So, first of our election round ups (if we miss anything important, just stick it in the comment zone, or email me or David on the side)…
So although I missed the UTV debate on Monday, the Sinn Fein Twitter account took the trouble to share Martina Anderson’s slapdown of Jim Allister (both are actually quite shy and introverted when you meet them in person) but Jim apparently was wearing one of his louder personas that night…
No more to Jim, no more to Brexit 👇 pic.twitter.com/Rz07VyHR5B
— Sinn Féin (@sinnfeinireland) May 13, 2019
Colum Eastwood is getting the best out of his bus (aka the #EastwoodExpress), showing up in all sorts of places where people haven’t seen a senior nationalist politician for years: like, the DUP’s launch at Crusaders ground in north Belfast (right in front of Nigel Dodds’ office apparently), Holywood and Bangor…
Sunny day in Bangor canvassing this morning. Great to speak with so many local people, who are concerned about the impact on the local economy.
Brexit threatens to damage jobs, opportunities and business here. It has to be stopped. Help me do that by voting Eastwood #1 23rd May pic.twitter.com/ftGvTRBbHP
— Colum Eastwood 🇺🇦 (@columeastwood) May 14, 2019
The DUP’s Diane Dodds was in Brexit Central yesterday in North Antrim. I like the distinctive messaging on the DUP tweets:
✅ Almost 31,000 people in North Antrim voted to leave the EU.
✅ Their vote is being ignored by out of touch democracy deniers in London & Brussels.
✅ Use the election next week to ‘tell them again’.
✅ Vote 🗳 Dodds 1 – Defend the Union & Deliver Brexit pic.twitter.com/aMS6trdjqL
— Diane Dodds (@DianeDoddsMLA) May 14, 2019
Today on Talkback the debate between Colum Eastwood (speaking from Balmoral), Naomi Long and Jim Allister gave us two great lines. First, Jim’s “liberal tag team” to describe the two advocates and even better from Naomi pitching a line from her structural engineering background as to why a second referendum is desirable: “measure twice, cut once”. Nice.
Oh and here, just in from the south, nice wee video from Fianna Fáil filleting Sinn Fein’s Pro EU credentials:
Sinn Féin claim to be pro EU, but their record says the opposite….
Have a look & make up your own mind👀 👇 pic.twitter.com/5lWFjYHJir
— Fianna Fáil (@fiannafailparty) May 15, 2019
Jim tells us (well, not just us, that part of Twitter which is still listening to him rather than shouting at him) that his PEB is on tonight:
TUV Election broadcast tonight 6.25pm on UTV and 6.55pm on BBC1. Out means Out. Vote Allister 1.
— Jim Allister (@JimAllister) May 15, 2019
Let’s try and keep this going, if you have any tip offs let us know. Have fun, and see you tomorrow!!
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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