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Page 6 (of 6!) of my #GE2020 voter's flyer to be given to candidates looking for my vote.

_International affairs_

- We need a clear, affirmative debate on Ireland's traditional policy of neutrality – no more hosting of conferences on the topic with sponsorship by arms industry funds
- Pass the Occupied Territories Bill. Now.
- Prosecute operators of flights carrying munitions of war illegally in Irish airspace

_Public Services_

Implement Sláintecare.
- Just stop the political messing-about, and get on with it.

Real reform for the Seanad
- Open franchise to Dáil voters
- Seanad elections on the same day as Dáil elections
- Demographic constituencies, not geographic

_Public Revenues_
- A wealth tax
- Recover the billions of euros in lost PRSI due to bogus self employment, and prosecute those who evaded this tax
- Stop pretending that social welfare recipients are the enemy

Page 5 of my #GE2020 voter's flyer to be given to candidates looking for my vote.

_Protection of culture_

Protect RTÉ
- Fully publicly-funded; remove the dependence on revenue from ads
- Restate editorial independence – sanctions for ministers and TDs who threaten RTÉ in response to editorial decisions

More access to information
- Require all state-produced copyrightable works, including e.g. RTÉ's archives, to be released under the terms of a Creative Commons licence.

Prioritise the protection of libraries and archiving over business models founded on incorrect interpretations of the point of copyright.

Protect libraries against the long and slow campaign by publishers to destroy their benefit to society

Protect the Public Domain

_Condemn the practice of punching down_

We need to stop politicians and campaigners targetting vulnerable sections of society for political gain. Reject these behaviours.

Asylum seekers, transgender people, disabled people, unemployed people, jewish or muslim people, poor people. None of these are a threat to me or to you. When you're in debates or panels and someone shows bigotry, call it out.

Page 4 of my #GE2020 voter's flyer to be given to candidates looking for my vote.

Page 3 of my #GE2020 voter's flyer to be given to candidates looking for my vote.

Information and Information Systems and Services
Develop effective internet policies, following advice from technology experts.
- Note: technology experts; people with objective, fact-based, research expertise on the relevant products and technological measures. Not technology company executives – they're business people and not independent. Not those who demand reforms without regard for potential unintended consequences.
- Be clear and honest on the real goals of any internet regulation

Reject misinformation, especially if it furthers agendas you support:
- Stop suing journalists and news outlets just because they told truths you don't want known
- Punish government departments and agencies that use misinformation in public awareness campaigns

More transparency in government
- Revise Freedom of Information law to apply a presumption of releasing the information (requiring a specific reason not to do so)

Prioritise public health over patent protection
- Allow for TRIPS waivers, including an automatic suspension of patent rights during health emergencies such as the COVID pandemic.

Page 2 of my #GE2020 voter's flyer to be given to candidates looking for my vote.

Climate Justice
Present a detailed and radical climate action plan, up to and beyond 2100, based on equity and justice.
- Climate action that depends on individual behaviours or private investment and competition will not achieve the changes we need.

Free public transport for all, urban or rural
- Ireland should invest massively in rolling out public transport options.
- De-prioritising of private car ownership. As the internet meme says: electric cars will save the motor industry, but public transport will save the planet.

Invest in native energy production, prioritising a broad base of renewable and sustainable sources of energy.
- Revoke all fossil fuel exploration and extraction licences
- Form international coalitions on energy sharing
- Public building (including public housing buildings) to have solar panels as standard

Retro-fitting schemes to prioritise vulnerable people and disadvantaged areas.

Page 1 of my #GE2020 voter's flyer to be given to candidates looking for my vote.

See https://www.gibiris.org/eo-blog/posts/2024/10/29_ge2024-election-flyer.html for the details. The main text on this page reads as follows:

*** A leaflet for a leaflet

Hi there election candidate!

I can do leaflets too.

Lookit, what your leaflet tells me are the things you're interested in, but unless you ask (and are actually interested!) you're not really going to learn what /I/ want /my/ TDs and Senators to do on my behalf.

So, here's a leaflet from me, outlining my concerns. If you want to vote for you, all you need to do it post on Mastodon or BlueSky with the #GE2024 and #IWantEibhearsVote hashtags, '@' me and tell me which of my priorities are your priorities too! I am...
- @eibhear@social.gibiris.org on the Mastodon network
- @eibhear.gibiris.org on BlueSky

Read on to see what /my/ priority concerns are.

