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OnDoutside

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4. Yes, and at this moment they look to be in a lot of trouble in next year's NI Assembly elections

Reply to Soph0571 (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:58 AM

Jul 2021

when potentially the Nationalists could become the largest grouping, meaning O'Neill would potentially become the First Minister. The DUP completely misjudged their Brexit & Johnson support, when he sold them down the river on the Protocol, in order to get the Withdrawal Agreement over the line.

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Brexit: UK urges EU to consider immediate overhaul of Northern Ireland Protocol [View all] Eugene Jul 2021 OP

you wanted out and now you're out. nt msongs Jul 2021 #1

Unfortunate for Northern Ireland The King of Prussia Jul 2021 #7

Johnson and Frost negotiated with the EU to get the Protocol !!! OnDoutside Jul 2021 #2

Just listening to BBC NI Soph0571 Jul 2021 #3

Yes, and at this moment they look to be in a lot of trouble in next year's NI Assembly elections OnDoutside Jul 2021 #4

Yeppers Soph0571 Jul 2021 #5

I'll be quite honest, I'll have a vote in the Border Poll and right now I most definitely wouldn't OnDoutside Jul 2021 #6

Your analysis is spot on Soph0571 Jul 2021 #8

Brexit: Von der Leyen rejects Boris Johnson bid to renegotiate Irish protocol Eugene Jul 2021 #9