Unionist Politician Complains About Sinn Fein Winning So Well!

Ulster Unionist politician Danny Kennedy appeared on the BBC to complain about this party not doing well at the local elections in Northern Ireland, but instead of blaming the UUP, he attacked Sinn Féin for doing so well.
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[@Mayfayne]

Breathtaking. For a unionist to complain about being outvoted in a statelet historically set up to guarantee a unionist majority is hysterical.

[@raymonddixon7603]

Precisely!!!

[@shanemolloy4731]

They feel entitled to rule

[@Mayfayne]

@@shanemolloy4731 I know. They’ve had a generation since the GFA to internalise the changed political reality in NI and have utterly failed to do so. The ground is shifting under their feet and they still can’t accept nationalists as equals or understand that shouting ‘no’ is not a strategy.

[@shanemolloy4731]

@@Mayfayne i think they never supported peace they were forced and waited until the UUP were smaller .the UK need to explaine the union is numerically finished its just a matter of waiting for enough to turn 18 . No they still call it integral part of the UK . We should have never put up with 100 years of mayhem to end up at the same place . They will be signing a covanent next 🤣

[@jamesguitar7384]

​@@Mayfayne Please be reasonable. They don't shout no. They shout " NEVER ! ".

[@bob23301]

What is your solution Mr Kennedy? Kennedy "Catholics no longer allowed vote".....this is what he wanted to say.

[@atverde]

That's too explicit, he'd rather it was like the good old days when a Catholics vote didn't count for very much.

[@Chop2016]

To be honest most Catholics i know didn't even vote..Republicans as usual got of their assess & voted 2 make a difference. Most Catholics who vote vote for sdlp.the Catholic & protestant card is nearly gone.no1 cares about religion when suicide is up the cost of living is out of order

[@briancarton1804]

@@atverde Until the 1970s the majority of Catholics in NI had NO vote in local elections. This was brought about by only letting rate payers vote in local elections. Catholics were discrimated against in social housing and had to rent private housing. If you rented private housing you did not pay rates and did not get a vote. The property owner paid the rates. Council housing tenants paid rates and got to vote in local elections. I'm sure Mr Kennedy would like to return to those 'good old days '.

[@andrewneil6027]

The sad thing is people do vote religiously… it’s really sad

[@pete_lind]

People have been allowed to vote for 50 years in NI , 1921 - 1973 Westminster allowed only UUP to govern , they want that back .

[@jerakala890]

Poor man. He misses the good ol' days when a Unionist could have multiple votes and a Nationalist no vote.

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

Pure arrogance written all over his face, there’s no reasoning with him, totally ignorant of his political position.

[@johncheevers2050]

Not true if you didn't own a house or pay rates you couldn't vote in council elections, didn't matter what religion you were, I know I was born in Northern Ireland.

[@johncheevers2050]

Bollocks

[@amysands8925]

​@@johncheevers2050 They dont want to hear that. Bringing the past up all the time. How will we move forward if we dont try to stop bringing the past up. The Nationalist are also stuck in 1916 . 1922. We will never get anywhere with this thinking bread more hate.

[@marionlarkin1161]

Poor man fully stop

[@Patmofar]

I would bet that Danny never complained when the Unionists were lawfully able to gerrymander electoral boundaries and deny nationalists votes to ensure a never ending Unionist majority. Nationalists in Derry were 'legally' disbarred from voting while no Unionist was and the Unionist mayor had no less than forty eight votes to cast. It is just wonderful to see them lose their artificial majority forever.

[@seangillespie2988]

Exactly Pat

[@newbris]

On what grounds were they disbarred?

[@Patmofar]

@@newbris To be allowed to vote you had to be a rate payer which meant either owning a house or having a council house and the Unionist councils would never give a council house to a catholic family forcing them to rent privately. In the property they rented the rate payer was the landlord which meant that he had a vote for his own house and another for his/her rental property and his wife also had two votes as did any adult children and the catholic tenants had no vote. The same Unionist dominated councils made it practically impossible for a catholic to own a private property and the banks who employed protestants exclusively meant that they would never be offered a mortgage simply because they were catholic. These people were discriminated against on so many levels that the mind boggles. And as I have said Danny had no problem with that, he never complained and the word 'inclusivity' did not exist in his dictionary then. To illustrate just how bad the discrimination was, the british army parachute regiment had no problem mass murdering these people when they dared to march for civil rights including the right to vote. They massacred 14 unarmed and innocent marchers and injured a further 12 with the total connivance of the corrupt, protestant only police force, the RUC, in Derry in 1972. The same parachute regiment also murdered 10 people over a thirty six hour period the year before in Ballymurphy in Belfast again with RUC connivance. This police force was so corrupt and bigoted that it could not be reformed and had to be disbanded eventually. Two different British Prime Ministers, Cameron and Johnson, have been forced to publicly apologise for the British army parachute regiment's atrocities in recent times. And it is only now that Danny and people like him who are fast fading into insignificance suddenly have a problem, and he honestly thinks that democracy should be abolished to restore the 'good old days' of gerrymandered majority Unionism for them. Again it is simply wonderful to see their downfall.

