Get ready for a Conservative/DUP coalition

CEON44 wrote: »

It is indeed a dilemma and as I said I dont feel I have had much choice in my vote. I have become very unsettled lately of the large swing in Nationalist voters moving to SF. To me this says that some friends/neighbours/work colleagues believe that their best option is voting for murderers, terrorists etc. This shift I believe is why a lot of unionist voters have left the UUP. Both the UUP and SDLP are now sinking ships and at some point will disappear leaving both sides with only two options, vote for your colour or dont vote at all.

The reason you vote for the DUP is the same reason that nationalists vote for SF - they are the only nationalist party with any sway at Stormont.


Like you, Nationalists have become disillusioned with the majority of the unionists voting DUP (who are also linked with terrorists - just not as directly as SF - but a large number of the older members have links with terrorist organisations), as they view the DUP as very anti-Catholic and very unwilling to accommodate Irish Culture.
Therefore they vote SF, as unfortunately they are the biggest nationalist party.


I am very disappointed with the NI electorate in general, most people when you talk to them are reasonable people with reasonable views, and don't seem to support extremism on either side, yet at the ballot box, they vote for it.


For the second part of your quote:
vote for your colour or dont vote at all


- there is and always will be an alternative - vote neutral - Alliance, greens etc.


I fully support a united Ireland, but recognize it won't happen until the majority of the North want it - and until that time I will vote for whatever non extremist party most reflect my views, especially at Stormont elections - as there is always a chance of the neutral parties getting a seat.

Hmmm......UI?

Do the South really want to put up with some of the rabble up here?
Can they afford us? No Block Grant any more!
Border areas with the highest per capita of benefit claimants (SF voters), that will be gone from them..

SF paint it as a paradise just waiting.. the truth will be far removed from that

Old saying "Be careful what you wish for" springs to mind.

CEON44 wrote: »

I also consider my non-extremist although I do vote for DUP. But all who support a united Ireland seem to believe that if and when they get a majority thats it all over and we're one big happy family. I certainly hope I'm not around when it happens because I believe there will be carnage the like never seen before on this island. Protestants will not roll over. The whole thing will switch round, with the protestant minority being the ones who will feel the need to rebel. Seems to me that currently SF want to ram Irish nationalism down protestant throats at any opportunity. What would happen when they had a legitimite right to do so in a UI. I never hear anyone mentioning post UI. But its something everyone will need to consider deeply if ever a vote comes

In my opinion anyone that supports the DUP or SF is supporting extremism and the them vs us attitude


Both the DUP and SF would actually be better off accommodating "the other side" -


The unionists need catholics to realise the north is no longer "a cold place for catholics" - and that they could be happy with a functioning NI government, and allow the promotion and celebration of the Irish identity within the UK.


This way the catholics would me more likely to not vote for a UI


The nationalist need to not alienate the unionists and make them realize that that a UI wouldn't be a disaster and that the even in a UI, there is still a place for the Unionists, and the culture could still be accommodated - this is likely to mean that if the vote was ever 50% +1, the transition is likely to be smoother, and maybe some unionists would even vote for a UI given the right circumstances.