THE ULSTER NEWS
Belfast City Council excludes Unionists
Recent boundry changes to Belfast City Council area was able to remove Irish nationalist Twinbrook & Poleglass from Lisburn and place them within Belfast, while Unionist Dundonald & the Ballybeen area were placed within the new council area of Lisburn and Castlereagh. This has reduced Unionist influence while increasing Irish nationalist input and with current voting traits has all but gauranteed that Unionism will rarely, if ever, gain control Belfast city council again. This in effect means that Belfast will be portrayed as an 'Irish' city and will ignore its British, and particularly its Ulster-Scots origin.The earliest example of this was the removal of the all year round flying of the Union flag. To remedy this, Belfast people who have been excluded which are mostly, if not entirely Unionist, must demonstrate their wishes to be included in their city, that is the City of Belfast that they immensely contributed to, otherwise it will be lost forever.
U.S. President Barrack Obama calls for a for a 'new' Ulster identity now
Addressing young students in London U.S. President Barrack Obama called for the young people in Ulster (NI) to grasp and create their own unique and specific Ulster identity. Speaking as an aid to David Cameron's ironic 'remain' in the EU campaign, he suggested that 'unionism' or 'nationalism' should not get in the way of a united (NI) Ulster represented by people who are proud from where they come from. Such statements must have come as a blow to 'Irish' Americans of whom many are hell bent on creating an all-Ireland republic by whatever means, and who have given their support to Irish republican terrorism that has blatantly murdered many of Ulster's citizens, often regardless of religion, ethnicity or politics.
May 2016, Ulster Assembly elections shows slight Irish nationalist decline
Irish nationalists, Sinn Fein and the SDLP have seen a noteable decline in votes during their attempt to gain seats within Ulster's Stormont Assembly, while British unionist votes have performed relatively better. Many political pundits had suggested that both the SDLP and Sinn Fein would hold and possibly increase their vote, however, when all the counting had been completed it was revealed that those who identified themselves as Irish nationalist had lost 5.1% since the last elections in 2011, while those labelled as unionist only faltered by 1.5%. This produced a result that displayed an identifiable British unionist vote of 48%, while Irish nationalism was at a lower 36%. While the turnout was 54.2%, meaning that just under half of the population did not vote, Unionism must continue to show and advance to all the Ulster people, regardless of religion, ethnicity or political opinion, that Ulster vastly benefits being part of the United Kingdom and that any suggestion of creating the dillusion of an all-Ireland state outside the British Union would be a disaster for all our people.
