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Vote 2017: Northern Ireland election – Do transfers matter?

Yesterday, Northern Ireland’s voters went to the polls to elect a new assembly. Counting is now underway in early elections that were sparked by a row between Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) over the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.  The scandal, however, revealed much wider differences between the partners in the North’s compulsory…

March 3, 2017 in Election, Northern Ireland.

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