Northern Ireland’s ‘new era’: DUP losing to nationalist party in historic election
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- Опубликовано: 6 май 2022
- Sinn Féin say Northern Ireland is entering a “new era” as they remain on course for an historic election win, overtaking the DUP as the largest party.
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The party is set to be the biggest in Stormont for the first time, with Michelle O'Neill as the first nationalist First Minister.
Northern Ireland is divided into 18 constituencies each returning five assembly members under a form of proportional representation - a total of 90 seats are up for grabs.
With 78 counted so far, Sinn Féin have 23 members confirming them as the largest party.
They are ahead of the Democratic Unionist Party who have 22 seats - upending a century's worth of Unionist political dominance.
The question now is can Sinn Féin form a government with the DUP - who's leader has refused even to say whether he would accept the post of Deputy First Minister.
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank the brexiteers, DUP, and Boris for doing more for a United Ireland than me and Martin could do in thirty.
Love Jerry
I heard that "thirty" as "tur-tee" in my head. God bless you all.
As an Englishman I fully support this, and am frankly jealous. All the best to this administration and to Eire.
Ragin aye
What will happen with the marches
@@millhilljimjimmy6731 They will hopefully be seen for what they are, an anachronism.
The UK handing out "Lordships" to these DUP dinosaurs like confetti at a wedding. 😆
i mean it worked didnt it? the DUP literally destroyed their power to appease the Tory party lol. they will never have a majority again
LORDS OF THE FLIES
Incredible that you didn't interview Sinn Fein on their win, rather you interviewed losing parties?
Not questioned why they can’t form a government and attempt to reverse the protocol… as if the two are mutually exclusive
Media always focusses on the losers.
Because it's a government formed by representatives elected from all party's from both sides there is no actual "winner".
But the disgruntled largest unionist party but overall now only the second largest party can still take their ball away in a huff and refuse to play with the slightly larger party until they get the rules changed to suit themselves.
Unfortunately due to the rules and time limits, it looks very like there won't be an Assembly for this term. 😟
@@tconnolly9820 Yes, I agree about the huffy Unionists!
Such a pity that true democracy cannot flourish here due to the manipulation of bigotry.
A win is a win electorally and that should be allowed to be upheld and honoured.
@Ainsley Govan Well they both seem pretty huffy at times, as can be their supporters.
Problem with the dup is they want to cling on to the past when the people they want to govern have moved on
In a big way thats Unionist political parties in general stuck in the past its not 1968 anymore it's 2022 the once declared unbreakable unionist majority is now definitively over this election proves it
@@kurtpunchesthings2411 if you look at the sein feinn then dup there's clearly an generation gap the dup seem older where as the young people of Scotland Ireland and England don't really care about the union
That's complete nonsense.
So wishing to remain British is 'clinging on to the past'? No its remaining faithful to who you are and your country.
SF are Nationalists who are trying to 'cling on' to a very long gone past of a united Ireland. Like a pre Norman invasion past. They wish to remove a piece of the UK and hand it to a foreign power.
You forgot also that the Unionist vote was split 2 ways and had the DUP and UUP combined they would have had 34 seats, SF failed to increase their number of seats and the DUP are only 2 behind having lost them to the centrist APNI.
@@bryanbelshaw7725 That's reality.
Loving this reporter… Gregory Campbell in Derry!! 😂 he’ll just love that! 🇮🇪
The DUP is counting on Boris Johnson.😂😅🤣😭
No they are not.
They are doing everything they can to prevent Sinn Fein, Nationalists, Republicans...gain power.
Old fashioned gerrymandering, filibustering and so on are Unionists' disingenuous understanding of politics.
When in power they do not work for the entire population and they know it.
The PM will make Britain Great again
Problem is that the Tories know they will need DUP in Westminster. Its been the biggest blocker of peace in NI for the last 50 years. The Tories are scumbags dressed in suits
@@full__tilt He is the most hated and useless PM we have ever had.
@@full__tilt Liz Truss lasted a month and a bit
Boris Johnson resigned after getting hated by everyone
Rishi Sunak is hated by everyone but wants to flex he is rich
Very happy for you. There is no north Ireland or south Ireland. There is one united Ireland. One hundred years over due.
Brexit is more important to England than Northern Ireland. Sorry lads 🤣🤣🤣
Or Scotland for that matter.
The empire is finished
@@BrianKabonyo Almost 40% of people in Scotland voted to leave.
See that is such BS, lots of people in England hate this PM and Brexit, so how is it more important to England?
If uniting Ireland is the only good thing to come out of Brexit it will have been well worth it.
Don't forget the possibility of Scottish independence.
Once in the eu no more free movement for Ireland
Probably the worst thing if it ever happens
The DUP need to object to something. It is their whole reason for existing.
They are pretty objectionable thats maybe why :)
They're a bunch of knuckle dragging mouth breathers
the hatred edmond poots has for all things irish is incredable yet if he walks down any street in england he would be called a paddy. lol.
Edwin
We have plenty of people here in England who absolutely hate England. If they were to walk down any street in Wales, Scotland or Ireland, the locals would call them English this and English that.
I don't think he would, he does not have the Gaelic look,
02:21 Is Edwin Poots blind, he didn't seem to make any eye contact with the journalist.
@@squarecircle5522 Also spoke like a robot lol
I think Ireland will be United. This is inevitable.
