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Given that they will be under pressure to emphasise what they are prepared to compromise on when it comes to their relationship with unionists? could the commonwealth be a part of that story? if you were to achieve a united ireland, would there be any symbolic role that you could envisage king charles or his successors continuing to play? well, i'm an irish republican. i'm not a monarchist. but what i would say is that the shape of a new ireland is for all of us to have input into. everything needs to be on the table for conversation. in terms of a cultural emotional tie to unionism, the monar...

If any, might the king play in the event of a united ireland? if, as is likely, sinn fein becomes the largest political party and achieves power in the republic of ireland, and prioritises its unity agenda, would they be open to the idea of ireland rejoining the commonwealth? given that they will be under pressure to emphasise what they are prepared to compromise on when it comes to their relationship with unionists? could the commonwealth be a part of that story? if you were to achieve a united ireland, would there be any symbolic role that you could envisage king charles or his successors co...

A good place at the moment, we saw some of that play out over the weekend and it is made worse by the uk government's refusal to countenance the idea of an independence referendum. what nicola sturgeon will say this afternoon in her speech is she believes that recasting that relationship through independence could actually lead to better relations, and at the moment undermine what she calls aggressive unionism. you can also expect her to talk about the economic case for scottish independence, she is likely to put that forward in the months ahead. a big part will focus on scotland's renewable e...

Delegates that their homes, pensions and incomes aren't safe "under westminster control" and that independence is the only way for scotland to escape what he will call "tory chaos". sirjeffrey donaldson will address his first democratic unionist party conference as party leader when members meet in belfast later today it is understood the dup leader will call for the "broadest coalition of support" for the union, from across the community. he is expected to say that "unionism should have no barriers to entry beyond a belief that northern ireland is best served as a part of the uk. new york cit...

Northern ireland's place is with the uk. they don't want it to become part of a united ireland. so that was one of the key themes of his speech. there was a warning to unionism as well that he touched on there, saying that unionism had become splintered and that had allowed sinn fein to become the largest party and there was also a warning to the uk government in westminster, saying if the protocol, the northern ireland protocol, which is much loathed by the dup, remains, they will not return to stormont so they will not return to stormont so they will not return to stormont so they will be no...