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The tories won more seats than I had hoped but still, a massive loss, and it may yet get worse for them. So many big names lost. Goodbye Truss. Goodbye Moggie. Badenoch may still be in trouble because a lot of postal votes weren't delivered in her constiuency, so her result will probably get voided lmao

The Lib Dems did exceptionally well. 71 seats! A brilliant result for them, great voter efficiency

Reform came second in a lot of constituencies, especially at the beginning of the night, but they at least didn't get their 13. They have got 4 now though, which is 4 too many in my view. Farage in Clacton, 30p Lee in Ashfield, Tice in Boston, and what's-his-face in Great Yarmouth

The greens got 4 seats which they'll be delighted about . They and reform are now the same sized party. Guess which one the mainstream media will pay attention to

A big shake up in Northern Ireland. Sinn fein are the largest party techically, but not in practice since they don't take up their seats in westminster. Also appearances from Alliance, the UUP, SDLP, and the TUV, the DUP probably aren't too pleased right now

Plaid got 4 seats, and the tories have been banished from wales. Fuck yes

The snp got fucking trounced. Unfortunate, I quite liked them, but they'll probably bounce back

Lindsay hoyle the speaker keeps his seat, surprise surprise

Corbyn keeps his seat by a lot. If labour really wanted it that badly they should've put up a better candidate

A few other independents came in, scalping one or two from labour

Over the past century, the Republic of Ireland has not been just a cold house for Protestants, but a virtual igloo. Through a covenant between the Catholic Church and the state, a Protestant population of 10% in 1922 fell to 3% by 1990 with a slight rise to 4% in our day.

I cannot recall relentless charges of systemic discrimination, which Mr Eastwood makes against Stormont, being made against Irish governments. Which is what it was: WB Yeats when an Irish senator said so.

By contrast, Northern Ireland for the Catholic population, despite Protestant anti-Catholicism, has been a virtual greenhouse (pun intended) — roughly 34% in 1922 swelling to almost 46% today by census declaration (and likely higher). Protestants down to 43.5%.

If NI in the past half-century since Stormont fell has been a cold house for Catholics, it has had a funny way of showing it.

It has always been distasteful to see the future of Northern Ireland, indeed Ireland, reduced to a sectarian headcount. I believe that Mr Eastwood responded to the census in ways that could signal to the Catholic population: Thankfully our time has come. It bodes ill.

John Foster

‘As we go marching, marching We bring the greater days…’

SDLP LGBT/SDLP/SDLP Youth take on Love Equality NI’s March for Marriage Equality Belfast, NI 01/07/17

Dans la ville de Lisburn, en Irlande du Nord, une plaque commémorative dédiée à Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor a été retirée fin 2023, suscitant un débat local sur la préservation historique et l’éthique publique. Initialement, Pat Catney, conseiller du Parti social-démocrate et travailliste (SDLP), avait défendu sa réinstallation, avant de revenir sur sa position après que les détails de l’affaire…