So it seems like #GE2024 is going to be a thing: https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/10/18/roderic-ogorman-calls-for-election-to-take-place-on-november-29th/

Which means ... I will have to dust off unfinished business from #GE2020 (yes, the "Existential Leaders' Debate" 😉): https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/academic-calls-for-election-climate-change-debate-among-party-leaders-1.4144259

New petition coming soon - stay tuned!

From the Irish Times, ahead of General Election 2020: 'Calls for hot air debate. There's no shortage of hot air spouted during election season. However, climate change expert Prof Barry McMullin wants a special election TV debate on the very topic. The DCU-based academic has initiated an online campaign calling on RTÉ to host a climate change debate, with leaders of all political parties participating. This approach s | necessary, he says, because the crisis "is entirely different from all other issues in this general election campaign".'

Some on the Left in Ireland have recently been calling for a French-style New Popular Front.

While that works in the French context, it doesn't make much sense in the Irish context with our proportional and preferential voting system.

A much better and more realistic aim in Ireland is for the smaller progressive/environmental/left-wing parties and independents to form a democratic electoral alliance, similar to the recent successful Sumar alliance in Spain.

#Sumar #Left #GE2020 #Ireland

I've *finally* snuck in to the top 10 on the Democracy Club leaderboard!

That's a lot of edits to #GE2020 candidates 😊

https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/leaderboard

#GE2020 Ireland 2020 Election Results. Hex map of results by
HeikkiVesanto #100daysofmaps #day93

Go raibh míle maith agaibh!
Thanks to the 16,310 voters who placed their faith in me - I’ll not let you down. It’s time to have a government committed to delivering a better, fairer, United Ireland!
#GE2020

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/mattcarthy/status/1226649297002913798

[2020-02-09 23:29 UTC]

I don't know if I'm overly paranoid, but I'm predicting throngs of #covid19 clusters popping up all over #Singapore in the next few weeks due to #GE2020, judging from multiple pictures + videos showing any semblance of social distancing going out the window, including the polling queues at some stations

Our Grandfather Story put up a video that gives a little insight on #inequality in #Singapore, an issue to keep in mind as polling day for #GE2020 draws closer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NruVy96wyWU

RT @EuropeElects@twitter.com

Ireland, first preferences (19/39 constituencies counted)

SF-LEFT: 24.6% (+10.7)
FF-RE: 22.9% (-1.7)
FG-EPP: 21.9% (-4.4)
GREEN-G/EFA: 8.5% (+4.9)
LAB-S&D: 5.0% (-2.6)
S-PBP-LEFT: 3.9% (-1.9)
SD-S&D: 2.6% (+0.1)
AONTÚ-*: 2.5% (+2.5 )

+/- vs. 2016 election

#GE2020

(Not that I’m counted as any part of #GE2020 yet…next time, hopefully)

RT @rtenews@twitter.com

FF, FG, SF tied at 22% support each in Election 2020 exit poll with margin of error of +/- 1.3% #GE2020

RT @gold_lgold
Maynooth #FridaysForFuture week 61. In solidarity with Dublin. Nothing will silence our voices. #OnePlanet #OneFuture @OneFutureIre @GreenNews_ie @gretathunberg @MaynoothTT @MaynoothCycling @MaynoothUni #stormciara #ge2020

RT @AsthmaIreland@twitter.com

@BPhillipsWriter@twitter.com @unadunphy@twitter.com @MarcKC_Green@twitter.com @damiengeoghegan@twitter.com If you're from the #Waterford constituency please contact your local candidates and ask them to pledge support to our #AsthmaMatters manifesto: https://www.asthma.ie/asthmamatters-2020
#ge2020 #Election2020 #GeneralElection2020

For anyone who doesn't know Sinn Féin aren't good #ge2020 #irishelections

RT @AsthmaIreland@twitter.com

We would like to thank @joanburton@twitter.com @LabourParty@twitter.com as the 1st candidate to sign up to our #AsthmaMatters manifesto and for showing support to the 380,000 people with asthma across Ireland. Retweet if you would like to sign up
Visit our website https://bit.ly/2S2Lg4o #GE2020 https://twitter.com/AsthmaIreland/status/1222443089014464512

#GE2020

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