[@newbris]

@@Patmofar Thank you. Can you tell me roughly what time period the housing discrimination took place if you don't mind?

[@MiloManning05]

@@newbris not dramatically until the mid 1980s but it still happens today

[@martincopeland8153]

What would happen if the Unionists decided just to pull out of Government and close Staurmont just because they’re not in the majority? OH Wait - - -

[@martincopeland8153]

@@Breaktheechochamber I was brought up in Glasgow. 50 years ago there was a sectarian divide not unlike what I imagine NI was like, Orange Walks and such like not to mention the Celtic/Rangers nonsense. The shipyards too were sectarian. However by 25 years ago it had mostly disappeared except for the most ignorant of bigots. The C/R chants are still around but more footy tribalism than religious. Perhaps NI is finally emerging into the middle 20th Century from 1690. Why by 2050 even the DUP might see electric light as other than devil magic.

[@bamboo59.52]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@johndillinger5142]

Na that was because they disappeared 500million in that cash for ash bollox and all parties involved devolved the gov rather than owning up to their criminal incompetence and more likely thievery.

[@hans-christianlarsen6762]

Oh! Go on, Danny Boy 😉

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

I remember a time when Unionists would turn the power off in Nationalist areas in Belfast, as they controlled the power stations, and the British state allowed it to happen, all just to teach us a lesson, that they were in total control. Oh how the times have changed.

[@jerakala890]

I never knew that.

[@adblocker276]

That’s such a scumbag move not surprising it came from unionists

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

@@sueyourself5413No mister Trump, it is indeed the truth and any Nationalist who lived in Belfast in the 70’s and 80’s would verify it if asked.

[@llokkee]

@@sueyourself5413 Jesus mate, open up a history book or even ask an older person around u to tell the truth about what happened...go on, u might learn something.

[@jonsweeney3845]

We were only left with gas in Derry. Toast is lovely made on a gas fire.😊

[@seanomaille8157]

Derry is still the only major city in all of Ireland without a motorway connection. Derry didn't get the second university in the 1960's. Derry was gerrymandered shamelessly for the entire time Mr. Kennedy's party was in power. Derry is an overwhelmingly catholic/nationalist city.

[@FranzBieberkopf]

Isn't it the case that all of the west of NI, not just Derry, was left to rot and virtually all inward investment went to the east (ie Greater Belfast). No trains (apart from Derry) no motorways, virtually no dual carriageways, abysmal public transport- a LA style motopia without roads-making it somewhat akin to the dark side of Pluto in terms of a good deal for outside investment

[@mixer7586]

They've more or less done the same thing with Connaught in the Republic of Ireland.

[@seanomaille8157]

@@mixer7586 Who? Have done what? in Connacht?

[@mixer7586]

@Seán Ó Máille ignore and neglect it, no motorway, only to Galway so the dubs can go to the races.

[@seanomaille8157]

@@mixer7586 Motorway to the capital of Connacht and extended to Tuam. Galway University expanded to 19,000 (Derry less than 10K) New Technical Atlantic University spread across Galway, Castlebar, Sligo, and Letterkenny. Knock international airport expanding. etc...

[@ScepticalSkeptic]

Cancel democracy! It isn't being "fair" to Danny. Poor, dim Danny.

[@FabianMacGintyONeill]

Unionists never stop whingeing, ever

[@andrewneil6027]

It’s deliberate…. Stir up trouble and argue with the loons, providing your own points. He’s not the only weak minded person in power…

[@annemoncrieff3875]

Just like tories

[@jimbrown5552]

Never

[@matpk]

@@annemoncrieff3875 Split NI into 6 parts. Return to RoI one by one. Over the span of 18 years🎉

[@markywaddy6504]

The Ulster Unionists dominated this place for 80 years, and never had a thought of "community relations". All of a sudden, it's "not fair" now that the other side is winning 😂.