We will never be united
@@cringycook9597 We will
Politically and legally it'll happen definitely and the troubles will kick off again, everybody knows that.
not anytime soon but maybe in 20-30 years
@@stevekildare4053 I feel no connection to the north and they feel no connection to us so it's just a political based thought
A United Ireland! Finally! 👍☘️👍☘️👍
Where is the capital going to be? Belfast or Dublin?
@@Efferpheasants it can become federal so you have 2 capitals.
It will be Dublin of course
@@Efferpheasants tipical british divide and rule mind set
@@Efferpheasants there's only one capital.
Unionists who voted for Brexit deserve what they got. The Gif Friday Agreement was based on the fact that the Republic of Ireland and the UK are both part of the borderless EU, so that NI unionists can feel totally as part of the UK and NI republicans can feel partially a part of the Republic of Ireland. Brexit brought about a situation where either the connection of unionists to the UK would be somewhat impeded (they'll still be part of the UK, but there will be custom controls in the Irish sea) or the connection of republicans to the Republic of Ireland would be fully severed (they won't be able to move freely between NI and the Republic of Ireland, and there will be custom controls at the border). I think it's rather fair that by voting to screw the republicans, unionists ended up screwing themselves. Is is sad, however, that they also screwed unionists who voted to remain in the EU.
Exactly. Johnson's legacy will be the breakup of the union. Anyone voting for him or that party should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
How is it Boris Johnson’s fault ? How did Johnson cause Brexit ? Since when did he force the Scottish crofters on the people of Ulster ?
@@ChristianPatriarchy what if he is? Source? U a bigot by any chance
@@ChristianPatriarchy so what? He still screwed you up
@@ChristianPatriarchy So why'd the DUP deal with him instead of May?
The DUP are the best advert for the Nationalists... I know my father, and my forebears are praying for an United Ireland, and although I live in Australia, so do I... and it is good to see the DUP doing their best to bring it about.... in truth the only people who object to the Protocol are the drug smugglers, who object to the tighter border controls.....
I should note that the DUP do not represent the democratic views of Northern ireland because of this poll... why does Channel Four focus on their views... it is not balanced reporting....
You are not making sense, the dup are not for UI. It's not about tighter border control. How could a border in the sea better than on land.
@@tommercury3349 he is saying the DUP created this scenario. They did this damage to unionism and strengthened Sin Fein.
@@oisinquinn9469 it's not damage to unionism, sf have not gained any seat's. I see it as more a call to arms
@@tommercury3349 unionists being honest that they want to make NI poorer by withdrawing from the protocol and starting a trade war will lose them seats.
@@tommercury3349 are you Irish buddy I am they took enough of the country and they want water now to educate yourself
I'm English and I'm sick of the DUP, ignoring their backwards politics, this fantasy of no border in Ireland and no border with the rUK is nuts. The UK is no longer in the EU, Ireland is in the EU, unity for Ireland as an island makes so much sense in this new reality. Hopefully the recent progressiveness in Ireland will drag NI into the 21st century.
Exactly- time to let it go now.
Is it true that Belfast still a walled city? Remember English, the English Civil War was triggered by a massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics.
@@kingpetra6886 no that's Derry.
I’m English I live in Northern Ireland and you’re an idiot don’t speak of things you know nothing about
Well said
Sinn fein and ireland best of luck ✌️
I would love to see Ireland whole.
I'm Eastern European but the way I see it, Northern Ireland is Ireland. Just because those Unionists settled there during the British occupation of Ireland, doesn't give them the right to split the country. If anyone here thinks the opposite, I'd like to hear their convincing argument.
Sure, so the Unionists you referred to came to Ulster many, many centuries ago. Before Britain even existed as a country, nevermind the US , Australia etc. Their descendants, many of whom are also descendants of the "native" Irish population anyway due to intermingling over the years, have as much right to self determination as anyone from any other country.
Modern day Unionism can be split into two main camps. Moderate Unionists tend to want to stay part of the UK due to economic reasons but also historical and cultural as well. The more extreme loyalists see the Union through a note religious oritented lens.
The right for all people in NI to determine their own future, whatever that may was confirmed and enshrined into law by way of the Good Friday / Belfast Agreement - an Agreement still in existence today and supported by both sides by overwhelming majorities.
@@for111 most unionists came via the plantations from the english government, the issue of unionism only comes from the conquest of ireland from the english, and an issue that has left what should be united, an island split, with the north even falling behind in living standards thanks to the incompetent government that has been running it. Now is the time to look towards unity and helping northern ireland catch up with those just south of the border, and enjoy the privilege of finally being able to call Éire united.
You definitely wouldn't say that if you lived in Belfast or Dublin
@@anmise I think I covered all that in my previous comment.
In the event of a United Ireland, Ireland us going to have a sizeable minority within it that feels totally disconnected from this new State. Unless handled correctly, this will inevitably lead to conflict. Regurgitating centuries old grievances isn't going to change that for the better.
People from Northern Ireland deserve peace and prosperity.
The majority of Norn Iron voted against Brexit it’s the only part of the U.K. whose exports has grown and that’s because of free trade through the south business is overwhelmingly in support of the protocol
It should have been a "if 3 country's vote out, the we leave" vote
Instead it became a "how many English nationalists are there" vote
@@colloquialsoliloquy6391 The problem with the UK is that it was always English rule and ever one else had to toe the line,if for example it was similar to Australia, there has to be consent from all the state's before any important dicisons can be made.
@@Buckets1000 we don't want N Ireland eu can have it
The majority of voters voted for the union... It didn't turn into seats because it was fractured....
Norn Iron?
I hope that Ireland is whole island soon and all citizens are respected.
