> > The Unionists in Norn Iron want 3 things: > 1) A bit of respect and maybe even love from the people of > Great Britain for their unrequited devotion to Queen and Empire > 2) The British tax-payer to keep shovelling money to Northern > Ireland at an ungodly rate > 3) Any opportunity to stick it to the Nationalists / Republicans
Well the Ulster Unionists don't exist anymore - they are now Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force - and got shat upon from a great height, their only MP pissed of cos she hated the Tories. the DUP or The Party that Likes to say NO!, has 8 seats probably not enough for any real part to play. Thankfully since politics there is still based on "religion" (in the same way Al-Quiada is a religious group) none of the parties are likely to have the influence they did in the 70's & 90's when the Unionists held the balance of power. Interestingly Sinn Fein are the largest party (by votes cast) in the province! looks like tories will get a 308 seats and will try and form a government - with 36% of the votes cast about 25% of the possible electorate! Until we get rid of our laughable "voting" system the whole thing will be a mess. ttfn Richard _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