[@cabaroigcostablanca]

Pity it's at expense of SDLP though. The moderate Protestants vote Alliance.....but there doesn't seem to be any moderate Catholics left sadly.

[@markywaddy6504]

@@cabaroigcostablanca lol hardly. We know from where voters transfer to that nationalists vote for Alliance in a 2:1 ratio to unionists. So 2/3rds of the people voting alliance are Catholics.

[@retireearly7223]

@@cabaroigcostablancayes there are. Moderate Catholics vote Sinn Féin.

[@cabaroigcostablanca]

@@retireearly7223 Yeah sure and moderate Protestants vote DUP...... moderates vote SDLP or Alliance.

[@johndevlin4318]

@@cabaroigcostablanca are you nationalist? How do you know? There is no moderate unionists. Dup aren’t, tuv aren’t. UUp have shown what they do when they have power. Who is moderate there?

[@martingomel1611]

It's taken roughly 100 years to erode the in-built Unionist majority in NI.

[@gerardokeeffe9640]

Creationist dinosaur-I am 56, an ex-squaddie and have always thought that I would never see a united Ireland in my lifetime. Not anymore. It's over for the bigots in the north and the Tories in Dublin. That makes me happy.

[@DCFelix67]

"This country"--Northern Ireland was literally created by his party carving up Ireland, saying this is our territory. and it wasn't a "benign" aparttheid. And it wasn't long ago that his party wouldn't even allow the voices of Sinn Féin members to be heard on TV or radio.

[@dorkangel1076]

It was the conservative government under Thatcher, not unionists, that barred SF from speaking on TV since they were the political wing of the PIRA, who were busy murdering people at time.

[@bunyip5841]

And they won't allow Stormont to function at a cost to the whole community.

[@DCFelix67]

@@bunyip5841 And the protocol is not the real sticking point. That's their own fault anyway. But they just won't accept a Sinn Féin First Minister.

[@FSLandscaping]

Hmm Danny isn’t in the DUp guys, he Ulster unionist and it was the British government who banned Gerry Adams voice on tv and radio, not the Ulster Unionist Party, the DUP are the ones blocking Stormont

[@malachymcnulty627]

Rte denied republicans a voice as well, they ain't smelling of rose's either,

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

Unionists grasping at straws like a person drowning.

[@taipizzalord4463]

Its like whining that when Man City have 90% possession that the ref should intervene and give the opposing team the ball!

[@finnkdy]

easy to confuse straw with a spiders web. its over pour eux.

[@laurenceocarroll5302]

Like a scarecrow trying to interfere with himself.

[@gerardflynn7382]

A Unionist floatation device = Anchor.

[@Taladar2003]

Drowning in water they keep pouring with their other hand.

[@saddoncarrs6963]

I think this is another example of how unionist politicians still have an innate sense of entitlement to governance in Northern Ireland. Things are unravelling for them and they are really struggling with how to handle it.

[@tanja9364]

Which is very worrying - is their next step to go back to violence ‘to prove a point’!

[@anneniliam3911]

funny I don't remember the Unionists complaining in the 1960s when there were areas where Nationalists had no representation.

[@mickgrant4262]

Being that Stupid has to be a Crime I find it offensive 😮😢

[@andrewneil6027]

Considering his position, technically this is abuse.

[@time4change878]

Now you are not being fair

[@MiloManning05]

@@time4change878 no

[@cjmc123]

It's only a crime under European laws!

[@FranzBieberkopf]

From what I know about NI politics, better start building new jails if that becomes an offence😊🙃😊

[@milesblue638]

Unionists politicians have taken their power for granted. This man is the one who needs to "keep up with events." He feels his party is entitled to representation it has not earned at the ballot box.

[@islandletters]

His drivel reminded me of the saying "From a position of privilege, equality appears as oppression."

[@taipizzalord4463]

Its like whining that when Man City have 90% possession that the ref should intervene and give the opposing team the ball!

[@markleitch9932]

the mood in northern ireland changed when it voted against brexit by 56% but the unionist DUP proceeded to support brexit and did not represent their constituents views on opposing brexit now they're paying the price for that contempt of their constituents through the ballot box.

