Anti-immigration candidates: Less ‘heat’ in general election campaign may lower chances

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Anti-immigration candidates: Less ‘heat’ in general election campaign may lower chances
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Six people with anti-immigration positions were elected in the June local elections when it was a hot-button issue - the temperature is lower in this general election campaign

Malachy Steenson and Gavin Pepper at the local election count in June. Both men are running as Independent candidates in the upcoming general election. Photograph Nick Bradshawacross 43 constituencies in the November 29th election, but it is significantly more than in any recent general election when candidates of the far right amounted to no more than a minor sideshow.

“Some of them did reasonably okay in the local and European elections. But many thought they would do better,” said Gary Murphy, professor of politics at Dublin City University . This time, Blighe is the only explicitly anti-immigration candidate in this five-seat constituency, meaning he has a reasonable chance of picking up the final seat.

After defeat in the European elections last June, Reynolds said he would never run for the National Party again, calling it a “toxic brand”. He is still listed as its leader on the party’s website but neither he nor Barrett are among the nine party candidates running in the general election. He channelled this into a successful run for a Dublin City Council seat earlier this year. Steenson is one of the more high-profile and experienced candidates running on an anti-immigration platform in Dublin but, like Pepper, he faces an uphill battle in the four-seater constituency, which has several other well-known anti-establishment candidates running.

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