Month: May 2023

First published May 11th 2023 on Internationalist Standpoint Website

Voters in Northern Ireland go to the polls for the fourth time in four years on May 18^th when 462 councillors will be elected to 11 local councils.  Like all elections this will be dominated by political parties which seek votes in one community only, claiming to represent the “interests” of Protestants or Catholics. The four largest parties are engaged in this form of divisive politics-often described as a “sectarian headcount”.