[@henrypierce8900]

​@@islandlettersi hadn't heard that saying before. Very apt. Unionism has itself to blame for its own decline. With the exception of pup, unionist politics has kept poor protestants, poor . Protestants have been poorly represented, first by uup, more recently by dup. Perhaps the warning sign with any party useing the provincial name of ulster in its title, is these party's denial of partition of ulster. Some republicans also, focus on the partition of ireland willfully ignoring the partition if ulster. Perhaps if mr Kennedy knew more about his unionist people in monaghan cavan and donegal he could increase unionist representation in a united ulster. But that would require thought and reflection on behalf of unionism.

[@JerzyFeliksKlein]

I love the confused look on the face of the girl seating next to him trying really hard to comprehend what the hell he is on about.

[@petergaskin9542]

More unionist politicians should be given more interviews and airtime, the more they speak and the more people can hear how ridiculous they are the sooner they will either have to change or be left behind.

[@gilde915]

people voted for Sinn Fein, cause the party is putting the people in the center not the NI-question

[@cushyglen4264]

No. People vote for Sinn Fein because they are Catholics voting for a Catholic party. Simple sectarian tribalism. Nothing high minded about it.

[@Almighty01Man]

in the center? doesnt sound good since ira bomb centers

[@deanodog3667]

They didnt complain when it was a single party sectarian state !!

[@iankelly3081]

Now it's going to be a single-party sectarian state once again. Sorry but is there a difference?

[@michaelodonnell824]

Danny Kennedy is old enough to remember his school days. He's old enough to remember that when the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association campaigned for "fairness" in Local Elections, the Ulster Unionist Government set the Police on them and subsequently INTERNED them. But, hey when it's "British" Imperialism getting the pointy end of the stick, "Danny" thinks that Nationalists should "hold Back"... Moreover, how many seats in East Belfast and North Antrim areas did Unionists "gift" to Nationalists???

[@adrianred236]

When Unionism was running NI at the end of the 60s they were out numbered in Derry by the Irish/Nationilist/Republicans at a rate of 2 to 1 yet they had 2/3s of the seats on Derry city council. There isn't enough popcorn for what's happening now.

[@studslannigan6286]

😂😂😂😀

[@corkboy4523]

They’re struggling to accept the orange state is no more!

[@andrewneil6027]

Most people grow out of that about 18…

[@andrewcomerford264]

@@andrewneil6027 The world grew out of it 300 years ago.

[@patriciahiggins9188]

Thank god

[@patriciahiggins9188]

Truth denyers

[@taipizzalord4463]

Its like whining that when Man City have 90% position that the ref should intervene and give the opposing team the ball!

[@Teh_Goat]

I'm a Progressive Prod and voted Alliance 1,2 and UUP 3. After what I saw from Danny yesterday the UUP will not get another vote from me. I tweeted Doug Beattie and asked to him have a word with Danny about his drunken behaviour, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one

[@samuelmcgovern]

Reminds me of that great Zapp Brannigan quote: “In recognition of your overwhelming victory, let’s call it a draw”

[@bordercollie1140]

Like it,😂

[@mazobrien7123]

😂😂😂

[@jponeill2151]

Presumably, the communities he is talking about have voted for Sinn Fein. He needs to ask them why.

[@philipc4272]

The look on the woman's face here is priceless throughout! It's like she's thinking "Has this guy gone his whole life without understanding how democracy works?" If you ain't popular, you won't be voted for! You aren't owed anything!

[@supereliptic]

Believe me, I shared her expression…

[@maedhbharmishaw2613]

A mad unionist not the only one but hes nuts

[@beyo124]

Yeah she's probably thinking.. WTF 😮

[@williamcreighton1417]

Am laughing my head off at the unionists ...they still dont see that the demographics have changed and was happy to see Mark call him out. The unionists are on the way out, Ireland will be united, and the unionists had better position themselves to integrate into the Ireland they have long railed against.

[@jasonrflash]

I’m from NI and a unionist background, my parents, grandparents and great grandparents were from south of the border. I’ve heard my whole life about how Protestants were left isolated on the wrong side of the border. I’ve always voted UUP until brexit, I now vote alliance, entirely on the basis that UUP pussy footed about with brexit. Protestants south of the border got on with life post partition. The same logic applies now. The union is receding and that has to be accepted by unionists.

[@henrybrennan6738]

Yes, most Protestants on the south side of the Border got on with living and did well for themselves. Apart from those unfortunate to live in "close to Border "areas where in many cases they were harassed and intimidated into moving out. Brexit and Unionists dumb support for it has disillusioned many moderate Unionists ( most of whom are Protestant) The chickens have come back to roost.

