How Republican intransigence drove boost in Unionist turnout (and flattened its own)
So shortly I will be wrapping the proverbial wet towel on my head for my customary post election analysis for most of the major parties in NI and GB. To keep you going in the meantime, here’s the start of my OpEd analysis for the Irish Independent on how SF’s intransigence over parades in North Belfast drove the unionist vote upwards: I’ve lost count of the number of Northern Ireland media commentators who regularly and spontaneously burst into laughter at …