The republican party Sinn Fein looks likely to come out on top in Northern Ireland’s elections, for the first time.
The cornerstone of the party’s manifesto is to leave the UK and unite with the rest of Ireland.
Al Jazeera’s @Jonah Hull reports from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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let’s be real. The Alliance party is just nther unionist party. What I mean is that the unionist is more of wanting to keep a status quo of what is already there. Being “neutral” is just a fancy word for siding one side whithout ironically knowing it. While Sinn Fien is seeking for unification with Ireland. Sure they promise housing and economic stuff but so does Sinn Fien. The different is that Sinn Fien wants to challenge that status quo while Alliance doesn’t.
@Ultan Beare basically as I said, the people who doesn’t want to challenge the status quo and ironically siding one side without knowing it
@Paddy Pipe HEAR HEAR they are unionist in a sense but unionist dont want some pro-protocol person to be a unionist so. Also I could see them supported a referendum but not urging voters how to vote on it
@Talalla
In reality now growing number who aren’t of one side or the other , . Intruth their identity may not be British or Irish. Identity isn’t paying their rising bills . Identity isn’t stopping inflation or given the youth hope of owning a home . What matters are bread and butter issues . What matters is prosperity without casting a us Vs them outlook. I personally hope that political landscape changes to reflect the will of all communities across North of Ireland. Allow them to come together to focus on building a better vision for the future and finally turn away from division of differences . Peace is unfortunately still very fragile when hatred is fueled . Unfortunately there are still peace walls constructed across communities in Belfast extra .. I hope that one day they can be removed… in a dualism fashion .
Unionists demand to be respected, then they nominate a guy named “Poots”
A united Ireland?
@Graeme Johnston not soon then
@Graeme Johnston 23 seats each so far including that extra party of yours. Not very impressive
@Graeme Johnston barely. For explicitly Unionist vs explicitly nationalist parties the proportion was about 40-39 with the other 20 percent being in other. Within that other group is PBP and Aontú who’d push the proportion up to about 40-40.
@Graeme Johnston It’s a one way process, unionism is dead
Thank you Brexit 🤣
Freedom to Ireland from Brits
Russian army is ready to help Irish people to get freedom from British occupation
@jackie treehorn speaks volumes? Too bad you haven’t really said anything at all.
@Taxi Rob I mean that’s what I’m saying. That Ireland is not doing that anymore but the situation is similar. Ba during the troubles was the IRA not an Irish ☘️ insurgency
Two terrorists
Russian is ready to send weapons to Irish to libarate themselves
NICE ONE SINN FEIN 🇮🇪
I’m presuming people on here commenting have no brains lol
They’re presuming the same of you
Yawn.
Don’t be so hard on yourself
Way too many Putin fanboys here
@rattatouille m. rat They seem to be payed by comments … no quality control at all.
United Republic of Ireland!!!
Funny how no one is calling THESE nationalists “Nazis.” I guess the Krembots weren’t paying attention.
You seem to be thinking about the Unionists and the Orangemen.
@Seán Egan I understand that. My point is that it’s nationalism just the same, and Putinistas are still complaining about nationalists in Ukraine.
@Frank ONeill How is that any different to Irish nationalists hatred of British? Is that not racism?
@Lewis Howe The English nationalists hate foreigners just because they are foreign, without having had any engagement with them. People also hate others who have done harm to them, which in some cses is understandable.
From what I understand from the Irish nationalists to whom I have spoken, I don’t get the impression they hate the English. They just feel sorry for them.
@Frank ONeill You have never spoken to any genuine English nationalists.
English nationalists want a home for English people and a place where English culture can continue to exist. Just like what most peoples and cultures have around the world.
This is no different to Irish nationalists wanting to protect Irish people and Irish culture. To tolerate one and berate the other is hypocrisy.
A lot of English people have tensions with foreigners because English people are becoming a minority in their own country, no different to how catholic Irish felt in Northern Ireland probably.
russia should help ira
Or uda
@Eoin Byrne its too big 2 get lost
The SNP beat everybody in Scotland by a mile as Independence supporters show they still want to leave the UK
EU new members: United Ireland and Independent Scotland
United Ireland & Independent Scotland will be AWESOME.