[@brendancolfer9131]

Agreed. The town i live in the south has a big protestant population. Never any issues.

[@indogoUI]

There are lots of orange halls all over the republic

[@meab12]

I know lots of Protestants. No one cares. Funny how no one down here cares but it seems to be an issue up there what religion you are

[@vinylrulesok8470]

Somebody needs to explain democracy to this guy

[@martinbyrne6643]

There be no getting through his thick head .🤨

[@supereliptic]

You’re talking about a guy who pines for the good old days of Northern Ireland apartheid. He doesn’t give a flying fuck about democracy, only ‘winning’. Democracy is an alien concept to loyalist politicians if they find themselves on the back foot in an election. Himself and his generation of loyalists genuinely believe that they are fundamentally better than Irish people and the have a god given right to run things forever and that ‘elections’ are ok so long as a loyalist party is running the show.

[@roadwarrior8560]

unionists don't respect democracy, all they respect is flegs and bands, arseholes.

[@chrisbreen3188]

Dinosaurs do not listen

[@howwwyyy29]

They're used to it being fixed

[@jeremybaumeister215]

Someone really needs to explain to Kennedy how electoral politics works. If the UUP wanted to win, they should have tried harder to speak to actual issues

[@GodKitty677]

They cant, as they cause the issues and know it.

[@mikedon5205]

Ha given the gerrymandering by unionists in the 70s to oust nationalists I find this whining by Kennedy as hypocrisy at its finest 🤣

[@taipizzalord4463]

Its like whining that when Man City have 90% possession that the ref should intervene and give the opposing team the ball!

[@GodKitty677]

We know why the DUP are second place, all the corruption they get up to.

[@christinequinn5355]

​@@taipizzalord4463That's a good one. I might use it.

[@darthvadar441]

His party didn't allow us Catholics in the North to vote for 50 years.

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

How dare Sin Fein do so well. It just isn't fair on those of us who lost.

[@VectorTracker]

Well a powerful Sinn Fein and DUP doesn't bode well for anyone. We have become polarised to the point where compromise is not on the table

[@henrypierce8900]

​​@@VectorTrackersinn fein to be fair have swallowed mucho pride, changed positions on many things. Just going into stormont was a huge change for the sinn fein Republican. Never mind sharing power with unionists. Maybe you've forgotten how they wanted to destroy stormont and all it represented. Then you've their support for psni etc. What real compromises has unionism made? The provos are presently protecting stormont from destruction. How some things have changed! I don't see any change in unionism, so i think its disingenuous to compare a progressive party like sinn fein with an arch conservative party such as the dup.

[@VectorTracker]

@@henrypierce8900 They are the same but different. Both have staunch supporters that are unwilling to work with the other side and both are unwilling to compromise or even listen to the views of the other. Neither represent change for Northern Ireland and the only reason Sinn Fein are progressive is that they change every 5 mins to suit the newest trend!

[@henrypierce8900]

@@VectorTracker what progressive policies have unionism of any kind developed?

[@VectorTracker]

@@henrypierce8900 very little which is a good thing!

[@jocosson8892]

"I hate it when the opposition is TOO successful" !

[@djpokeeffe8019]

I literally can’t believe what I just saw. Thank you for posting. I can’t remember unionists offering nationalists a few seats to even things up in the gerrymandered NI of old. He needs a long lie down.

[@geoffpoole483]

That was how Derry ended up with a unionist controlled council.

[@Candyfloss119]

He needs a 🦵 in the 🕳️ lol 😂

[@christinequinn5355]

And a good kick in the arse.

[@Almighty01Man]

would that be because the sinn fien were openly supporting murdering people for political gain

[@marcasoceallaigh5362]

​@@geoffpoole483 I'd go even further and say if it wasn't for the gerrymandering of the political system in Derry then bloody Sunday would never have happened, as one of the civil rights movement's primary demands was one vote per person. The political framework of NI has always been favoured towards the unionist persuasion and it has end up with people like him who've had it all their own way for so long firmly believing that equality for all communities is a huge injustice being done to them.

[@joaomarreiros4906]

Well, a mate of mine had told me about how ignorant, bigot, and utterly delusional the DUP was, but I never believed it went this far.

[@learnwithmatt808]

This is actually the UUP - considered the less deranged of the Unionist parties in NI. You should see the crap that the actual DUP and the TUV come up with. They'd both be driven out of Great Britain if they ever set up shop there.

