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There will be an election in 2010
Posted by Editor in Conservatives, DUP, Elections, General, SDLP, TUV, UUP, Unionism, Westminster on January 3rd, 2010
While generally there is nothing certain about the future, one 99.99% certainty for 2010 is a British Parliamentary Election. Voting must take place before the summer, and the general consensus is for a May poll, though March may still be possible if Gordon Brown wants to avoid an unpromsing budget and go for it.
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The opinion polls are erratic, as discussed on thedissenter earlier, and the potential for a tightly hung Parliament is real. A party holding a small number of seats may gain considerable importance. So the performance of local parties is of national interest: though notional until the counts are complete.
Education and ideology conflict
In his speech to the recent Traditional Unionist Voice conference, Chairman of the National Grammar Schools Association, Robert McCartney, focused on the underlying conflict at the heart of the education debate in Northern Ireland.
European Election – AFTERSHOCK
The final outcome of the Northern Ireland European Election poll is not that much different to that anticipated by thedissenter in early May. Even so, the election has none the less shaken the consensus on which the Belfast Agreement stands or falls. It was a better than expected election for Jim Allister of the TUV.
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