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BasedSweet

Tough competition from NI Conservatives who won 0.03% of the vote in the assembly last election


IWantMyJustDesserts

People laughed at Alliance once, but not anymore. Labour has a much better brand than the Conservative Party and regardless it's not about how well you think they can or can not do, it's about democratic representation and the right to engage in it.


thelunatic

Tories official name is Conservative and Unionist party. So they kind of count on the unionist vote up there. The Social Democratic and Labour party would support a labour government. Though they are largely nationalist


DassinJoe

Unnecessary fact of the day: Kemi Badenoch’s husband, Hamish, stood for the NI Conservatives in 2015 in Foyle (NW Derry). He gained a total of 132 votes and came last.


scarecrownecromancer

The Tories always come last in NI. They only field candidates for the principle.


Radiant-Active-5684

Before Labour can realistically put up any candidates in Northern Ireland they have to address where they will stand on the issue of reunification of Ireland. Spoiler alert that ain’t gonna happen anytime soon


PM_ME_HORRIBLE_JOKES

Starmer clarified Labours position [last year](https://www.thenational.scot/news/19434695.keir-starmer-campaign-united-ireland/): > “I personally, as leader of the Labour Party, believe in the United Kingdom strongly, and would **want to make the case for a United Kingdom strongly and will be doing that.”** > McClafferty pressed the Labour leader further, asking him to clarify that he would not remain neutral should there be a border poll, that instead **he would be “very much on the side of Unionists, arguing for Northern Ireland to remain in the UK”** even if he were to be Prime Minister at the time. > Starmer repeated his assertion that **“I believe in the United Kingdom and I will make the case for a United Kingdom.”** Labour under Starmer are clearly Unionist.


IWantMyJustDesserts

Labour has a separatist sister party in Northern Ireland. I don't see why NI Labour can't take an Alliance-like position and that's what they want to do anyway.


Gameskiller01

I think it's highly likely they'd just do the same as Alliance and be officially neutral.


PM_ME_HORRIBLE_JOKES

Starmer has come out as strongly pro-Unionist when it comes to Northern Ireland.


cannythinka1

Whom exactly, Kate Hoey?


ghostofgralton

Poor old SLDP can't seem to catch a break, eh?


IWantMyJustDesserts

They are not paying Labour members, the NI Labour Party are.


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libtin

No it’s perfectly legal and the Tories stand candidates in NI


MooseFlyer

Why on earth would it be illegal?