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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 65604" data-attributes="member: 33">It&#039;s possible that there will be a hung Parliament in which case Theresa May will be looking to make a deal with the UUP or the DUP and Jeremy Corbyn with the SDLP so the numbers of MPs these parties get could be crucial. Because Sinn Fein do not take there seats in Parliament, the number of seats they get affects how many seats the ruling party need to get a majority.&nbsp; The results in Northern Ireland can have a massive effect on who finally gets to govern Britain.However, you are right to point out that Northern Ireland often gets overlooked. Theresa May wants a hard Brexit even though that might bring in border controls between Northern Ireland and the Republic and her manifesto implies that she is considering bringing some kind of border control back. Her government is also considering bringing back direct rule to the country and I fear that will be even more likely if Mrs May goes into coalition with the Unionist parties. Both of these possibilities would be very serious nails in the coffin of The Good Friday Agreement but Theresa May doesn&#039;t care about anything other than keeping hold of power. Jeremy Corbyn has always shown interest in Northern Ireland even at the cost to his personal reputation. He met with Sinn Fein and Unionist Parties in the 1980s to encourage peace talks which Theresa May has tried to distort to smear his reputation by lying that he supported the IRA when he consistently condemned their violence. At least Mr Corbyn was trying to bring about peace to the country while the Conservative Party were content with trying to manage the violence and murder that was going on at the time and doing a woeful job. I&#039;ve not read all the Conservative Manifesto but in Labour&#039;s they make a commitment to &quot;to fully support the principles and structures inherent within the Good Friday Agreement and we remain committed to&nbsp; working with all sides to deliver&nbsp; real peace and greater prosperity&nbsp; to Northern Ireland&quot;. They also talk of having a &quot;a relationship of equals with devolved administrations&quot; of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and give the regions more input into the direction of government of the United Kingdom.If I was in Northern Ireland, I would be pessimistic about a future Theresa May government but have real hope for change for the better if Jeremy Corbyn is elected.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 65604, member: 33"] It's possible that there will be a hung Parliament in which case Theresa May will be looking to make a deal with the UUP or the DUP and Jeremy Corbyn with the SDLP so the numbers of MPs these parties get could be crucial. Because Sinn Fein do not take there seats in Parliament, the number of seats they get affects how many seats the ruling party need to get a majority. The results in Northern Ireland can have a massive effect on who finally gets to govern Britain. However, you are right to point out that Northern Ireland often gets overlooked. Theresa May wants a hard Brexit even though that might bring in border controls between Northern Ireland and the Republic and her manifesto implies that she is considering bringing some kind of border control back. Her government is also considering bringing back direct rule to the country and I fear that will be even more likely if Mrs May goes into coalition with the Unionist parties. Both of these possibilities would be very serious nails in the coffin of The Good Friday Agreement but Theresa May doesn't care about anything other than keeping hold of power. Jeremy Corbyn has always shown interest in Northern Ireland even at the cost to his personal reputation. He met with Sinn Fein and Unionist Parties in the 1980s to encourage peace talks which Theresa May has tried to distort to smear his reputation by lying that he supported the IRA when he consistently condemned their violence. At least Mr Corbyn was trying to bring about peace to the country while the Conservative Party were content with trying to manage the violence and murder that was going on at the time and doing a woeful job. I've not read all the Conservative Manifesto but in Labour's they make a commitment to "to fully support the principles and structures inherent within the Good Friday Agreement and we remain committed to working with all sides to deliver real peace and greater prosperity to Northern Ireland". They also talk of having a "a relationship of [I]equals[/I] with devolved administrations" of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and give the regions more input into the direction of government of the United Kingdom. If I was in Northern Ireland, I would be pessimistic about a future Theresa May government but have real hope for change for the better if Jeremy Corbyn is elected. [/QUOTE]

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