I hope so
its always good to have another albaina in eruope, scotland has nothing
@Craig Ryan Try learning how to spell.
Eire 32 incoming
*BREXSHITTING* will be followed by UK break up.
People around the world are changing and fake democracy doesn’t impress them anymore…🤔🤔🤔
No need for a referendum. A simple Declaration of Union will suffice. The English colonists who are unhappy about it can just board an O’Leary Special to their beloved homeland or if they can’t afford a ticket they can paddle a canoe across the Irish Sea. Goodbye, so long, it’s not been good to know you.
alot of killing first
Very democratic, constructive and for how forsighted not asking for any problems. A referendum would be the best thing to do. Not all protestants are unionists and not all catholics are republicans. Let the people decide, 60 % outcome would be sufficiant.
@nemo4evr I do not like the DUP, and a united Ireland might be a good thing, but the wishes of the unionist community should be respected and taken into account, unless you want the troubles to start all over again, which no one in Northern Ireland wants
There is a need for a referendum, otherwise every sacrifice was in vain.
It looks like the people realized the Brexiters have used them for their own gains.
A United Ireland now! 🇮🇪
UK is falling apart falling apart falling apart
There will never be Democracy in the North of Ireland until the DUP Unionists are made to recognise the outcome of the Electorate
I find this unbelievable and unacceptable in the 21st Century in the Western Free World that this behaviour would be Tolerated by London, Washington, or Brussels.
A historic day 🇮🇪
Tiocfaidh ar la
If there is to be a United Ireland, that phrase has to go if everyone is to feel welcome.
One island, one country, one great future.
One big ball of wax…
Yea but first Lisa must be punished for killing of Diana
The RePublic of Ireland can’t afford the economy of Northern Ireland. It will be a collapse but when they come back begging we won’t be there to save them anymore
@The Carpet man Thats a silly statement.
Nationalists have lived in the Union and they don’t want to, why is it all of a sudden so different if unionists have to do what nationalists have done and live in a UI??
@Le Merchelant and how did that go when republicans didn’t want to live under UK rule..violence..you are naive to think the opposite would not be true if roles are reversed
@The Carpet man Nationalists and republicans have lived under UK rule with no violence for decades.
Back when Unionists Gerrymandered NI and made nationalists 2nd class citizens and BURNT them out of their houses.. yah violence erupted you GENIUS.
The thing is for a whole generation now they don’t now violence.. if unionists started trouble, especially in this day and age where terrorism is seen VERY BADLY by everyone – they would be dealt with swiftly.
@Le Merchelant you are definitely a shinner by the sounds of it…so you obviously don’t understand that when unionists are no longer part of the union…that spells trouble…you don’t need to be a genius to work that out.
Better get used to the euros lads!
🇮🇪
The Unionists got 40% of the vote, while the Nationalists got 38%. The Alliance Party is also largely a unionist party and they got 13% of the vote. There is a pretty strong unionist majority despite Sinn Fein winning 29% of the vote
@Le Merchelant The Alliance party, though a Unionist party it is as you said barely that! In practice, they’re much less ideological than the DUP and are concerned more with maitaining the peace and improving the economy of the province.
SF cleaned up in first preference votes. How do you plan to spin that as a unionist majority.?
Haha no they didn’t. Last check they’re both on 41%! So whatever happens in the future, either reunity or status quo, the place itself is going to be as normal and Irish in culture as anywhere else in Ireland and nothing unionists can do about it. Yeoooo
Your on every news clip. Your head is melted kid
@Le Merchelant
I think “United Ireland” would be a fantastic new name for the new Ireland!!
Dont rush a poll .wait until we know fact its won and to make as many unionists happy as we can . Open this island up to all
WELL DONR SINN FEIN.
And replace the border in the Irish Sea with what? Always moaning and never coning up with solutions. Sad creatures those DUP fools keep coming back to Westminster and getting kicked like puppies and a abusive master. 😅😅
Victory for.. Unified
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Gandhi “fasted” after a fashion, but never “till death.”
Bobby Sands street 👍🏻
@Brian Óg Smyth That was a spectacular delayed “own goal” for the Iron Lady. It was her decision to let the Long Kesh internment camp protesters die. That led to increased stress on both parts of the “Armalite and Ballot Box” strategy, American intervention, power-sharing and, not too far from now, the end of both the Protestant Ascendancy and English rule in Ireland.
