I have a quick question about the NI parties, which I don't particularly feel like rooting around Wikipedia for.
I know where the five main parties (DUP, UUP, SDLP, SF and the Alliance) stand on unionism and nationalism. But where, approximately do they stand on everything else? Social issues, economics, foreign affairs, etc.?
I second that question. I just have a very vague idea of that my self:
DUP: right-wing populism, evangelical fundamentalism
UUP: mainstream conservatism (Tories)
SDLP: mainstream social democracy (Labour), although her voter base is less working class than those of SF
SF: left-wing nationalism, socialism, anti-imperialism
Alliance: mainstream liberalism
What I'm particularly interested about is:
1. Does Sinn Fein take a "traditional catholic" or a "leftist" stand on social issues, f.e. gay rights?
2. Does the DUP, who is to a large extend supported by protestant working class, take, at least to a degree, a social democratic stand on economic issues?