SOON is relative, but I would advise you not to hold your breath
@Joe mamma Get real, Engage brain, and just think what is involved in the simple case of MONEY?
Pensions,
Health Care
Education
Employment
Currency
I'm not against unification but people are just ignoring the practicalities and details.
@@bumblebee5818 right on, first the policy and then unification.
@@bumblebee5818 Northern Ireland has the highest public spending per head of all the nations in the UK. I believe it's almost 120% of the UK average. (Wales and Scotland also get more than 100% of the UK average, so only England gets under 100% of the average). Would the Republic be willing to take on such a huge economic burden? Another factor is the large number of people in NI with white collar non-jobs in the public sector. Would they vote for unification? They might or might not be able to find similar non-jobs with the Irish government (and similar salaries to what they make now), but it would be no surprise if they don't take the chance.
@@karlosdeevs But unfortunately any policies will never be accepted by both sides. (Westminster and England do not care either way) for 800 years of hatred cannot be fixed, by a few interdenominational schools.
Time to unify all of Ireland 🇮🇪
The DUP saying a border poll, literal direct democracy, would be undemocratic is peak DUP.
they are evil personified
Ireland was always going to reunite,
The only difference is the DUP have someone to blame for it.
The British government
Not themselves? They seemed to think Brexit was a great idea.
Yeah yeah everything is Britain's fault 🤦♂️
And themselves
@@edc1569 Northern Ireland voted against Brexit/ to remain in the EU by 55.78%. The regions that voted for Brexit in Northern Ireland tend to support the DUP who supported Brexit.
UK got tired of Unionist stupidity. I hop NR will unite with Republic of Ireland and all fu..... problems is it nationalist, economic or even hate goes away. Give the Sinn Fein a good luck in this endeavor.
SF vote a temporary thing ?? Don't think so 🤔
I think yes because alot of the vote was because they announced that a United Ireland is their second thing on their list forst is to fix the coutry all the UK needs to do to get NI back is to get those torries out the door then do good
@@nertherite_pig8717 nah they're just shifting the proposition of a United Ireland into a larger stronger position on social and economic position
@@nertherite_pig8717 Sinn Fein is popular not because United Ireland is popular but they doing for Ireland which Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael fail
Education, healthcare and housing
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael who been historic rival decide to form coalition with Green party and I think they are just desperate to hang on seat they have left
DUP doesn't help NI either
So Sinn Fein is seem as effective party for both side
The island of Ireland will one day be free of the stains of British colonialism.
Your being very nice with the use of the word stains.
Get a grip Ireland left the UK for the EU now that makes no sense at all anyway can't protect its self
@@lesterjohnston8888 We joined the eu by choice. We never become a part of the uk by choice, it was forceful and a result of greed along with pure evil.
@@lesterjohnston8888 no Ireland an independent country joined the EU because they wanted to.
@@lesterjohnston8888 Your just a wanker,stupid statement.
Largest party on the whole island
There going no where because no party will Entertain her like Mary Lou in the ROI
@@ballyogan18 denial Patricia denial.🤣🤣
I blame the tabloids
@@ballyogan18 I don’t understand your statement who won’t entertain whom
@@prophetsnake It’s called an election blame the people
Well done Ireland !!!
Do we have United Ireland
@@theofficialgoat7377 Hopefully soon!
Considering the borders of Northern Ireland were drawn to prevent a Nationalist majority, this is significant. I wonder if Unionists will propose redrawing the borders again so they can once again have their majority? Perhaps by dropping Tyrone and Derry to the Republic? I'm kidding of course, but it shows what a ridiculous decision it was to create N Ireland in the first place back in 1922, all to satisfy a small Unionist minority in the North while the majority of the Island wished to govern themselves.
Would be 3 counties if it was drawn today. Hilarious when they keep keep confusing
N Ireland with Ulster
They are the biggest party. There is not a republican majority.
Unless you can convince the apni to change
@@julianshepherd2038 There is a plurality however, for the first time ever.
There is no Nationalist majority in Northern Ireland. Stormont still has Unionism as the largest designation.
Explain "Ulster" and "NI"
The Unionists will only hinder Irelands progression, just look how England is slipping into the abyss...
Congrats to Ireland, best wishes on your new enterprises,may you be free and prosperous !
Wishing you the best from Buenos Aires Argentina. 💪👍
Brothers in Arms - Love from Ireland
Trouble is Lucca from Argentina, this does not mean anything other than Sinn Fein are the majority in the Northern Ireland Assembly jointly run devolved Government with the DUP, if the DUP don't play ball then the Northern Ireland assembly won't be formed nothing to do with being free or new enterprises as Northern Ireland until further notice is still a part of the United Kingdom like the Falkland Islands are a part of the UK and actually gets paid millions of pounds in payments from the UK Government to operate services in NI
Oh look it's an Argie, still upset over the Falklands are we?
@@WarfightersWorkshop So how stupid you look mate, no it is a UK resident proud that we shafted the Argentinians mate
Viva Argentina Viva Malvina's from Ireland ❤
One of the uncomfortable issues that the unionists are going to have to face at some point is that a lot of people in the mainland UK don't really care about them and the problems of Northern Ireland are barely on the radar. Of course, if Scotland becomes independent then where does that leave the Unionists too?
EXACTLY and the Unionists or the current generation of Unionists will either have to face that possibility/ probability or inevitability otherwise they will face potential existential crisis when they lose more of their support to the non Sectarian Alliance Party.
