securing symbolic victories in london and gains elsewhere. these were tentative steps forward rather than emphatic strikes. we were tentative steps forward rather than emphatic strikes. were tentative steps forward rather than emphatic strikes. we know we have to rebuild than emphatic strikes. we know we have to rebuild trust. than emphatic strikes. we know we have to rebuild trust. we than emphatic strikes. we know we have to rebuild trust. we had - than emphatic strikes. we know we have to rebuild trust. we had a - have to rebuild trust. we had a terrible near death experience at the last election and we are not taking anyone for granted. what we saw in the results on thursday is a firm foundation for going on to win the next general election. labour s successes were the next general election. labour s successes were overshadowed - the next general election. labour s successes were overshadowed by l successes were overshadowed by police saying they were investigating a death
into power sharing with sinn fein? at the signs are not because they already collapsed at the devolved assembly here, the devolved executive, a vet their objection to the northern ireland protocol, the way the trade rules and that bordered on the irish sea were hitting the economy here. without that the unionists said they would not have been going in to power sharing, even harder to see them doing that now is the second party and only entitled to take up a deputy first minister along with a sinn fein first minister. we have seen three important moves i think in these results already. the nationalist vote has focused around a sinn fein, that is why they have done so well. the unionist vote has fractured, we have seen other smaller unionist party is the tuv doing well at the cost of the dup, but we have also seen an increase in support for the cross party alliance, the cross community alliance party, and that perhaps it
border poll, did they? the person talking that border poll, did they? the person talking that a border poll, did they? the person talking that a body border poll, did they? the person talking that a body pulled - border poll, did they? the person talking that a body pulled duringl talking that a body pulled during the campaign wasjeffrey donaldson and in many cases he made the sinn feinjob easier in and in many cases he made the sinn fein job easier in terms of getting the vote out. i understand why jeffrey donaldson raised concerns about a broader pool, raised concerns about sinn fein first minister. he was trying to energise the unionist vote and bring this output on the other side of that coin it energised the nationalist vote as well. in terms of the border pun, sinn fein don t set rates for border poll. it is up to the ukraine government and does anyone really believe that this uk government in particular is thinking at this time of a border date here? no, they re not, and i
very much trying to appeal to a wideraudience. its very much trying to appeal to a wider audience. its manifesto emphasises an awful lot of other things than irish unification, for example talking about housing, economy, the cost of living crisis and it is worth bearing that in mind that northern ireland faces acute crises particularly in relation to the health service and therefore we really do see a situation in which people came to the polls largely hoping the assembly would be functioning, however against the background to all this we do have concerns from unionism and the unionist vote it seems has been convalescing around anti protocol stance, which means this is no simple election. it is also about the pressure of what might happen in the pressure of what might happen in the eu uk relationship. 50 the pressure of what might happen in the eu uk relationship. the eu uk relationship. so many strands to it. the eu uk relationship. so many strands to it. just the eu uk relations
unionist and nationalist what been seen out for a considerable period of time in through a number of elections is a significant third pillar grown with in our politics and just mention that nick matheson had been deemed elected on the most recent results here so alliance is the comb that significant third false, if you like, with in our politics, and i think when we that significant third false. we know how to stretch out via knowledge and green and clear that third pillar that is designated. and, yes, in many ways the vote seem to be telling the story but also it sound like we re still in quite binary position between nationalism in the form of sinn fein and unionism in the form of the dup so where is the logjam going to be broken? weathers is this common stalemate going to be broken between these parties and, you know, the dup saying it doesn t want to return to the executive unless its concerns on the executive unless its concerns on the protocol are dealt with? ida