Not so much a Sinn Fein victory – as the majority unionist vote being split between 3 or 4 different parties.
@Dave Keating Now,Disowned Unionist Party.
Vote count for nationalist parties outnumbered votes for unionist parties
it’s still symbolic for Sinn Fein to be first minister
Alliance will agree with SF a lot though, since the DUP and co. are often undemocratic
@Finnbar M for sure. Alliance will do everything to bring Northern Ireland back to EU. But this is only possible when Northern Ireland gets an reunification with Ireland. Ireland has maybe to give northern ireland some autonomy then it could work.
Hate the British live their money
@Moon Pie there are no resources in Ireland there never has been 🤡
Jeez their retarded 1690 mindset? Banging on about Brexshite/Border. You threw you hand. It didnt work. It’s 2022! The Ole apartheid regime isn’t coming back, neither is gerrymandering votes, or anyone of nationalist background ‘need not apply’. Better wake-up.
The Unionists in NI should have nothing to fear from a United Ireland. Our constitution makes every citizen equal under the law, you won’t find any lord’s, kings or queens in Ireland.
In fact NI citizens would become far wealthier within a United Ireland. It would be a massive opportunity for them. Some are starting to slowly realize that, hence the massive increase in the middle ground that are not voting Orange or Green.
It’s that 20% that will decide any future unification referendum.
My guess is that they’ll be convinced to unite Ireland and come fully back into the EU.
@Razor Mouth no rush…. We are going to do this right
@Brian Mcgovern I agree but I suspect there will be one in about 5 years.
SF will most likely be running government in both jurisdictions in 2 or so years.
@Razor Mouth Douglas Hyde
The increase in the middle ground shows that more people are getting sick of both Sinn Fein and the DUP and that they just want to live in Northern Ireland in peace. Most Alliance voters would vote to remain as Northern Ireland.
@Ainsley Govan time will tell… 👌
Partition has never worked and reunification of Ireland 🇮🇪 is way forward…on island of Ireland..Irish nation is one. The unionists orange state is dead 🇬🇧
So The I.R.A finally won. Ian Paisley will be doing cartwheels in his grave. You couldn’t write this into a script. Hilarious.
It’s called democracy you should try it sometime.
A British democracy. Lol
And the uda lost get over it
Religion & Politics were never a positive mix!
Younger voters are very well informed!
The younger voters realized they were used as hostages in the Brexit deal.
Yet it seems it was only Northern Ireland having these problems
Tiocfaidh ar la Ireland united from Agrigento sicily 💪💪💪
Imagine there are no countries, no religion too! Who wrote that?
Famous Irish songwriter John Lennon.
An egocentric hypocrite from Liverpool.
I’m mean it is quite impossible to do in anytime near now. Maybe in 100 years
The Flat Earth DUP Society is screwed
Waiting 101 years 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
You’re some age pal. 😅
Well Done, Northern Ireland. Leave a light on for the Republic of Scotland. We are also leaving the English to their Race Hate and the Russian Sanctions busting Offshore bankers.
@Sean Brennan Brits are Celts, English are Germanised Celts.
@Swift If the Celts in England are not Celtic anymore due to invasions in the past, how is it not the same case with Scotland, Ireland, Wales being invaded and occupied by England and Vikings, French aristocracy etc for centuries?
If England isn’t Celtic anymore due to its people not speaking Gaelic languages, then again, how is it not the same case with the other nations of Britain? only a minority of people speak Gaelic languages.
Most people are all too willing to say they have extensive Irish heritage in England, how are we not Celtic in England?
I guess all these things are pointless now in the age of globalism where every ethnic group and culture is being destroyed, replaced with legal paperwork.
@Lewis Howe English can keep their germanic languages and culture we thr celtic brothers and sister don’t want nothing to do with English you guys should look to France or Germany for your brethren not us
It’s not a “United Ireland” it’s the reunification of Ireland, partitioned by England in 1922 against the wishes of the vast majority of the Irish people. Check the results of the British 1918 elections and therein lies your answer.