Unionists are used to telling everyone else how it is going to work, no thought for others, the U.K./England is a DICTATORSHIP! making laws to suit themselves in secrecy, ,to enable them to stay in power some very draconian laws!!Out of E.U., Lowest pensions! Brexit Disaster!! Lower food standards, Health to USA Insurance, Removing our money to OFFSHORE HAVENS!!Failed in a pandemic! Corrupt and not be trusted!!
They’ll have to emigrate to England.
exactly!
Send them to Israel, they fly plenty of their flags on the poles in the north!
What Sinn Fein needs to do is to take their pretty good social policies and make sure that they happen. Foster cross border relationships and make a strong all Ireland economy. Forget a united Ireland for a few election cycles and show the unionist community that a one Ireland is in their best interest.
I highly doubt a party that has had members and MLAs who have killed innocent civilians will convince the unionist community to do anything
Unionists have a massive identity crisis- they will not accept anything. They are manipulated by their parties.
Very good stratagy if they don't push for a border poll this term then the Loyalist parties won't be able to scare monger about border polls. The likes and of dodds is I'm taking my ball and going home because I can't win.
@@ciaranbrk They’re talking about starting the conversation that’s all. They will look at the numbers they won’t be a border pole until they’re secure with it the earliest five or six years down the road 10 years definitely. Doing exactly what you stated.
The party that supported blowing up the unionist community isn't going to win them over
Perhaps finally what undeniably belongs together may finally find back together after this horrible and cruel separation! 🍀❤️
What's next? A united ireland and a sovereign Scotland 👍🇪🇺🇨🇮🏴🇪🇺
Let's hope so, save us English a few quid.
@@Troub1e mabye the english can put even more than 350mil per week in the nhs when they are gone?
@@NLJeffEU Or just remember what they were told last week.
@@NLJeffEU For sure, considering the population of London is greater than either.
I'll take you seriously NLJeff EU when you learn to use the correct flag for the Republic of Ireland.
Jesus wept! 🤣🤦♂️
One step closer to a United Ireland. 🇮🇪😊
Less than 40 percent want it 🤣
@@roverM30ds that will change.
@@stephenmurphy2212 800 years later? 🤣 You lot somehow believe that your political opponents are sexually sterile....
@@roverM30ds yes
@@stephenmurphy2212 you's are insignificant couple of hundred thousand living in a country of 70 million....😃
What a strong leader. Congratulations. At last a historic moment. Super.🎊🎉💐🍾
She won’t be able to be to take up her position as First minster because because no party will form a government with her like Mary Lou in RO I Thank god who needs them
@@ballyogan18 You lost. Get over it.
@@stevenc6969 No way who wants her kind She is doomed Mary Lou got nowhere in the government no party wants to work with her in R O I NI belongs to Britain 🇬🇧
@@ballyogan18 oh those bitter, salty bigoted orange tears. Plantations over, as is 1690 retarded mindset. ☘️✊🇮🇪😂🤪🤣👊
@@ballyogan18 imagine sinn fein refusing to go into government with DUP.. you'd be such a hypocrit
Eventually the forced separation of Ireland will end. Reunification is possible. It feels like the GDR 1989. Boris Johnson can govern what remains of the Union - just like Boris Jelzin. He also liked to party.
But the question is will that happen in our lifetime? Unionists/ Loyalists are not placid nor timid and will fight tooth and nail before they let that happen.
@@theman2017inc I never thought Germany would be united in my lifetime after living during the Cold War. From what im seeing now, Johnson is not fighting tooth or nails to keep NI.
@@maxwellwellmax878 The Germans are a different people. if the Irish situation could have been solved a 100 years ago it would have been. Boris cannot win whatever he does ..
@@maxwellwellmax878 THE TRUTH is (though he’ll NEVER admit it) neither he nor his party which full name is The Conservative and Unionist Party really care about NI and have sacrificed it for the sake of Brexit. The unintended consequence is that getting Brexit done has now threatened the Union which we call the United Kingdom, so not only losing NI but Scotland also.
Sinn Fein has never recognised Northern Ireland as a separate country! Sinn Fein is an all Island Party!!! Ireland
Boris will save you😅😂🤣😭
Oh great here goes our free health care fire service and police service now we need the pay them like Ireland
@@nertherite_pig8717 To be honest, as someone from the Republic living and working (and posting this) in Northern Ireland, I prefer the HSE in the Republic. With all due respect to the NHS staff, who are doing their best, the way things work here is crazy, and so inefficient - the HSE in the Republic is a struggling system as well, but the NHS seems to run disastrously by comparison. I'd rather just pay as needed, as in the Republic, and have a more effective system than the NHS. I mean, Jesus, just to try and make an appointment to see a doctor here can take up to an hour of sitting in a phone queue here just to speak to a receptionist, versus a couple of minutes at the most on the Republic. The NHS makes the HSE look organised, by comparison, but I don't think there are many people like me with experience of both systems to grasp that, frankly.
Oh you noticed cool
Well, it is now!
Shinners have been running rings around Unionist Politicians for decades....
Clueless is being kind...
I suppose the truth shall set one free. The trouble with wrong is you have too keep telling lies. But I hope we can all get on in the future
What is undemocratic about a border poll? NOT having a border poll because you are afraid of the result doesn't seem very democratic to me.
Nothing undemocratic, per se, but probably unwise. Since this quite transformative period of (mostly) peace started, there has been a lot of ground work done on bringing both sides together. A referendum is very likely to split the population down orange and green lines again and be quite harmful.
