6 County Assembly Elections - 5th May 2022

[RadioGAAGAA]

So what happens when the DUP refuse to form an executive?

[armaghniac]

So what happens when the DUP refuse to form an executive?

Ministers stay in place, SDLP nominates an Infrastructure minister, new election in 6 months.

[delgany]

Candidate   Party   Votes          Vote (%)   Change (%)

Jeffrey M. Donaldson    DUP           19,586   43.1   -16.4
Sorcha Eastwood    Alliance   13,087   28.8   17.7
Robbie Butler            UUP             8,606   19.0   2.2
Ally Haydock *           SDLP             1,758   3.9   -3.7
Gary McCleave *   SF             1,098   2.4   -1.1
Gary Hynds *           Con                955   2.1   1.1
Alan Love *           UKIP                315     0.7   0.7

Bit of a risk here if Jeffery joins the assemble forcing a bi-election going on the 2019 results above.

FPTP election is the time to get behind alliance in such a constituency, still pissed though that places like Lagan valley and strangford are not represented by a nationalist and upper bann has only one SF MLA instead of 2

In LV , Pat Catney pissed off alot of people, with his behaviour by embrassing the local GAA club. Honeyford from Alliance , has a good GAA profile, with his club in Glenavy, so had a better impact.

[marty34]

Candidate   Party   Votes          Vote (%)   Change (%)

Jeffrey M. Donaldson    DUP           19,586   43.1   -16.4
Sorcha Eastwood    Alliance   13,087   28.8   17.7
Robbie Butler            UUP             8,606   19.0   2.2
Ally Haydock *           SDLP             1,758   3.9   -3.7
Gary McCleave *   SF             1,098   2.4   -1.1
Gary Hynds *           Con                955   2.1   1.1
Alan Love *           UKIP                315     0.7   0.7

Bit of a risk here if Jeffery joins the assemble forcing a bi-election going on the 2019 results above.

FPTP election is the time to get behind alliance in such a constituency, still pissed though that places like Lagan valley and strangford are not represented by a nationalist and upper bann has only one SF MLA instead of 2

Totally agree.

East Antrim the same.

[restorepride]

I can see the rising of the moon tonight! Dóchas na gealaí!

[Main Street]

The Assembly format as it stands now is a sitting duck prone to be brought down via any political grandstanding stroke.
If ever they assemble again this has to change, this 'all in or else no assembly' is a formula for chaos and dysfunction.

[red hander]

So what happens when the DUP refuse to form an executive?

We go back to the troubles.

Wise up. Loyalist scum can't turn back time and they don't have MI5 backing them up. Their 100 year sectarian statelet is over, it's gone. They will murder ordinary nationalists like theyve always done, but the game's up. They can join us in a new Ireland, where they will be treated as equals, and better than they ever treated us, or they can revert to type, which won't end well, but they're too thick to realise that.

[ONeill]

Think Derry, Antrim, Armagh and Tyrone should be filtered into the south. They can keep Fermanagh and Down for another while but that will be tough for the map men.

[Wildweasel74]

Nah, they can keep Antrim lol.

[Eamonnca1]

So what happens when the DUP refuse to form an executive?

Once the planters realize the game is up, they'll probably start calling for repartition. They think they're entitled to a little homeland in which they get to call the shots.

[armaghniac]

So what happens when the DUP refuse to form an executive?

Once the planters realize the game is up, they'll probably start calling for repartition. They think they're entitled to a little homeland in which they get to call the shots.

They should be given Kilkeel, Castlederg and Larne.

[Milltown Row2]

Are there more 'designated' unionist seats or equal split?

[armaghniac]

Are there more 'designated' unionist seats or equal split?

There are 2 more unionists, if the DUP hadn't changed the rules at St Andrews then there would be a unionist FM.

[restorepride]

So what happens when the DUP refuse to form an executive?

Once the planters realize the game is up, they'll probably start calling for repartition. They think they're entitled to a little homeland in which they get to call the shots.

As long as they give us back the land they took, sorry, stole. And all the bales!

[Snapchap]

I think you can bet your house, your car and all your earthly belongings on another election in the not too distant future.

The DUP won't go into stormont unless they are top dogs. Unionism and suprememcism are intertwined. Expect a few months of talks and DUP stalling (blaming the Protocol not been scrapped) followed by a re-run of the election as they try to reclaim lost ground/seats.