NI ASSEMBLY

2 VETERAN MPs LOOK BACK TO THE OLD (UNIONIST) PARLIAMENT ABOLISHED IN 1973

Nice article from the BBC gives the very contrasting memories of UUP and SDLP former NI MPs of the NIP.

JAN 2021

UUP HEALTH MINISTER BLOCKS LEGAL ABORTIONS

By insisting the health services cannot commission abortion services, as a "controversial matter" the Assembly must decide on this. Remember: the UK parliament passed a bill legalising abortion (and another for gay marriage) while Stormont remained suspended in December 2019. Guardian.

NOV 2020

Alliance leader condemns the cross-community veto, threatens to quit the Executive. DUP used it to veto all other parties, including UUP, agreement on covid measures. BBC.

Q+A - How does the NI Executive work? BBC.

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Only 1k subs, even with a Politics GCSE run by a NI exam board - but its actually very helpful!

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A good starting point is the NIA's own YT channel, with some great resources. Rumours are rife the the DUP and SF will cut some kind of deal during or after the December 2019 general election campaign/outcome - possibly to help secure their vote from voters fed up at the years of stasis, corruption scandals and now the controversial voting pacts linked to avoiding Brexit on the SF side and boosting unionism/defeating nationalism on the (DUP) unionist side (they've successfully pressured the UUP into backtracking from a public declaration of abandoning the traditional unionist pacts).

So maybe we'll see some less historical footage on here in 2020...


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