Current Affairs Irish Border and Brexit

[Armaghtoffee]

Blimey.....BBC saying Eastwood has turned a 192 vote deficit in 2017 into a 10,000 majority

Eastwood is a much stronger candidate than McCallion and will be a good voice in Westminster.

 

[Khalekan]

Gildernew wins FST by 62 votes.

Re-count in progress.

 

[Khalekan]

It is beyond all reason and commonsense that DUP figures are still insisting their stance on Brexit was correct.

 

[Carl O'Ancelotti]

There's no doubt we are witnessing the beginning of the breakup of the UK tonight.

England elect a pro Brexit government with a big majority while Scotland and NI reinforce their determination to remain in the EU.

If Johnson doesn't listen to the will of the people it would be akin to the refusal to listen to the result of the 1918 GE. And we know what happened then.

Surely they have learnt the lessons of history by now.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

It is beyond all reason and commonsense that DUP figures are still insisting their stance on Brexit was correct.

Notable that they are all calling for a return to Stormont, the only place where they have any remaining influence.

 

[Carl O'Ancelotti]

Massive majority of 17,000 for Colum Eastwood. Well done that man.

Hope Johnson is hearing the message from Ireland loud and clear: you can stuff Brexit up your jacksee.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Massive majority of 17,000 for Colum Eastwood. Well done that man.

Hope Johnson is hearing the message from Ireland loud and clear: you can stuff Brexit up your jacksee.

An amazing swing.

Local politics needs Eastwood and I am pleased to see him given a platform to keep fighting the good fight.

 

[Khalekan]

Eastwood turned the Derry vote into a virtual Referendum on Abstenionism.

The Republican and Nationalist people of the city have spoken and they want their voices heard in Westminster for as long as Westminster has any influence over their lives.

 

[Khalekan]

Notable that they are all calling for a return to Stormont, the only place where they have any remaining influence.

They are in a right pickle now.

If they do not concede on the ILA and get Stormont going again by January 21st or sommat they will face an Assembly election.

And Alliance are hot on their tail now.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

They are in a right pickle now.

If they do not concede on the ILA and get Stormont going again by January 21st or sommat they will face an Assembly election.

And Alliance are hot on their tail now.

Will be interesting to see how long Alliance can hold onto their borrowed votes. They would love an Assembly election now.

 

[Bluerover]

Morning all!!
Just getting the results before heading to work and I am smiling at the wee 6.

As posted elsewhere I wonder what the current UK will look like in 10 years.

 

[Bluerover]

Blonde lady on Sky just said "Ian Dodds" has lost his seat.

Indeed...

 

[Bluerover]

Unionists in minority for first time! Truly historic day.

7 SF 2 SDLP 1 Alliance 8 DUP.

Foster has gone back to using the hateful "pan-Nationalist front" language of the dark past.

Disgusting.

 

[Khalekan]

An amazing swing.

Local politics needs Eastwood and I am pleased to see him given a platform to keep fighting the good fight.

In the end it was circa 16,000 votes.

 

[Khalekan]

Unionists in minority for first time! Truly historic day.

7 SF 2 SDLP 1 Alliance 8 DUP.

Foster has gone back to using the hateful "pan-Nationalist front" language of the dark past.

Disgusting.

The odd thing is Blue, that phrase was coined by Gerry Adams back at the time of the Hume/Adams talks, when he talked of a “Pan Nationalist Front running from Derry through Belfast to Dublin and across to Washington, New York and Boston”.

It has since become a dog whistle which politicians like Foster use to rile up the more unsavoury elements of loyalists in 6 of 9.