The world (and I fully include democratic countries) is scared of democracy on case it upsets people! There should be a referendum available at all times in any democracy or it isn't a proper democracy to begin with.
Bullshit, autocratic "democracy" is what it is when England tells you how high to jump.
@@for111 so basically it's unionists low key admitting they are anti democracy because in an actual border poll if the yes for United Ireland lost we would be fully expected not just domestically but globally to respect the outcome of the vote so why shouldn't we expect them to do the same if they lose I do not agree with not holding this vote because of threats of terrorism
@@kurtpunchesthings2411 So under the GFA, a border poll (referendum) would be triggered if the Sec of State deems there to be strong evidence of sustained, majority support for (re) unification.
A little vague and unscientific if you ask me but that's the law of the land. I doubt obe could make the case that this election demonstrates that.
It would be divisive and isn’t significant enough support for it at the minute
Well Gregory it IS a hard border in Ireland or soft trading border in the sea.
That's thanks to YOUR Brexit. The DUP helped the Tories to make this mess, so own your own screw up
D U P , Crying in their whiskey glasses tonight lads, Well done ladies and gentlemen from a very grateful falls road person.
I doubt they even enjoy a good glass of whiskey. More likely crying at a prayer service
They got Boris, he'll; fix it. 😆😅😂🤣😭
I don't think they drink...
Congratulations history in the making.
#SinnFein is going to make #history in #Ireland.
@@juanindojorgijanad782 How? Who are they going to kill?
@@kevinkelly2162 British Unionists.
@@juanindojorgijanad782 Eire.
@@michealcurrie8272 #Éire means #Ireland.
Irish unity now!
County Londonderry on the report ffs. Fair play to anchor calling in Derry. United Ireland here we come!!
💪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪💚💚💚💚💚💚 to the world and especially to Northern Ireland
Much love back from Noricum. We are doing our best to maintain our Celtic heritage of the Nori so the world will stop calling us mountain Germans. Many people here in Austria are happy because of SF.
Wow congrats from Germany... Ireland is our favorite country.... A nation once again.... We will always support you... 🇮🇪🇩🇪❤️🤗
Ireland 🇮🇪 is the 26 counties N I Is part of Britain 🇬🇧 always will be. T G
@@ballyogan18 🤔I have doubts.... I would guess 6 counties in the north still missing..... they were always Irish until the Brits occupied NI.....
@@albionmyl7735 no they weren’t is was Scottish people that were there 6 counties are British the through Irish people are in the R O I. They will never be 32 counties No body wants to power share with Sinn Fein that was proved in the republic no party want to share with Mary Lou
Danke Deutschland. Wir lieben unsere europäischen Nachbarn. Was die Briten angeht....
@@ballyogan18 When you can write in standard English post a reply. Otherwise go back to primary one class as you can't write a basic English sentence. It would be refreshing to meet an educated Unionist on social media. Tick tock!
The DUP brought this apon themselves
Ol' Edwin really didnt wanna talk about Sinn Fein there 😅
Unite Ireland 🇮🇪🇵🇸
To a united Ireland and a free Palestine! 🇮🇪💖🇵🇸
@@internetual7350 From The River, To The Sea 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸.
@@Dan_Therapist Yep yep! 🇵🇸
Unite Ireland 🇮🇪
maybe it is just because I am a foreigner and do not understand anything, but it is not like NI is so well looked after and cherished by those in power in London. From where I am it looks like the Tories in Westminster just do not give a toss and NI would be much better off as part of the Republic from an objective point of view when it comes to concrete things like support for people who are struggling, public services etc. Regardless Irish people north or south of the border are the best, God bless you.
Ugh... Have you seen how much taxes are down South? Everything's a rip off and everyone is slightly poorer and has worse healthcare than in NI... unless you're a big corporation looking for a corrupt little country to avoid tax in your average citizen will be noticeably worse off. Ireland only recently received an 85 billion Euro bailout package from the UK and EU, it's an unstable failure of an economy despite being one of the world's biggest tax havens.
As mentioned in the comments, Northern Ireland has the highest public spending per head of all the nations in the UK. I believe it's almost 120% of the UK average, so England actually goes out of its way to support the country. To say NI isn't looked after isn't really the case, they do what they can.
@@addz17 whatever you’re smoking I’ll take some of it but the bitterness in your comments is there for all to see. The life expectancy in the Republic of Ireland is higher than anywhere in the UK. What does that tell you about the healthcare and quality of life? And guess where the lowest life expectancy is in the UK. Yep you guessed it. Good old NI. As for your comments on corruption they are just laughable and not worth replying to but look no further than the DUP and the RHI scheme. Ireland has a fully transparent corporation tax rate which is clear for all to see and has been one element in attracting countless major corporations to the country. Google, Facebook, Tik tok, sales force, PayPal, stripe (Irish founders) all have their European HQ here. 8 other countries in Europe alone have equal or lower tax rates and yet here they are. Just so you know Britain doesn’t give a fiddlers about NI. At all. Your levels of delusion about this are sad and embarrassing. It’s so needy and clingy and they just don’t want to know. If the average man on the street in England knew how much money was being transferred to NI each year there would be uproar. A total dependency economy. The whole region is basically on the dole paid by English taxpayers. ROI is real country that goes out onto bond markets and funds itself. One of the highest standards of living in the world. And that’s a fact. Try to open your eyes and see what is actually going on and where NI actually sits.
More money is put into Northern Ireland from the government than what it makes.
