CWI loses Dáil seat

The CWI's Joe Higgins lost about a fifth of his 2002 vote and missed getting reelected to the Dáil (Irish Parliament) today.

I heard him speak a couple of years ago at a PSOL rally at the World Social Forum. He really epitomized the characteristic anglophone CWI speaking style, which is to say that he was boring, kept bragging about the CWI's dubious achievements and went on for about twice as long as he was supposed to. I'm surprised he managed to hold on to his seat as long as he did.