Northern Ireland earthquake: “In five years we will join Ireland”. Sinn Fein’s victory leads to secession
Local elections in the UK led to a general defeat for the Conservatives, due to the Partygate scandal, but also to a veritable political revolution in Northern Ireland that threatens to end the UK as we know it now.
Sinn Fein, the Irish Catholic nationalist party, secured as many as 29% of the votes went to this party, up 1.1% compared to 2017. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) fell by 6.7%, votes largely passed to the TUP, the traditional unionist party that rejects the Good Friday agreements.
Labor SDLPs drop, as do UUP unionists.
With its own seats, Sinn Fein took office by talking about a referendum to leave the United Kingdom and join Ireland within five years, but a process of removal to be started "Immediately". Technically, the three unionist parties (DUP, UUP and TUP) still enjoy a relative majority, but it is uncertain whether they will be able to appoint the next prime minister.
The only slight consolation for DUP leader Donaldson was to be able to say "I told you so." In the end, even if with a few percentage points of difference, the forecast that Unionists and Nationalists wanted, in favor of the referendum for the passage with Ireland, more or less paired and about 40%, was respected. The division of votes between the two most extreme wings of the line-up is a little more amazing. With these percentages, the referendum becomes more and more probable, rekindling a dispute that seemed to have fallen asleep in history. Let's hope that at least its a peaceful process.
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