Northern Ireland 2011

[Јas]

 

Robert McConnell - one of the 3 men convited of murdering Turnley (and current vice chair of the West Belfast UUP) - failed to get elected to Belfast City Council in today's count.

[Vasall des Midas]

The pamphlet was just a random find on the internet, of course.

As to the election result: Might not make sense to nominate a convicted UVF murderer if your hopes of election rest on Catholic transfers. Even if he's been a blameless ward chairman for the past nine years.

[ObserverIE]

Detailed results now up at http://www.eoni.org.uk/index/elections/elections-2011/assembly-election-results-by-stage.htm

[Јas]

On why the UUP is banjaxed

[Јas]

Oh, and David McClarty last night decided to stay as an independent. Said he would have no credibility re-joining the UUP just after fighting and winning as an indie.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Did anyone else watch Jim Allister make a fool of himself on his first day in the assembly?

[Vasall des Midas]

On why the UUP is banjaxed

Misses one very very obvious factor in the survival of an ultraunionist UUP vote in southwesterly parts of Northern Ireland.... and of course in why Fermanagh is a different country altogether.

[Јas]

Division of Ministries Done - Irish Times

In order of selection...

1. DUP - Finance and Personnel
2. Sinn Féin - Education
3. DUP - Enterprise, Trade and Investment
4. UUP -  Regional Development
5. Sinn Féin - Agriculture
6. SDLP - Environment
7. DUP - Social Development
8. Sinn Féin - Culture, Arts and Leisure
9. DUP - Health
10. Alliance - Employment and Learning

First 3 unchanged, though it's somewhat a surprise as SF had been expected to drop Health in favour of Enterprise. UUP dropped Health and clearly few others wanted it, DUP picking it up as their final choice.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I'm surprised APNI ended up with Employment of all things.

[Kevinstat]

On why the UUP is banjaxed

Misses one very very obvious factor in the survival of an ultraunionist UUP vote in southwesterly parts of Northern Ireland.... and of course in why Fermanagh is a different country altogether.

Care to share with the less informed of us what that obvious factor is?

[Vasall des Midas]

Anglicanism.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Here is the spending totals:

UUP - £96,000
DUP - £84,000
SF - £52,000
SDLP - £38,000
APNI - £29,000
UKIP - £18,176
TUV - £6,413
BNP - £3,181
PUP - £310



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14748465