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TexasTowelie

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Thu May 5, 2022, 03:55 AM May 2022

Northern Ireland set to vote in election poised to make history - Al Jazeera



Northern Ireland faces a landmark election on Thursday, with Sinn Fein poised to become the biggest party for the first time. It is six points ahead of the Democratic Unionist Party.

A win for Sinn Fein would install a government in Belfast, which wants to break away from the United Kingdom. That has alarmed those in Northern Ireland who want to remain in the UK.

Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland set to vote in election poised to make history - Al Jazeera (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2022 OP
Sinn Fein? Biggest party in NI? This I have to see.Just hope it does not start the "troubles" again. mitch96 May 2022 #1
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