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What were hearing is that the eu is already saying it wont - show any flexibility, and thats why it is absolutely right that we, - as the uk government, are very clear. - we want to get a resolution on this with the eu, - but we have never taken anything off ithe table in terms of resolving thisl issue for the people of northern ireland. while this persists, the dup has said it wont go back into the power—sharing executive, which sinn fein argues holds everyone to ransom. a fundamentalist appr...

Which means consent for both unionists and nationalists. hi, guys, . get you— the watermelon or the coconut today? sinn fein�*s victory also raises new questions over what it says about the choices voters are making for northern irelands future. the party strongly believes in holding a border poll, a vote on whether northern ireland should remain part of the uk. there is only one person that can call a border poll, and that is the secretary of state for northern ireland. hes obliged to call ...

North and south separately. it puts pressure on the british government to hold this vote. irish nationalism generally seen as going up and else do you is a man british criticism going down. it is something we could see in the next five or ten years. —— ulster unionism, british unionism. the chair of the conservative party said on this question of a future referendum, a border poll, yesterday. he said the government has a constitutional obligation to hold a border poll if there is, and this i...

Border poll, did they? the person talking that _ border poll, did they? the person talking that a _ border poll, did they? the person talking that a body _ border poll, did they? the person talking that a body pulled - border poll, did they? the person talking that a body pulled duringl talking that a body pulled during the campaign wasjeffrey donaldson and in many cases he made the sinn feinjob easier in and in many cases he made the sinn fein job easier in terms of getting the vote out. i unde...

Ireland. that wasnt a big issue on the doorsteps for sinn fein, plus the doorsteps for sinn fein, plus the fact there is only a british secretary of state that can call a border poll and it will only call that when it appears there is majority support for united ireland within northern ireland and we are not at that stage yet, notwithstanding sinn fein does make good election results. john notwithstanding sinn fein does make good election results.— good election results. john 0 dowd said last ...

Make it work to make northern ireland work. two years after covid, post—brexit, we want to make northern ireland work and we will do that. a majority of politicians potentially going back into this assembly, if they can get back together again, who actually support the protocol or if they had issues with it can work with it within the context of a functioning assembly. what in the alliance party would you say to the dup who are worried about their constitutional position and feel squeezed by t...

Fein, for all that it has put 1% of votes onto its stature in this election, has never reached beyond the catholic community to recruit or convert unionists to their ideology. similarly, the dup, the unionist party has made a small effort in that direction because of the democratic unionist party and tuv have never made any effort to convert a catholic, an irish catholic or someone from an irish catholic or someone from an irish catholic background to their thinking. so how do they ever expect t...

Possibility in this election they could double their number of seats at stormont. so the surge has become at stormont. so the surge has become a super surge if you like in terms of seat. where its important is that if we get, when we get to a border poll at some point in the future, neither green or orange, those two tribes that are discussed within our politics, can win a border poll on their own. so that the third pillar becoming much more influential in our stormont politics but further down ...

Difference of the unionism, because unionists are now going to be a diminishing minority. find unionists are now going to be a diminishing minority. and when you sa that, diminishing minority. and when you say that. are _ diminishing minority. and when you say that. are you — diminishing minority. and when you say that, are you alluding _ diminishing minority. and when you say that, are you alluding to - diminishing minority. and when you say that, are you alluding to the - say that, are you ...

The eu protocol. so there is no great incentive forjeffrey donaldson to go straight back in. even though many people, notjust those who voted for sinn fein but anyone who wants to see devolved power—sharing with say this is hugely undemocratic. northern ireland needs a functioning power—sharing government. its been too often prone to collapse. only two of the six assembly terms to date have been completed wholesale. the other four there have been collapses in foster power—sharing has alway...