Alliance’s success is no fluke – we have changed Northern Irish politics for good
We now have our second elected MP and are the third largest party across Northern Ireland: proof, once again, that people…
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How Alliance’s Stephen Farry won North Down
The deputy leader of Northern Ireland’s cross-community Alliance party succeeds independent unionist Sylvia Hermon.
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In North Belfast, an old struggle has a new face. Can the DUP hold on?
Aided by a Remain alliance, Sinn Féin is fighting to unseat Nigel Dodds, the leader of the DUP in Westminster,…
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Colum Eastwood: “The story of the election is the revival of the SDLP”
The SDLP leader on his party’s bid to return to Westminster — and its priorities in a hung parliament.
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Lyra McKee’s murder has pushed Northern Ireland’s parties back to the negotiating table
The funeral of Lyra McKee, the 29 year old journalist murdered by the “New IRA” in Derry, was a time of…
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“First-past-the-post is a punishing system“: Naomi Long on Northern Ireland’s election
The Alliance Party leader on whether her party can sustain its electoral surge - and its priorities for the next…
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Can Steve Aiken save the Ulster Unionist Party?
The UUP's new leader on electoral pacts with the DUP, saving the union and devolution, his party's future, and his priorities…
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Week Two: “The Liberal Democrats are getting squeezed“
The New Statesman team discuss the campaign's second week.
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