The Irish Times Article Rating

The case for Northern Ireland retaining the union with Britain: a night at a unionist meeting

Feb 21, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : They voted for them because of the lack of options and some were often depressed that political conversations in the North were dominated by talk of Irish unity "rather than keeping what we have", as one man said from the floor.
44% : People today who now placed themselves in the centre of Northern Irish politics - "neither Protestant, nor Catholic" - have not abandoned their past support for the UK, but "they have moved away from political unionism", he said.

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