Local Elections Thursday 18 May 2023 in Northern Ireland

[arista]

Northern Ireland
the Brexit trouble land



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Northern_Ireland_local_elections


Will it ever Form a Government?

[arista]

Already Sinn Féin

Are way ahead

807 Candidates are competing for 462 Seats,


Results expected today around 3PM.


Re: SkyNewsHD, GBnewsHD

[joeysteele]

Good luck to Sinn Fein
I hope they do make substantial gains.

[arista]

Good luck to Sinn Féin
I hope they do make substantial gains.

Yes, squeezing out the Green Party
and other small parties.

[Cherie]

Sinn Fein doing well :smug:

[joeysteele]

Yes, squeezing out the Green Party
and other small parties.

Important to succeed in doing that.
I mean usually Unionist voters aren't ever going to vote for Sinn Fein.

[arista]

Current State of Parties

Sinn Féin 93
DUP 79
Alliance 39
UUP 30
SDLP 20
others 16


Ref: SkyNewsHD

[arista]

[Northern Ireland results

462 of 462 seats counted. Counting complete.

SF
144
+39
Sinn Féin 144 seats 39 seats gained

DUP
122
-
Democratic Unionist Party 122 seats No change

APNI
67
+14
Alliance Party 67 seats 14 seats gained

UUP
54
-21
Ulster Unionist Party 54 seats 21 seats lost

SDLP
39
-20
Social Democratic & Labour Party 39 seats 20 seats lost

OTH
36
-12]


Ref :BBC

[joeysteele]

Well done to Sinn Fein.
Good to see the UUP lose seats too.
I best not comment on the DUP.

[arista]

Sinn Féin now is the Official Largest Party.


Of course the DUP hate them,
refusing to form a Government.


PM Sunak
must sort this
pup a Temp
Government.

[joeysteele]

Sinn Féin now is the Official Largest Party.


Of course the DUP hate them,
refusing to form a Government.


PM Sunak
must sort this
pup a Temp
Government.

Of course the DUP dislike Sinn Fein.
The DUP are rightly losing out now as Sinn Fein rightly rise.

The DUP only stand for themselves and hard-line supporters of the unionists.
Not for the whole people of N Ireland

[arista]

Sunak can set a Emergency Government

He must do that
right away.

[Cherie]

well done Sinn Fein, they should take the helm now with the DUP in opposition, if they can't make a joint arrangement work that is the only way forward

[arista]

well done Sinn Fein, they should take the helm now with the DUP in opposition, if they can't make a joint arrangement work that is the only way forward


Never mind that


What about No Government Operating for
so long.



UK PM Sunak
must now set up a Emergency Government

[joeysteele]

well done Sinn Fein, they should take the helm now with the DUP in opposition, if they can't make a joint arrangement work that is the only way forward

I agree.

Successive Con PMs have in my view run after the DUP long enough to accommodate them.

Democratic Unionist Party.
Democratic, they make a joke of anything as to democracy.

I can't see a Con governnent however imposing a governing scenario in N.Ireland to further upset the DUP.
Jeffrey Donaldson is like a pathetically whining schoolboy.

[arista]

"I can't see a Con government however imposing a governing scenario in N.Ireland to further upset the DUP."

An Emergency UK government would take over,
because of the DUP blocking a Government

It is Temporary until the DUP
co-form a power.

Local People are suffering, Joey.


The DUP can shout away
but a N.I. Government has many
things it must do, right away.

[MTVN]

DUP are killing Unionism

Sinn Fein have modernised a lot but the DUP haven't

[bots]

DUP are killing Unionism

Sinn Fein have modernised a lot but the DUP haven't

The longer they behave like idiots, the more chance they will be wiped out as a party. That ultimately, is what will happen when they refuse to allow democracy