Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Alex Kane: DUP facing its greatest challenge since it was founded

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13 Nov, 2018
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Alex Kane: DUP facing its greatest challenge since it was founded
Last year's DUP conference was a reasonably upbeat occasion. The shock of the huge psychological blow of Sinn Fein running them to within one seat and 1,200 votes of being the largest party in the Assembly election (and, let's not forget, it was also the first time that unionists didn't have an overall majority in a local Assembly/Parliament) was offset by a snap general election which left them holding the balance of power at Westminster (as well as recording the largest ever vote for the party).
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