THE ODD COUPLING Meet the 10 Ulster Unionists with their dated views on climate change, abortion and gay marriage with the Government in their hands
Theresa May confirmed she would look to form a 'government of certainty' with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party after vowing to stay in No10
By Steve Hawkes, Deputy Political Editor and Matt Dathan
9th June 2017, 10:02 pm
Updated: 10th June 2017, 2:11 am
TEN ULSTER unionists held the future of Theresa May’s entire government in their hands last night – as talks began over a Commons pact to give the PM a working majority.
Embattled Prime Minister confirmed she would look to form a “government of certainty” with the DUP in Northern Ireland after vowing to stay in No10.
The DUP won 10 seats in the province on Thursday night – giving them the critical role of “kingmaker” in the Commons.
Added to the Tories 318 seats, the two sides would have two more MPs than the minimum 326 required for a majority.
But critics immediately warned the DUP would demand a “king’s ransom” for Northern Ireland as the price of any deal.
Continued: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3766613/dup-manifesto-promises-climate-abortion-gay-rights-coalition/
Northern Ireland has still had some conservative laws on their books versus say England.
Here, even if we have 54 Republican Senators in the Senate, they still can't be counted on to vote a certain way. I'm unsure of the exact number, it is something like 54.
