In a part of Belfast where huge 'peace walls' still keep some Catholic...
BELFAST - In a part of Belfast where huge “peace walls” still keep some Catholic Irish nationalists and Protestant unionists apart, Thursday’s UK general election could have far-reaching consequences in the decades-long battle for a united Ireland.
If he wins, 20 years after a peace deal mostly ended three decades of sectarian violence, it could help nationalist parties win more seats in the British parliament than their unionist rivals for the first time since the 1921 partition of Ireland. Finucane says Britain’s decision to leave the EU, which 56% of Northern Irish voters opposed in the 2016 referendum, has brought new supporters to his Sinn Fein party, the former political wing of the Irish Republican Army.
The DUP could also lose Belfast South but a gain in North Down, where the independent unionist incumbent is retiring, would probably keep the nationalist bloc from passing them. A poster removed by police accused Finucane’s family of being “steeped in the blood of our innocents”, while the DUP has accused former IRA volunteers of campaigning for Finucane.
“I don’t agree with the DUP position on Brexit, I think we would be better off remaining in Europe. But I always vote unionist and he is the unionist — we don’t want to lose the seat to Sinn Fein,” said Rob Jones, a North Belfast voter.
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