The doorsteps of North Down have expressed the frustration with the political gridlock, the anger at the failure of the public services and a high level of apathy from voters who feel their votes will resolve nothing.It has been a long and uninspiring campaign with apathy winning and the turnout likely to be around 40%. …
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It is amazing how some politicians have managed to elevate the new administrative guidelines required by the Brexit protocol into a major constitutional crisis. The threat that the Assembly cannot be restored until the protocol is abolished is a threat which cannot and will not be met as the protocol is fundamental to the withdrawal …
DUP- ST Andrews own goal-Chickens coming home to roost Under the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement the DUP would have had the responsibility of appointing the First Minister. This responsibility was given to the largest party from the largest designation. This would have been the DUP as the largest unionist party. Despite all the media attention given …
ON the basis of the opinion polls and recent elections I have predicted that SF will become the largest party with 25 seats(-2) followed by DUP23(-5).The UUP will gain 3 seats and Alliance 5 while the SDLP will lose 3.Former DUP MLA Alex Easton from North Down will retain his seat as an Independent Unionist. …
My original post suggested that the DUP could be wiped out and revert to the 1998 Assembly when the party failed to win a seat in North Down. Based on the opinion polls this is still a possibility but not likely. The North Down campaign was unusually lively, and I was canvassed by all the …
For the first time in almost 60 years, I will not be an active participant in a North Down election. Since the 1960’s I have been involved in over 40 North Down elections at many levels Council, Assembly, Forum, Westminster and Europe as a candidate, agent, organiser or merely a canvasser. So, I am now …
A Super Majority The decision by Alex Salmond to create the Alba party to contest May’s election adds a new possible outcome. A super majority for Independence Prior to this the polls were suggesting a break-even or a possible small majority for the SNP. In 2016 the SNP fell 2 seats short of a majority …
Real Reasons for Brexit-Freedom for Whom? On 1st January 2021 Boris Johnston announced “we now have freedom in our hands” Freedom sounds wonderful in theory but what does it actually mean in practice. Whose Freedom? The employers, the polluters, the tax evaders, the multinationals? Freedom from EU Employment Regulations Much of UK employment law is …
