Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson pleads not guilty to 18 sex offences FORMER DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has pleaded not guilty to 18 historical sex offences. The National (Scotland) · Sep 10, 2024
Jeremy Corbyn and four pro-Palestinian MPs form 'Independent Alliance' in Commons The five MPs say they are now on a par with Reform UK and the DUP for Commons speaking time Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2024
Colum Eastwood resigns as leader of Northern Ireland’s SDLP The 41-year-old says it is right time for someone new to take the role as he backs MP Claire Hanna The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024
Pollution plan ‘must cut intensive farming for Lough Neagh to survive’ Stormont’s rescue proposal for UK’s largest lake criticised by campaigners for dilution of sewage reduction targets The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2024
‘DUP took us for fools’: few in North Antrim mourn fall of House of Paisley Ian Paisley Jr blamed for loss of Northern Irish seat held by his family for more than 50 years at the general election The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024
PM Starmer Wraps Up UK Tour After Visit To N.Ireland New Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday wrapped up a whistlestop tour of the UK, promising Northern Ireland's leaders "a different way of doing politics" following years of Brexit turmoil. International Business Times · Jul 8, 2024
Keir Starmer faces Northern Ireland unity calls as new PM tours UK Labour leader heads next to Wales before his diplomatic debut at a Nato summit in Washington Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2024
Unionism in Northern Ireland is dying out – just look at the fall of the house of Paisley The election dealt a blow to the DUP. With so few young people supporting its cause, a referendum on uniting Ireland is unavoidable, says writer and campaigner Emma DeSouza The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024
Voter turnout at general election was lowest since 2001 – politics live as it happened Keir Starmer ‘restless for change’ as he vows to take action on prisons on first full day as PM The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2024
Sinn Féin becomes Northern Ireland’s biggest Westminster party Voters turn against DUP which loses North Antrim seat held for over 50 years by Ian Paisley and his late father The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
Sinn Fein become biggest party in Northern Ireland at Westminster SINN Fein have become the largest party in Northern Ireland at Westminster for the first time following a bruising night for the Democratic Unionist… The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024
General election results: How have Reform, Lib Dems, Greens and other smaller parties done? It was not just Labour enjoying election success, with several smaller parties enjoying historic results The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024
Surprise winners and losers in UK general election, from Greens to Reform UK The Greens, Reform and an independent or two achieved unlikely gains, while it wasn’t just the Tories who suffered shock defeats The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
Sinn Féin on course to have more MPs than any other Northern Ireland party DUP loses Lagan Valley seat vacated by former leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Ian Paisley defeated in North Antrim The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
GoodToKnow · Jul 3, 2024 Who’s who in the general election? An explainer for children by The Week Junior The UK’s main political parties and what they stand for
The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024 The Guardian view on the general election in Northern Ireland: time for London to re-engage Editorial: There are only 18 seats at stake in the province this week, but the next UK government has a big political task on its hands there
The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024 ‘Good news for all parties’: Ireland relishes prospect of Labour victory Northern Ireland’s politicians and the Irish government hopeful of a post-Brexit reset and an end to Tory turmoil
The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024 Northern Ireland politicians clash over health, the union, and Israel-Gaza war in TV debate – as it happened Representatives from DUP, Sinn Féin, UUP, SDLP and Alliance to face off from 9pm
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024 ‘People need a bit of hope’: cost of living crisis challenges unionism as key election issue in Belfast East In Northern Ireland’s capital, the election is being fought between unionists and ‘neithers’ – with poverty, crumbling public services and crime at the forefront
The Conversation · Jun 10, 2024 Sinn Féin could be about to become Northern Ireland’s biggest party at Westminster In the 2019 general election, Sinn Féin won seven seats in Westminster, one fewer than its main unionist rivals, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). However, such is the disarray in unionist politics at the moment that Sinn Féin may only need to hold these seven seats to emerge as the…
The Conversation · Jun 10, 2024 Northern Ireland: the three electoral threats keeping the DUP awake at night “Get Brexit done” was the slogan that carried then prime minister Boris Johnson to an 80-seat majority in the 2019 general election. And sure enough, his government did indeed go on to secure the UK’s exit from the European Union.
The Conversation · Jun 4, 2024 Election 2024: how many seats every party in Westminster is defending – and what they are aiming for on July 4 With polls predicting huge losses for the Conservatives and huge gains for Labour, the election campaign so far has focused on the battle between the two biggest parties in Westminster. But the parliamentary dynamics are exceptionally fluid this year. Here’s a summary of where every party in Westminster currently stands…
The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2024 How the general election will be fought in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Campaign will be a test for two new first ministers and could put fresh pressure on Stormont power sharing
The Independent UK · May 19, 2024 Brexit row erupts over control of Gibraltar’s border David Cameron is set for a showdown with MPs on Monday over treaty for Gibraltar amid criticism that promise to ‘take back control’ has failed
The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2024 NI government failed to be proactive in Covid pandemic, Sue Gray tells inquiry Former civil servant who investigated Partygate says power-sharing executive was prone to ‘silo working’ and leaks