@maninredhelm nope it existed prior
A high king was recognized as a ruler of the land
There was clans I guess you’d call it
That recognized each other as all Irish but held control in set areas but were over ruled by the high king
Yes to a New Ireland.
A place where everyone is accepted.
A place where everyone can protect their identity.
Equality for everyone.
I supported unionism for years but changed to alliance.
Well done to SF. This is what democracy is all about. I hope we can see some change and action at stormont now.
@Michael Foley it is much more complicated than that.
There is barely an English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh person who does not have family members from other parts of the UK or in other parts of the UK.
All the countries are so intertwined economically and culturally.
Breaking up the UK would bring untold hardship for everyone involved.
Hundreds of thousands if not millions of people would be forced to move and leave their homes as they would be in a separate country from night to day.
All of a sudden entire families will be broken up. Borders raised and great economic barriers to supply chains would follow.
Even Britain’s nuclear deterrent are based in Scotland. What would happen to the nuclear weapons?
I really don’t think it’s the best for everyone.
After seeing what happened to the USSR and Yugoslavia. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
@Dan Welterweight You’re being melodramatic to the extreme. You lot left Europe but you can still go there. Now you just have to take the long queue
If Northern Ireland wants to join the Republic of Ireland, then there has to be a referendum on both sides of the border. And both must agree to the referendum.
@Finnbar M Because UK is great!!
@Abdullah Saif Long live Londongrad
@Abdullah Saif statistically it’s fairly average, but hey, you can have your opinion regardless of how little you know.
@Abdullah Saif Have a nice trip to Rwanda.
Irish Reunification, lets go!
United we stand. Divided we fall. Every Unionist voter told that to the Unionist parties on the door steps. They are not listening.
They will not accept immigrants and drive away those who are there
I have ancestry in Northern Ireland I am 40% Irish, 24% Scottish, 19% English and Northwestern European, 19% Germanic European, 2% French and 2% Walsh (Wales).
Parts of me wishes all 6 counties of Northern Ireland belongs to the Republic of Ireland without harming the Protestant community in Ireland.
Let me guess…. American?
DUP Did not represent the vote of the people of northern ireland (who voted to remain in Europe) the bigots and irrelevant Politician’s of the DUP could not look beyond their own bigotry ” even the Thickest loyalist could see that ”
The protocol is more important than our loved ones dying in under staffed hospitals and our childrens education… 🤷 Absolute disgrace of a party 👎🏻
I love Ireland. And now I am Impressed! It takes adult voters to see beyond the everlasting unionist-or-not policy and vote on immediate problems. Everyone knows that even if Ireland chose to plan to be united it would be a long term decision. There are more immediate problems that have to be taken care of.
I hope to see Ireland one day. I’ve heard so much about it.
British people live in britain
Nothing short of amazing.
SANCTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO FAIL IN THE U.K. PUTIN HAS DESTROYED A COUNTRY OF 40 MILLION PEOPLE, COMMITTED THE MOST VICIOUS WAR CRIMES, BUT THE KING OF SLEAZE, BORIS JOHNSON STILL HOLDS ON TO HIS LOOT FOR HIM. CANADA CAN DO IT, WHY NOT THE U.K. Refugees need EUROS.
PUTIN’S LONDON LOOT SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF REFUGEES. London is Money Laundering Capital of the World. High priced Accountants and Lawyers (these people know that blood is on their hands) make sure Putin’s Loot is protected for him in Londongrad. U.K. Tory establishment are in deep with Oligarchs. the Oligarchs are pawns of Putin.
Foreign affairs minister of Canada Melanie Joly is initiating action in relation to getting a measure of justice and genuine help for Ukrainian Refugees.
Melanie Joly said Tuesday that Canada will change its sanctions law to allow seized and sanctioned foreign assets to be redistributed as compensation to victims of war, Reuters reports. Canada is among a number of countries to have imposed sanctions on Russia after it invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it calls a “special operation.”
