The emergence of a middle ground?

Landscape near Carrick-a-Rede Roap Bridge in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

In my first post (here) about Identities in NI I described the rise of a group of Non-Religious people who now form a political sector almost as large as that of Catholics: I suggested that the Non-Religious would vote Alliance. In my second post (here) I showed that while None had been the most preferred party until around 2019, it was replaced by Alliance, particularly in the No Religion group. I also showed that the Non-Religious did not feel themselves …

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