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In what scenario would we get another election?  Could other parties just not agree to it or how does it work?  Surely if DUP call another election it'll simply back fire on them.

If they fail to form a government in 6 months there is another election.

As someone said above it is pretty much down to the British government. Tell DUP to get into the Assembly or they will form the opinion that they should schedule a border poll in the next 5 years.

Absolutely. Very possible SF increase their vote again if there was another election. They'll be looking at South Down as a missed opportunity to run ano candidate for sure.

They'll be running 3 in South Down next time, talked to a few canvassers and they said they'd look at that as a go when they were chatting at the count centres

In what scenario would we get another election?  Could other parties just not agree to it or how does it work?  Surely if DUP call another election it'll simply back fire on them.

If they fail to form a government in 6 months there is another election.

why do they not do a quick referendum on the protocol and see what everyday people think of it and not just what jeff and the gang think of it. Looking at the election there were roughly 70% of votes for parties supporting the protocol and 20-30% against the protocol so its already pretty obvious what the people think

Because Nanderson that's a good idea - And when has a politician ever had a good idea

Question - Did anyone gets SDLP knocking on there door? Felt there was a severe lack of precense on the ground from them in this election? Had SF and Alliance call to the door and they were also at the polling station but SDLP nowhere to be seen - Another factor of why they've done so poorly

Not a good day so far for the SDLP. As some have said (and as I've been saying for weeks) their tactic of attacking SF at every turn was just astonishingly naïve. SF voters should have been low hanging fruit for SDLP transfers but Colum Eastwood's strategy seemed to have been to turn SF voters off giving his party a transfer. Absolute lunacy. I've no doubt that them canvassing alongside a constant stream of FG/FG/Lab TDs did nothing to endear them to nationalist/republican voters. There's a healthy cynicism (to put it mildly) in northern nationalism for FF/FG/Lab TD's and their use/abuse of the north when it suits them and on social media it was fairly plain to be seen that parading a succession of these TDs around the doorsteps was another deeply misguided strategy. It'll be a major kick in the teeth for them to lose Nicola Mallon if that's how it turns out but I suspect their biggest cold sweat will be at the seeming collapse of their vote in South Down - one of their two traditional strongholds. Makes you suspect that they have another problem specific to that constituency - my own guess being that people in the area have been turned off by their former SDLP MP Margaret Richie now sitting in the house of lords and calling herself Barroness Ritchie.

Elsewhere, SF look like they will come through relatively happy - looking good to hold two seats in Foyle where many predicted a loss. Stephen Donnelly of Alliance seemingly polling well in West Tyrone which could come at the expense of SF's third seat, that of Maolíosa McHugh.

I think South Down is an interesting one.  SDLP support seems to have fallen off a cliff. Im not so sure its about Baroness Ritchie more a total collapse of the grassroots of the party in the constituency. A lot of the older candidates retired off and no ready younger replacements with any sort of profile. Added to that some bad decisions in candidate selections and vote management have damaged the SDLP badly.
       

I've never understood the whole SDLP stronghold on South Down.. Hasn't been that way in 20 years if you go by election results, yes they returned 2 but was always late in the day with transfers. SDLP just are a nothing party, Eastwood coming out and saying voters have lent their votes to SF to return a Nationalist FM just further supports the arguement that he's a head in the sky twit

Doug Beattie at risk of losing his seat.. bit of a surprise there

One of the counting is being carried out at UUJ, can you just call in or is it invited people only? 5 minute walk from the house, wouldn't mind seeing the sht show unfold for some lol

Tell them yer kind of a big deal on the Gaaboard that should get ye in 😃

I'll mention that 

Ah I'll just take the dogs down then for a nosey

Dogs at polling stations being replaced by dogs at counting stations!

Was expecting more at the polling station in respects to flegs and rival parties torturing people going in and asking who ya voted or on the way out like in the past, wasn't the same, I didn't even see a peeler

SF where the only ones outside when my other half went to vote then when I went later on in the day SF and Alliance outside

Ohhh god nolan talking about a possible other election later this year

Because him and his bf Jamie don't like what the outcome of this one is going to be?

Did Jamie vote before he went to Glasgow yesterday or did he send in a postal vote I wonder?

Sure he's out voting today lol

Ohhh god nolan talking about a possible other election later this year

Because him and his bf Jamie don't like what the outcome of this one is going to be?

Football is bloody brilliant when it's not United playing.. Madrid surely win this in ET?

So the Tories have shafted the DUP again.. On the night before the election you couldn't write it lol

Whats this Red

" The British govt is signalling it's moving away from including plans allowing it to suspend part of the protocol in the Queen's speech next week."

Brits backing away from suspending protocol

So the Tories have shafted the DUP again.. On the night before the election you couldn't write it lol

Ffs Eastwood smashed that debate tonight if you are being honest

Him and Doug the winners for me - Doug went for Jeffery and drew blood.

Michelle done rightly only slipped on on public sector wages question IMO. Long didn't really get much airtime, shouted over.

Jeffery was f**king clueless - fact checked by the presenter as he was talking crap

Few ways we could improve our fortunes would be to know that  Good players don't make good managers - Far too many ex players involved in our coaching who just aren't up to the standard. We have many an influx of coaches from outside the county but bar Jerome Johnstone Sr have we any one leading a team outside of Down?

Overhaul coaching development - You sit through the basic 3 stage course put on by Ulster GAA and suddenly you're qualified to manage a team. Perhaps could line up something with IFA/FAI and IRFU and see how other sports do coaching and take bits from there also help expand our coaches knowledge.

Permanent S&C coach to over see Minor Upwards. Some of the fellas coming out of the other counties at that ages are all physically on another level to some of ours. Don't know if it's the breeding or what. Also there was a couple of videos on YouTube of Dublin and New Zealand rugby were they identified specific exercises for their sport why they both were so physically ahead of other teams.

Schools need to be met with especially the ones with a history of doing well in Gaelic Schools comps ie St Marks/St Mald and discuss putting back to forefront of the PE curriculum, in exchange some coaches could be given to take a few sessions a month if feasible. Only some suggestions which I'm sure someone will pick apart lol 

Jeffery coming across like a Pratt on the leaders debate.. Long got a couple of tough questions there in the first part but answered them well.. Although sooner or later there opinion on Border Poll will have to come

Diabolical some of the more experienced members of the panel walking/jogging like its a Park Run on a Sunday morning