Queens Students Union vote strongly for neutrality and narrowly against United Ireland
Mick Fealty on October 27, 2014, 10:08 pm | Readers 2820
Talking to a friend early who said every road unionism takes leads back inevitably to the liberal outlook of O’Neill on an inclusive society, and every road a nationalist takes leads back to an accommodation with their neighbours. Some proof of that Queens tonight, when a motion to keep the Students Union a neutral venue was endorsed 2,596 to 409.
The Union’s border poll was a lot closer, but was lost 1,285 votes to 1,264 despite a DUP boycott of the poll. Back to the drawing board for some basic question perhaps?
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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