So its the exact opposite of what you said in basic terms
@@addz17
You're deluded.
Wages are way higher in the South and the economy is much better.
Northern Ireland's economy is weak, the weakest in the UK.
The education system is much better also.
Some loyalist working class areas have amongst the lowest education attainment levels in Europe.
Re the health system.
The South has better health outcomes, did way better re covid than the North. Neither health system is great though. That will need to be sorted in the new Irish State.
Most people's argument re why Ireland shouldn't reunite with the North is the cost of it for Ireland because Northern Ireland is so weak economically.
If that's the main argument, it shows that being in the UK has not benefitted Northern Ireland. It was much wealthier than Ireland post independence but turned into a basket case under British rule.
Reunification is inevitable re demographics alone sooner or later.
Brexit will make it happen sooner.
@@adam6543 if I am not wrong GDP per capita in NI is nearly half that of England. I have the feeling that it is not unlike many poorer areas in Britain that are sort of left to languish and decline for lack of investment, especially in Education and opportunities for young people. That is lousy policy and shortsightedness, or they simply don't care. Now with all this talk of leveling up Boris Johnson's government should at the very least have matched the Develpment funds coming from the EU lost by those less advantaged communities, but not even that is guaranteed. London was never very good at promoting the welfare of its colonies.
Minute 7:46 This man does not understand that BoJo is a compulsive liar and for him NI was not in his radar when he signed the NI Protocol. NI was a collateral damage (or casualty of war) ... his war against the EU, hence he cannot be trusted either as a person or politician.
He (and his gang of cronies) is a liability and a burden to the UK.
He is so ignorant and quite honestly, naive, if you leave the EU there has to be borders checks somewhere
I think with all the party going and Russian invasions the range of that radar has narrowed considerably for Boris Island as a whole.
@@hihosilveraway59 So how did we manage to have no physical border with the Republic post 1923 some 50 years before we both joined the EEC? Because we negotiated the CTA which gave Freedom of Movement to work, live and vote in either country and move goods as well.
had this all been left to just the republic and UK it would have been sorted in a fortnight. The cause of all the issues is the EU.
The issue of a 'border' was the way the EU forced the UK into an invidious position as the EU and the Republic kept ramping up the threat of sectarian violence. Theresa May caved in guided by her Remain advisors. We do not need any border controls in the 21st Century because we have things called 'computers' but the EU insisted on creating a false barrier. It should have been on the Irish mainland where the EU starts and ends not in the Irish Sea.
And for the EU to carry out 20% of ALL its total import checks across ALL its hundreds of ports in two small NI ports shows the tricks the EU are playing to make life difficult in NI. 20%. Outrageous. It is meddling in the internal affairs of a sovereign country.
But thats OK apparently....
@@1chish I remember physical border posts in Ireland in the 1960s - they checked papers, car insurance green cards, and occasionally would carry out a search for smuggled goods. Those border posts were replaced by army checkpoints, and those were made obsolete by the gfa.
@@thegolem797 Well as usual with people of a certain PoV you forget to quote the context. Last point first: The army checkpoints were for security reasons due to the murdering IRA attacking people in the North and then disappearing back across the border. Of course the GFA removed those security checks as it legitimised the IRA / Sinn Fein. But the GFA as such does not require no border controls and this is the lie peddled by the Remainers, EU and the Republic. In fact it only mentions the border once in the 'Security' section.
(Yes I have read it).
Now as to your first point. The 'troubles started in the mid '60s and the Police were having problems from earlier than that. So what you were seeing was the same security checks that were taken over later by the Army.
So my point stands. Outside of the violent years there was never a need for border checks and certainly not on goods movements. A citizen of the Irish Republic had the right to enter, live in, work in and vote in any part of the UK. We had 'Freedom of Movement' 30 years before the Treaty of Rome, 50 years before the EEC and 70 years before the EU. the IRA tried to destroy that and the EU achieved it. All because the EU needed border checks? Well in that case they should have set up a checkpoint on the Irish side of the border. We never wanted one but ended up with one in our own territory because of the political pressure from many sides (including the USA I might add).
Interesting how there were no nterviews with any Nationalists in this report of a Sinn Féin victory in NI!
@Rishi This ikr? Dup are monsters
@Rishi This typical DUP supporter, highly sensitive and prone to overly dramatic language...
The brats are throwing their toys out of their prams. Mammy and daddy comes running.
@Rishi This lol are you alright?
It's the English News what do you expect of thet lot
Don't be scared. It'll all be alright.
That's what Arlene Foster from the DUP said, the morning after the Brexit results came in.
..they got duped😆
"Hahaha, there will soon be a land border with Ireland! We really are brilliant!"
One Ireland 🇮🇪
Please no I don't want to pay more taxes
I like how the reporter in the studio said "Derry"
Yes I loved that :) a very easy way to make friends with Irish people
Irish American here , praying for a United Ireland!!
To recall a very very old Irish saying
" Tiocfaidh ár là " it's a very Powerful saying in English it means " Our Day Will Come "
You're just American then if you're from the US. Also we don't want a United Ireland, Northern Ireland is it's own country; thank you.
Uh oh! On of those yanks that eat that disgusting corned beef and cabbage on St Patrick’s day Lol!
Mate you had the right idea with the English too.
All the comments are from Irish/Americans or Irish/Australians or Irish/Mongolians are there any Irish in Ireland?