“Today, we are seeking the capacity to not only seize but to allow for the forfeiture of the assets of sanctioned individuals and entities and to allow us to compensate victims with the proceeds,” Joly said in a statement on Tuesday. “These changes would make Canada’s sanctions regime the first in the G7 to allow these actions. “WHY CAN THIS NOT BE IMPLEMETED IN THE U.K.” Sadly the whole World knows the answer
The changes will mean that funds seized from Russia could be paid out to help rebuild Ukraine or to those impacted by Russia’s invasion. Johnson’s trip to Ukraine was ultimately a spectacular diversion from the fact that he will never do what Canada is already doing, enacting justice and support for Ukrainian Refugees WHY ? PUTIN” IS STILL THE PUPPET MASTER IN LONDON
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And Brexit keeps on giving. You should have known it was a foolish thing to do when people like Trump were all for it. I guess its a silver lining if it finally unites Ireland once and for all. Just need Scotland to leave the UK and rejoin the EU to complete the Brexit fallout.
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A greay day in may ways, but the most important is that NI are now chosing to move forward and away from the archic DUP, so well done to all NI.
Breeding Catholics
Fascinating times ahead
Obviously there needs to a united Ireland. They’re not British, they’re Irish.
We can designate as Irish and British or Irish or British or neither.
British Occupied Ireland (BOI) has spoken after a long time. ……. 😃😃😃
It ain’t occupied. Ireland has ceased the claim to NI since GFA
BOI…never new bank of Ireland were into that kind of thing
Northern Ireland just had its best economic growth in 13 years. It seems like NI’s unique status as a joint UK/EU service hub could be setting it up for economic transformation. The people deserve better and it’s great to see that they are putting their ideological politicians on notice. Shape up or get dropped.
The gentleman said that the young people aren’t invested in green or orange. I think they are but they don’t wanna hear about it all the time they want to see government work if we see government work then we can move to those other issues. We can’t put the horse before the cart
leave green out of it ……..the problem is orange
I think the Protestants would be treated a lot better in a united Ireland ….than the Catholic population were treated in northern Ireland…that would be the big difference..
Yes I agree. However, you’re comparing past to present. Catholics were treated poorly in NI in the past but Protestants were also treated poorly in the Republic of Ireland in the past.
@Craig cause they had for 800 years advantage in every sector. Equality was something new for the Unionists. Not all protestants in Ireland are Unionists and not all Catholics republicans.
Unionist parties have won more seats than nationalists and besides Sinn Fein only 30% of seats and vote share
As an outsider I’ve seen the way the Northern Ireland soccer teams of both genders sing the British national anthem!! How are they going to assimilate as one!!! I see trouble!!!
All you hear are Scots and Irish complaining !! There are more Irish in UK than in Ireland!! There’s more Scots in England than in Scotland!!
@Steve Kildare I’m not any lot
I’m going by what I’m hearing here in the States. I think you are right all 1 million should go back to UK if they want but also the 5 million or more Irish should go the other way!! But none would I’m sure !!!!!
@Steve Kildare that’s definitely not incorrect !! At least 5to6 million Irish in the UK including 250 000 Irish travellers
@BENJAMIN JUAN DENVER BOXING It’s 420,000 according to the last census. That’s something that’s used to measure these things.
@Steve Kildare actually Steve I’m going by how many people in the UK identify as Irish !! Yes white British on the form but proud to be Irish!! Liverpool????? Manchester!!!!! Only 420 000 do me a favor dude!!!
@BENJAMIN JUAN DENVER BOXING I’ll do you a favour, being of distant Irish heritage doesn’t make you Irish. Plenty of those people you referenced would vote Tory in the morning. They like to say they’re Irish because it’s just shameful being English. Liverpool is a whole different story as they identify first and foremost as Scouse. Not sure why someone from Denver would gaf
Sinn Fein are globalists not nationalists
Good luck Ireland, i hope they get their country back and kick out the unionists. Love Norway
P O’Neill just overseeing everything there with Gerry.
United Ireland 2025🇮🇪The union is over why dont yous go home?😂
The rear story is that Alliance cross community party vastly increased its vote. Sinn Fein only increased by +1%. The DUP decreased by nearly -7% but the cross community non sectarian Alliance Party increased its vote by ++++17%.
Nope . Alliance increased the vote to 13.5% which means they won 17 seats. Which is only an increase of only 4.5%. It’s a story but just as big as you might want.
