the republic of ireland under some circumstances. the good friday agreement, signed in 1998, which largely ended the conflict here, signed by the british and irish governments and the major political parties in northern ireland, it has a section which says that if in the future it appears likely to the british government that a majority of people in northern ireland would vote in a referendum to leave the uk and join a united ireland, then the british government is in essence duty bound to call that referendum. although sinn fein, the biggest irish nationalist party, is now the largest party in the assembly, and that is the first time a nationalist party has ever done that, it is still the case, if you look at the broader picture, there are more unionist politicians elected to the assembly than nationalist. so the british government has been pretty clear it doesn t think the grounds are there now to call a referendum on irish unity. indeed, the government in dublin says exactly the sam
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he jerked hejerked doing that he jerked doing that borisjohnson. have a lock. that was the reception. booed and jeered by about 200 people who had gathered at the castle s gates. mrjohnson s visit comes after an election that upset the delicate balance of northern ireland s politics. here s our correspondent chris page. the election result brought a very political shift in the politics of northern ireland for the for the first time the irish nationalist party, they party that s committed to taking northern ireland out of the uk making it 100 with the republic of ireland. the party is sinn fein. the second biggest party now is the party that was the biggest party for the last 19 years, the democratic unionist party whose to keep northern ireland within the united kingdom. it is a significant move at the top. another big change was the cross community alliance
needed. let s cross to hillsborough castle to our island correspondence. good afternoon. in castle to our island correspondence. good afternoon. good afternoon. in the last few minutes, boris good afternoon. in the last few minutes, boris johnson - good afternoon. in the last few minutes, boris johnson has - good afternoon. in the last few - minutes, boris johnson has arrived minutes, borisjohnson has arrived here at hillsborough castle just outside belfast to prepare to meet the five biggest party in the northern ireland assembly. the election to that assembly 11 days ago produced significant changes in the political landscape. sinn fein the political landscape. sinn fein the irish nationalist party won the most number of seats for the first time. also the cross community alliance party more than double its number is to move up from fifth place to third. it is the party that is now the second largest, the dup, who hold the key really to unlocking this whole dispute that is holding
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