But the DUP have neither got the courtesy or intelligence to recognise the result
The Union is on very shaky ground and the focus had been on Scotland breaking up the Union after 300 years but the crack were in Northern Ireland 😭
Sinn Fein maybe disalusioned by the lack of enthusiasm reunification receives from the EU and even the republic, while the DUP maybe may be disappointed and surprised by the enthusiasm it gets from Westminster.
The nationalists will be expecting the UK government to be demoralised by the prospect of the loss of part of the union, but it is likely that it will be greeted by more enthusiasm, that it will receive from the EU. The UK governmeny will see it as the relief of removal of a gangrenous limb, while the EU will see it as gaining one.
if you can benefit from the 2 sides, you will seek to keep your benefits, only Unionists cant understand that...all they want is to make people miserable as possible, so they can blame someone else, not themselves....!
@@nigeljohnson9820 lets see how the English are feeling after Scotland is going back into the EU, and England cant apply because its Tory government cant disappoint its Russian donors!
@@nigeljohnson9820 Since when does a tan think he can speak for either Ireland or the EU? Nothing to do with you grandad, go back to watching only fools and horses aka Westminster
@@nigeljohnson9820 being honest here as someone in the south, most people would be more than happy to see a united ireland so long as it isnt too strenuous on taxes
A united Ireland finally looks like it is on the horizon
Northern Ireland is just Ireland, those who migrate from the past need to decide whether they want to keep their Ireland or British identity more and act accordingly. How would you like it if some Russian migrants to England want to split her up? There are many ways to leverage this connection and get a better outcome. Now it's a bridge between the UK and the EU. Make yourselves prosper at the same time help both UK and EU overcome their difference.
All Ireland Republic way forward 🇮🇪
No NHS private health care general life more expensive tax higher people pay enough don't think it will happen anytime soon if there was a vote and people voted against it would the all Ireland people stop and except it ?
EU has taken over
100 years of "independence".. now we're giving it all away bcos were soft...😔 foreigners coming out of our ears that have no love for the country or people
@@manonamission8092 yea we would the problem is actually would the unionists accept the result if it was yes for United Ireland
@@manonamission8092 you’re wrong here, the Irish healthcare system is better than the uk. Check out the difference in oh I don’t know….life expectancy, rank on the human development index, GDP, Covid deaths, societal equity.
The UK beats ireland hands down in 2 areas that come to mind - nuclear weapons and members of parliament that watch porn IN parliament. Gosh maybe you have better Wifi now that I think of it.
@@kurtpunchesthings2411 no probably not but Northern Ireland is so multicultural times are changing so u never no but I can't see it happen anytime soon. The peace walls would need down first. That's a challenge in itself 30yrs maybe but no time soon no side wants the troubles back it would be a disaster.
YES 💯%✅ UNITED IRELAND 🇮🇪🇮🇪
Best of luck. Reunify North and South into one nation.
Short term thing... You's are done Ewin 👌🏻
Ireland is one Ireland
Surely the Unionists will realise that they are far more in step with the Republic, and its aspirations within a united EU, than with the little Englander mentality which has no interest in NI.
Thats a good analysis. I think post Brexit little England sadly looks more out of touch than ever now.
Talking shi$$ really
You have never lived there in sure so how do u know?
@@Juan_ben Then how is anyone, by your logic, allowed an opinion on anything ever? I have followed British and international politics for my whole 40 years of adult life. I base my opinion on what I have seen and processed. You do not have to agree. However, if you have a worthy counter argument I'd be delighted to hear it.
Well what I was trying to get at is the mentality of the people They are looking for another war!! The name SinnFein is a name of terrorism hated by Protestants that's the real problem
You have followed this for many years!! The Catholic Protestant stuff is actually worse in Scotland!! I know because I lived there
@@Juan_ben Indulging in ugly schism tribalism is kind of bourgeois. By that I mean that if you have all the suppliers, facilities, money, and social framework around you to survive relatively comfortably, then there is the spare time and energy to spend looking for someone to hate, if you've been groomed by your culture to see that as the only way to give your life meaning. However, if those basics one needs begin to deteriorate, then people at a certain point will vote with their wallets and prioritise. Being in the EU in the mid to long term is a far better option economically than remaining a part of the UK.
Patently, that grooming I referred to cannot be erased overnight, but what is the alternative?
I wish you peace and all the best !
Good on you all , keep up the fight .
Bout fecking time!
DuP monsters.
I'm not British.
But I do suppose that once Queen Elizabeth passes away, the break-up of UK would pretty much hasten. It'd be nice to have a United Ireland and an independent state of Scotland... The break-up will be the final blow to the end of the British Empire....
Gregory seems to forget a lot
Time is running out for him and his dinosaurs.
This Election was the beginning of the End.
Fantastic… Tiocfaidh ar la 🇮🇪
Whilst in Wales, Plaid Cymru is in second place, Westmonster (sic) need to take a good hard look at their union and see that in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales that the 'nationalists' (i.e. those in favour of self-rule or unification in the case of Ireland) are getting stronger and stronger. In Wales, the Welsh Labour Party (Llafur) have even started to make quiet sympathetic noises in that direction. Boris and his outdated colonial outlook, Starmer with his waffle and hypocrisy and the LibDems are largely irrelevant. We have had enough of an England-centric so-called union and more than anything, have had enough of a central government that is unwilling to make an effort to radically change how the union works and create a fairer one. It is not the 'nationalists' that are destroying the union. It is the English themselves.
England pays for everything you dribble 😂
@@user-zi3ee8oj1i England lives off looted oligarch's stashes lodged in the City of London. The rest of the country makes a loss.
Up Cymru!