[@FranzBieberkopf]

He's UUP, not DUP, but the point stands-he's as dumb as a box of rocks. Forget about the history of sectarian gerrymandering, multiple votes for prods and voter suppression-this guy simply can't grasp democracy. The people with most votes win. At it's best, this guy thinks politics is like a primary school sports day and everyone gets a prize. More likely, his (microcephalic) brain can't cope with the idea of a Catholic FM and a Catholic majority in N.Ireland, and he thinks mere details like what the voters have voted for can be ignored. Most Brits will breathe a sigh of relief when we can offload idiots like him into a united Ireland.

[@fionnbharrduffy1005]

Danny is UUP, the DUP are even worse lmao But the UUP are the real bastards when you dig a little.

[@mr_dillus]

Single-Issue party discovers majority don't give a fuck about their single-issue.

[@beepresent8636]

What don't they get...it's a vote, if you don't win cause people don't want and don't agree with your policies!!! Duuuggghhhhh

[@jeezy8360]

The entitlement of this old timer 😂

[@BlissLovePeace]

The only question the moderator should have asked is "Do you actually understand the concept of democracy?"

[@saoirseclarnimhuiris7910]

I have lived & am married to an English man for 27 years , he can't quite believe the idiocracy of this fella😂

[@hughdoyle7059]

This man’s problem is that for the first time since the creation of NI he has to THINK politically!

[@johngibson5726]

5:42

[@johngriffin-cv3ug]

That's difficult, because he is intellectually incapable of rational thought.

[@hysemblack1716]

I am surprised he can string a sentence together with that verbal vomit. No wonder the UUP is struggling. With people like Danny Kennedy, Doug Beattie cannot get the party's messaging right as to where it lies. Are they genuinely moderate, or are they just one veto away from joining the ranks of the DUP & TUV?

[@addictedtocraic]

That's why they insist on Direct Rule.

[@thomasparkin259]

It always pisses me off when you get politicians who think they or their party are entitled to power or a place in government, that it is unjust to expect them to constantly earn power from their constituents.

[@patbuckley5607]

Waaaa waaa waaaa. Not fair. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@joehart7260]

The height of hypocrisy. The people have spoken, so just deal with it Danny.

[@ddr.5959]

You couldn't make it up. This guy takes the biscuit.

[@amcc5887]

Congratulations sinn fein and michele o neill 🍀☘🇨🇮

[@captain007x]

Not fair, not fair, says the party that never understood what fair was back in the 70's.

[@wseanculkin7635]

Does he realize that people, not only in Ulster, but worldwide see him as a clown?

[@stephenmcdonald4708]

Super video Max exposing Unionists for what they are keep up the good work 😀👍

[@DavoInMelbourne]

I look forward to a united Ireland

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

He should have been happy with Sinn Fein putting forward so many candidates, as it splits or waters down the Nationalist vote, giving a Unionist candidate a better chance of being elected. But of course stupid is as stupid does.

[@mmmhorsesteaks]

Hilarious how people are trying to let him down gently but he stubbornly insists on being a moron.

[@KevinLyda]

Will Unionists ever learn that "disagreeable jerk" as a political ideology isn't winning them any friends anywhere? In NI, in RoI or in GB.

[@liammalarky3483]

He's been up all night. He's not thinking right because he's "overtired."... Eejit.

[@andrewneil6027]

Professionalism at its best, or economic slavery

[@Rob-oi9mf]

The woman next to him is thinking WTF 😅

[@christophermiller867]

Yeah, they used to have a majority, a manufactured majority!

[@vincenthigginbotham8729]

Would it have bothered him if the unionists won all the seats What balderdash

[@John_259]

Bones, is that an Ulster Unionist? - It's life Jim, but not as we know it. - Analysis, Spock? - It is a creature totally devoid of logic, Captain.

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

Scotty, they will Klingon to the U.K for dear life captain.

[@gerardmccartney3186]

Beam him up, Scotty 😂

[@finnkdy]

Rosenberg - yer ma.

[@malachy1847]

@@gerardmccartney3186 "I'm in Trouble."

[@Henbot]

😂 What an utter toad 😂 and the ridiculous nature of his standing which is you need to accommodate us unionist for beating us in the vote? No point whatsoever did Unionist ever do that 😂

[@neilarmour4497]

That's democracy for you Danny. As the leavers consistently reminded us, "You lost, get over it".

