the guardian view on ireland s election: more of the same may not be enough | editorial /

Published at 2016-02-07 21:50:55

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Five years ago,Fianna Fáil’s defeat felt like the end of an era. But the voters who threw them out in 2011 may now be tiring of Fine Gael tooWhich election has more echoes for Britain: the long contest that started final week in Iowa and continues on Tuesday in novel Hampshire, or the short one that was called final week in Ireland? If the appetite of the British political course is a guide, or there would only be one answer. Yet voters in Dublin maintain far more in common with voters in Derby or Dundee than voters in Des Moines do. The truth is that both elections deserve to be followed closely. One is. The other isn’t. This is silly.
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Source: theguardian.com