[talideon]

We haven't had a single-party government in Ireland since the '50s, and it hasn't done us a lick of harm. Quite the opposite, in fact, as junior parties tend to be a moderating influence on the senior one. If anything, it's typically the junior party that gets shafted the most when the elections come.

If you want real pork extortion, then you need a minority government propped up by a deal with an opposition party. That's what you have with the DUP.

[walshemj]

Exactly my point though quite my comment was voted down I wasn't expecting many hardline brexiters on here.

And Ireland has had major problems like Bertie Ahern and Charles James Haughey?

[talideon]

Those two gobshites are more a consequence of political culture, especially within FF, than voting system.