BBC (Friday): Paisley's party tops Northern Ireland poll

[Jack Rabbit]

From the BBC Online
Dated Friday November 28 22:56 GMT (2:56 pm PST)

Paisley's party tops NI poll

With counting over in Northern Ireland's Assembly election, Ian Paisley's DUP has overtaken the Ulster Unionists as the biggest party.
Sinn Fein has also made election gains over its main nationalist rival, the SDLP.
Despite the strong showing by the anti-Good Friday Agreement DUP, the British and Irish Governments have insisted that the 1998 peace accord is "not open to re-negotiation".
The assembly was suspended more than a year ago and the parties went into the election against the background of a deadlocked political process.
The DUP secured 30 seats, three more than the Ulster Unionists. Sinn Fein took 24 seats, while the SDLP managed 18 and the Alliance gained six assembly places.

Definitely not a good sign.

[T_i_B]

1. Sinn Fein gained too.

The extremists gained, the moderates lost out. It is not looking too good at all. :scared:

Sad really as Blair's finest achevement was, and remains the Good Friday agreement.

[Classical_Liberal]

2. Blair did good in Ireland

He really screwed up throwing everything away on Shrub.