Sinn Fein is hoping to unseat Brexit ‘architect’ and DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds as it aims to increase its number of MPs from seven to eight. buff.ly
Northern Ireland's Catholics are fervent opponents of Brexit, but their party, Sinn Fein, refuses to participate in the British Parliament. Now, pressure is building on the party to relax its century-old stance. nyti.ms
Northern Ireland's Catholics are fervent opponents of Brexit, but their party, Sinn Fein, refuses to participate in the British Parliament. Now, pressure is building on the party to relax its century-old stance nyti.ms
Should Sinn Fein relax its century-old stance against participating in the British Parliament in a one-off for the Brexit vote, as many Brexit opponents are urging? Maybe, but that would mean taking a Royal oath of allegiance, which is unthinkable to many nyti.ms
Northern Ireland's Catholics are fervent opponents of Brexit, but their party, Sinn Fein, refuses to participate in the British Parliament. Now, pressure is building on the party to relax its century-old stance nyti.ms
“It’s a matter of principle. We are a party that is for a United Ireland, for Irish independence,” said the president of Sinn Fein, Mary Lou McDonald, defending its refusal to use its seven votes in Parliament to oppose Brexit nyti.ms
Ireland should use its veto on Brexit negotiations if the DUP attempts to use its Westminster influence to impose a new border on the island, Sinn Fein has said. ow.ly