[@dentonyoung4314]

I say the best thing to do is round up all the Unionists and move them to Britain, then let NI reunify with Ireland. The Unionists get to stay in the UK and the Irish get their country back. Win-win for everyone.

[@user-rq1if6bd9j]

I live in Britain and the majority dont want sny more antidiluvian arseholes. Please keep them. Any most of them have irish passports.

[@retireearly7223]

And it’ll help solve the housing crisis!

[@Knappa22]

Can we put them somewhere major brexity like Lincolnshire?. I don’t want those fruitloops in their Homepride flour-grader uniforms and tin whistles anywhere near Wales, thank you.

[@stephenmcdonald7908]

We don't want them.

[@jamesguitar7384]

Scotland has enough of these nutters . We don't want more.

[@thermodynamics458]

There's dumb politicians and then there's dumb politicians. And then there's the DUP.

[@biggmick1]

Yeah but this guy's from the Ulster unionists not the DUP. He's supposed to be the sane side of unionism.

[@davidhoward4715]

@@biggmick1 Sane side of unionism? There's no such animal.

[@wseanculkin7635]

He flat out does not realize that young people in occupied Ireland do not want him speaking for them. He represents old, worn out, inefficient ideas that see them living a substandard life, devoid of opportunity of any kind.

[@MrGrifft]

2:20 "It's everybody's problem" He didn't say the quiet bit; "because we'll make it everybody's problem".

[@kevhughes1981]

I was wondering when you’d come onto this. It was utterly bizarre from Danny, I don’t think he can actually compute what’s happening up North

[@weebrianful]

I watched this live and the interviewer just couldn't believe what he was hearing.

[@davekeating.]

It all went down hill for Danny and Co. when One-Man-One-Vote was introduced...

[@barbechivo]

It's a shock to the system for unionists to witness Sinn Fein being the largest party in local elections. He is left flailing and flubbing because unionist supremacy has been shattered.

[@stevemartin239]

choosing "fool of the week" is going to be especially tough!

[@davidhoward4715]

But this guy just took the lead, I think.

[@Aldo_Regozzani]

If I hear of Ulster Unionists nevermore, I recon the world a better place.

[@drdecco1]

Ironic that he mocked MLMcD/Sinn Fein’s celebratory applause as “manufactured” coming from one born into and accustomed to a “Manufactured Majority”

[@senanshortt5521]

Mark Caruthers is a decent journalist that holds these clowns & bigots to account. I’ve always had respect for him

[@rocarolan2003]

Glad you found this one. I was watching this live and nearly fell off my chair. It's the entitlement that bothers me. And he's from the UUP.

[@timsoel566]

Us losing is really dangerous for the country. Think about what he is trying to say without being to explicit.

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

If we’re not in charge there might be consequences perhaps ?

[@roisinmalone3015]

​@@bumblingborisbuffoon6259 The loyalist paramilitaries are made up of drug dealers, old men and some deluded youngsters. They terrorise their own communities, re extortion rackets, protectionist rackets, drug dealing, intimidation and other criminal activity. They don't have widespread community support nor can they collude with the British State as they did in the past.

[@andrewneil6027]

He’s too stupid to realise he’s corrupted.

[@jmo8934]

It’s not even a country.

[@davidtracey5471]

@@jmo8934 👍

[@EdgyNumber1]

Sinn Fein are simply following the mantra: "Don't interrupt your enemy whilst he's making a mistake."

[@gkelly2009]

History has come back to haunt them . REMEMBER WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

[@mandycouchbean]

Taking Desperation to the next level!

[@jounik]

It takes a very special kind of special to say any of those things. No wonder UUP is leaking support.

[@RankinMsP]

"A very special kind of special" 😂😂😂

[@drdecco1]

Would have achieved a “B” grade in the old days

[@Kenny-zn6dl]

Even their own people are voting against them, northern Ireland is turning very green and the orange is fading away

[@barryryan14]

Manufactured applause.... his bitterness tastes so sweet to me 😂

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

Imagine the kind of people who would vote for this guy.

[@robinnicholas7867]

The panel are treating him like an idiot child. It’s the entitlement that’s so funny

[@mandycouchbean]

Congratulations Sinn Fein! ❤

[@tombroderick7206]

OMG. Is it now really that bad in Northern Ireland, that if the voting public reject Unionist politicians, the Unionists think that the other parties at to blame? Madness! Thanks for opening my eyes.

[@bartconnolly6104]

Not o lying that . As a consequence, they are demanding the minority be protected by law when they get into a permanent minority. And you know what a democracy where minorities are protected by law is called? It is called A REPUBLIC.

