'It's a rather damning indictment of Irish politics at large that a proposed political party spawned from a Simpsons meme group on social media could garner such excitement and media attention.'
, it was met with a rapturous welcome, with the party gathering enough members to form a legitimate political party recognised by the state in under three hours.
The ISF Party will not run candidates in 2020 Election, stating that"in all honesty, the party was an inside joke that somehow got international attention." It continued:"Irish politics has been dominated by two centre-right parties for so long that a left-leaning political party spawned on social media gained more than 1000 members in a month and got news attention as far a field as Australia, Mexico and Hungary."And while we were as excited as all of you about the prospect of a meme group getting memers into the Dáil, the Irish public deserves better.
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