Late October, November and December are not good months to expect election fever in Northern Ireland, and so far in North Belfast people are cold about the pre-Christmas election. “I’m telling ye, that’s what’s going to happen to Stormont; it’ll end up as a big hotel,” he says on his way into the Cityside shopping centre, formerly Yorkgate, in the North Belfast constituency. “Oh, I did not know that,” says Mr Keenan, surprised and unaware that John Finucane was the Sinn Féin candidate. He says Pat Finucane was his neighbour in North Belfast. I did not know John was standing, oh God bless us I will be voting for him.”‘Politics is in a mess’Hardly warm words as far as the DUP is concerned.

Source: The Irish Times October 31, 2019 02:48 UTC