[@dansmith1763]

Nobody who used to vote DUP or UU is now voting SF, some will be voting Alliance, some will be just staying at home and SF is winning most of the votes of the new voters who have never voted before.

[@damienmallon4038]

It's changing, Dan. When protestants want help getting something done, they go to SF for help, and they get it. There is now more irish passports in Ni than British.

[@TheTomellig]

Saw that max. He forgot Gerry Mander was their leader. The cement that allowed little the illusion of Empire and relevance

[@frankoneill5675]

If only his predecessors had thought of that in 1921

[@williamgoldsmith3796]

Remember when the unionists said NO to" one man one vote"????????????

[@punchy1325]

They've said no to everything yet here we are let them keep saying no its just a matter of time and their no will mean nothing at all

[@guinnog2]

United Ireland, free Scotland.

[@josephmccrory618]

👋✌👍

[@marvintpandroid2213]

Nobody is owed a vote, you have to win them.

[@allandonnelly6926]

We want norther Ireland to work? Then get into parliment and do your job.

[@andrewneil6027]

Talk about the opposition and avoid accountability

[@raymonddixon7603]

He does want to work. He is not a member of the DUP.

[@allandonnelly6926]

@@raymonddixon7603 yes but he seems to believe he's speaking for the unionist community

[@Rumpelstyltskin]

If Norn Iron ,"work[s]" you can forget about a united Ireland.

[@raymonddixon7603]

@@allandonnelly6926 Thats another point. SF like to think they are speaking for me and they are not. I am proud Irishman.

[@kensavage7657]

I'm from Northern Ireland, originally, and I was in the Ards and North Down area. Out of the 50 councillors, there this election, one is "Nationalist" (SDLP) and the UUP took 8 seats (with DUP taking 14). I assume that Danny Kennedy thinks that this is unfair, and that, maybe, the UUP should do something to share more seats with Nationalists there??? Also - in the Westminster FPTP elections, it's also a "safe seat", so my vote would never matter..... Maybe he'd like to help out here again???

[@hiwattman]

As a Scottish independence supporter, this is good to watch Ireland slowly reuniting. I suspect that may happen before Scotland is independent as I recall reading somewhere that the GFA does not require Westminster's permission to hold a referendum on breaking out of the UK, unlike Scotland.

[@davidoshea1837]

would I be wrong to say that most of the UKs resources are within Scotlands borders, Scotland is the most valuable asset the UK has at this present time

[@hiwattman]

@@davidoshea1837 no, you would be correct as far as I know.

[@davidoshea1837]

Ideologically a united Ireland would be great, economically, I personally don't think that the Republic can afford it, also I think that the majority of the North don't care much for a united island, as in the literal translation of Sinn Féin

[@hiwattman]

@@davidoshea1837 SF have a majority local govt now, first time that's happened. The trends are heading in the right direction anyway. As for whether it could be afforded, that's always the line unionists come up with against Scot indy, the "too wee, too stupid" thing. I think they could make it work. Here's hoping, anyway!

[@liquitecltd6437]

​@@davidoshea1837 It can well be afforded as long as it is a peaceful trsnsition look at the investment that pours into ireland every year. and you can gaurentee there will be a heck of a lot more into 32 counties I would have been conserned with the wage gap for companies to make up and the sharp rise in cost of living but the gaps in those are no longer as big trick would be to intergrate the workforces as much as possible first very much happening in construction as we speak

[@johnrussell3961]

It was the voters who gave most seats to them. It’s called democracy.. But he dare not blame the voters. They would get even less if he did.

[@dantownsend4246]

The old guard is having problems with reality. I hope this doesn’t lead to “troubles”

[@matpk]

@@dantownsend4246 Split NI into 6 parts. Return to RoI one by one. Over the span of 18 years🎉

[@colinforrestal3819]

This is what all bullies say. Grow up unionists. The unionist haven't listened to what the Irish government have said.

[@wseanculkin7635]

There is no way I could be on that panel, he is an embarrassment to modern democratic society.

[@theonemantrainwreck]

Newry man here, Newry is a nationalist majority town, they are unionist community in the city but there was only one candidate running for the UUP in the area you cant seriously expect to win more seats than the one candidate running

[@kevonslims7269]

He doesn’t have to listen to the alliance party but he’s dictating to Sinn Fein?

[@retireearly7223]

I caught that too