Sorry to disappoint you, but Scottish and Irish Nationalists have both stagnated to a similar percentage.
Scottish Nationalism stuck on about 45%.
Irish Nationalism stuck on 40%.
In fact, Irish Nationalism has a smaller total percentage of the vote in 2022 than they did in 1998 or 2007 to give two examples.
Getting stronger?
It really doesn't look like it from the last seven Stormont elections......
Thank you for saying "Derry."
Fee Northern Ireland!!
Boris, the DUP. Thank you! You helped the cause for a Unity Ireland greatly lol
Wow! I have never seen a newscaster in Britain dressed so beautifully. Keep it up lady...
Islamic propaganda lol
I noticed how beautiful her outfit is too. Nice style.
Very classy and modest I must say.
@@ZeuzBluez Frankly she looks like a normal Indian woman with her hair covered. Is a scarf really propaganda?
@@wardenofeden for Tory idiots, it is!
The EU was the way on how to avoid borders... They removed that and now there is only the option of borders. The guy is asking basically BJ to join the EU again.
what do people living on an island know about borders...i have 5 international borders within 3-4hrs car drive....and at none i will get stopped, if there is a border guard, most times there isnt a single one...not even on the border between Italy and Switzerland...we are neighbors...not enemies!
a concept a Brexshiteer will never understand!
England should not be in Ireland in my opinion.
unite Ireland, free Ireland!
I’m so pleased for all of us that Sinn Fein won because of their inclusivity and progressive views, but what is truly horrible is many of DUPs voters voted for the TUV which is more anti Catholic than the DUP
@@firstnamesurname5376 yes sinn fein are progressive. They are socially liberal . They promote economic equality and they want to govern for everyone.
They won’t be taking part in anything no other party will work with them T G
@@firstnamesurname5376 Compared to people who do not believe in evolution.
Communist, terrorist psychopaths.
If DUP continues to refuse to cooperate, can the third and forth party form a coalition and take the DUPs place to select the deputy and speaker?
No, currently the NI executive (government) must include the largest unionist and nationalist party.
Hopefully they can reunite the North with the Republic as well.
The more that the DUP, UUP and the TUV give out about the Protocol, the more the people will reject them.
Those 3 parties represent the past when they ruled the roost.
Those days are over.
They either have to represent the people of Northern Ireland or they will become obsolete.
And while Sinn Féin is progressive
You are right there. Times have changed.
@@Sean-sn9ld Didn't Michelle ONeill attend a memorial for an East Tyrone active service who were killed on an active mission. That was about three months ago. SF push for inquiries against RUC/army and loyalists while commemorating the IRA murder gangs. That's not progressive. As for unionists, the arrogance of the DUP lost them this election and handed SF victory. If Donaldson refuses to sit in Stormont with SF he might as well shoot himself in the other foot. There are far more important issues than the Irish Sea Border, like cost of living and state of the NHS.
@@WHU63 🤦
@Ainsley Govan Shifting to a more extreme position. The future doesnt bode well for Unionism in NI.
Time for the referendum!
A United Ireland Now!
Nonsense - the interviewer is correct there has to be a customs border between non-aligned territories such as the the EU and UK. It is nonsense to suggest no border anywhere unless of course we are in the customs union and single market. The DUP supported the tories in the madness that is brexit - you won - get over it !
Imagine haven to put ur trust In Poots and Johnson. No win situation
Northern Ireland gonna leave UK. Scotland gonna leave UK. England will be one big joke.
And the welsh will be left reciting morn poetry as usual.
Actually England will be rich AF London makes the money fine by us.
SNP in power for over a decade and still no independent Scotland, with public support turning against it each passing day. Just because a nationalist party is successful in NI doesn't necessarily count for much. Sorry to burst your bubble Mr Anti-English.
@@DaBIONICLEFan The SNP, Sinn Fein and Plaid Cymru are globalist traitors pretending to be nationalists. They're all signed up to the Kalergi plan, which is about as anti-nationalist as it's possible to be.
@@zedddddful London and the Home Counties will have a lot of economic power, the further North, East and West from that the worse a state the country is in, and pretty much always has been. Very unequal country in reality.
The UK on 23 June 2016: *_"WITNESS MEEEEEE!"_*
Ireland: *_"Mediocre!"_*
The day Brexit happened was a great day for ireland because anyone with a brain knew what that result meant it meant more likely a united Ireland would happen
THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE REAL BRITAIN SUPPORT A UNITED IRELAND
🇮🇪🇬🇧🇮🇪🇬🇧🇮🇪
Sinn Fein are probably the most liberal party in NI and it's great that this change over has come. Those DUP dinosaurs really need to adapt to the modern world around them and this whole protocol BS is just an excuse for them to throw the rattle out of the pram.
Northern Ireland will always be British. Never surrender
The liberalism that they show is purely a facade.
@@neilwhite6305 I think the term is "No Surrender" Sir, and colonialism is never good, even your Royals aren't welcome in many overseas countries now because of Englands historical transgressions. Ireland was one of the first places to be invaded by the British, and it could well be the last place they leave, but they will leave eventually.
@@VVtos174 A facade for what?
Equality for all.. let the people decide
💚🤍🧡Tiocfaidh ar lá 💚🤍🧡 form Hungary !!
Haha is did she say "A new era" or "A New Éire" lolz 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪😁👍
The people have spoken. only 37 out of 90 MLAs are against the protocol. It is a non-issue, do what you were elected to do, help people have better lives.
Two thumbs up 👍