@rocarolan2003 Alliance increase over 17% first preference votes but overall the shared increase was 13.5% under the transferred system. Up from 44 thousand to 116 thousand . That’s the real story here and a positive one as Alliance focus on unity of the religions and you can’t unite and country until you unite the people in a peaceful transition into a prosperous United Ireland.
@Paul Hamill Their first preference vote in 2017 was over 72k. In that election they had over 9 percent of first preference votes. Now they have 13.5%.
@rocarolan2003 around 4% were transferred to other parties under the transferred system. Alliance is a very transferable party.
It would be a nice jubilee present from the Irish people to the crown if northern Ireland seceded from the UK and joined Ireland.
Nice
100 years ????? Catholic ‘s were only given the vote in the 1960s😱😱😱😱😱😱
It was a state designed and carved out , to ensure Catholic people could not prosper or vote ! D.up / tuv cretins are shameless bunch on the way out and rejected by the Majority both in the North and on the Island .
The unification of Ireland is now, let there be one Ireland and end to the British colonisation
Thank goodness I’m moving to BELFAST
FPDA alert….✌️😊✌️🇦🇺🇸🇬🇲🇾🇳🇿🇬🇧
Reunify Ireland
Free Palestine
Dismantle the UK
And the next step is a united Ireland.
Greetings from the Netherlands
As it should
Ahead whit reunification in memory of all catholic victims Ireland unity Is free until victory 💪💪💪💪💪 from Agrigento sicily
In what way is Sin Fein a Nationalist party sort of implying its not like the Internationalist Unionist parties.?? Which party advocate for a new and exciting growing Europe and beyond while the other panders to the English Nationalist Brexiteers. Seems to me its a label tagged onto any Nation or Party that tries to break away from the colonial past. Please can we be allowed to run our own affairs as we see fit. Sort you own mess out Brexshit Island
Reunify Ireland
Congratulations Ireland it should had been done a long time ago but better late then never !
What would the Stiff Little Fingers say?
Is Le Pen running?
Northern Ireland must become independent from Great Britain now. When independence is guaranteed for the people of Northern Ireland, the name, “Northern Ireland” must be changed and a multi-party system should be adopted for the new independent country!!!
@Matthew McNerlin To me, ‘getting on with things,’ means living in peace in Northern Ireland, as it currently stands, which neither Sinn Fein or the SDLP want. Nationalist parties only gained 6k votes and Unionist parties only lost 3k votes. Alliance gained 44k an they’re closet Unionists. Most people want to live in a peaceful Northern Ireland, as we have now, and to put the past behind them, and for the DUP and Sinn Fein to go away.
@Ainsley Govan We’ve been trying to get on with things, but there is one party/designation not playing ball.
Hahahaha if you think that’s what Alliance are! You’re in for a surprise. I know a couple of them, and while they’re neutral, i.e. putting us first (which is refreshing) those members would vote the way you think.
@Ainsley Govan ( making this quite short due to work) very good, the party leader is – does she speak for all? I doubt that she would impose her own views on her party. I value Alliance as they assist in the progressive society that we are trying to obtain here. Unfortunately, there are those in other parties that do want that. The DUP.
SF has moved on, and are focusing on the day to day issues. Any form of poll is quite some time away, but if they lost it I’d assure you that they would not be acting in the way of a certain party now. However, the tides are changing but it is yet to be seen how far it goes. NI could never survive by itself, but another factor that no one ever talks about is that it’s an all Ireland vote.
Be good fir a change if irish can join the EU with their southern counterparts and become a part independence .
As Scotland want a full Independence not part but again the Bonnie Scots do have more going for it although they want a better deal than irish have and rightly so with all Scotland has going for it with much Oil and Whisky capital of the World and Fishing industry , Energy and tourism the Scots have much going for it .
In reality the Republic of Ireland does not want Northern Ireland to become part of their country, so the most they can hope for is an independent state. But what would that achieve?
@Abraham21Now you know that isn’t true, Ivan.
And they’re Republicans technically, not nationalists.
The DUP do not want to share power with sinn!
Frauds: Northern Ireland: What we call government today is in fact an incorporated entity, that means that because they are corporations, they can no longer represent you an Autonomous living man/woman! There no longer exists any form of representative government under the framework that is the United Nations Charter.