While Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald proclaim the party’s pro-choice credentials, its actions in the Assembly have dismayed women’s rights activists. Picture: Getty
At the beginning of this month, a proposal to ban the hunting of wild animals with dogs was defeated in the Stormont assembly by 45 votes to 38. If it had passed, the private member’s bill introduced by John Blair, an Alliance assembly member, would have brought the North in line with the rest of the UK on the issue.
While other parties allowed their representatives a free vote, Sinn Féin whipped its assembly members...
deirdreheenan And support for terrorism
deirdreheenan What about asking them to spell out how they are going to give everybody everything they demand?
deirdreheenan They have on abortion rights and have lost many votes certainly from pro life and pro choice. They can't have their cake and eat it.
deirdreheenan Ah, the SDLP fan.