Quote from: Itchy on March 22, 2024, 10:30:41 PMQuote from: armaghniac on March 22, 2024, 09:24:28 PMQuote from: Itchy on March 22, 2024, 09:18:46 PMQuote from: Rossfan on March 22, 2024, 06:14:59 PMI think ye'll find that Sinn Féin were unable to form a Government in 2020.
Indeed because the other parties refused to accept the will of majority of people.
The majority of people voted for the parties in the government.
The largest party was frozen out by the status quo. Don't believe it ever happened before and it was 2 fingers to the electorate. As the man above said, the two of them should merge if that's the game they want to play. Ironically it's a hatred and fear of northern nationalists that is the driver so interesting that you find yourself defending it.
Of course it did. Fianna Fáil were usually the largest party with over 40% of vote when kept out by FG/Labour coalitions. In 1982 FF had 47% of the vote and were kept out. SF in contrast got 24% of vote.