David McCann

How the double-header election will work next May. You will get two ballot papers. Different colours for the Assembly and Local Elections.

Diane Forysthe is a significant move. Calling for the FM to be removed and she would not be considered a hardliner. Does this spread across the Assembly group?

Was on #bbcsundaypoltics talking about accountability, @sinn-fein.bsky.social election moves and Carla Lockhart www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGwu...

What a blunder. NDP called an election two years early and lost to a Conservative leader just five weeks in the job www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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There will be a new dynamic in 2027, SF vs APNI. Most of the gains SF are targeting are APNI seats. Moving Hazzard and Cullen back to Stormont should be part of a longer term strategy, showing it's local decision-makers who matter www.irishnews.com/opinion/davi...

196 days until #AE27

DUP MP Carla Lockhart wouldn’t be drawn on whether she has confidence in her leader Gavin Robinson while she didn’t rule out leaving the party over the Drumcree dispute tinyurl.com/4s82twtu

There will be a new dynamic in 2027, SF vs APNI. Most of the gains SF are targeting are APNI seats. Moving Hazzard and Cullen back to Stormont should be part of a longer term strategy, showing it's local decision-makers who matter www.irishnews.com/opinion/davi...

Strangford will be a cracking contest this time. Boundary changes have brought parts of South Down in, some of which favour SF. SDLP just missed out on this seat in the previous few elections.

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Luck really matters in politics. Had Freeland not resigned, Carney would have been Finance Minister instead of PM and the Liberals would most likely have lost the election. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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"Cares about people like me"

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A senior DUP figure tells BBC’s Gareth Gordon the #Drumcree dispute could lead to Sinn Fein winning an extra 40,000 votes at next year’s assembly election. Who are the other potential winners & losers from the dispute? Listen to the #BBCRedLines podcast 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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The province of Alberta is voting this week on whether to hold a referendum on separation from Canada.

The BelTel Podcast | The St Andrews Agreement 20 years on: Paisley signs up to power-sharing. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by political commentator David McCann. Listen now on the Belfast Telegraph website or app, or wherever you get your podcasts: tinyurl.com/y9z6hstz

Great chatting with @ciarandunbarrach.bsky.social about the legacy of the St Andrews Agreement.

Jim Allister making it clear on Nolan he would be very happy to welcome Carla Lockhart into TUV ranks.

Only one DUP MP in 2024 recorded a swing toward them: Carla Lockhart. She saw a 5% swing to her, compared with an 8.5% swing away from the DUP across NI. If she ever did walk, it would be a big electoral blow.

The DUP clearly don't want to walk out of the Executive over Drumcree. Walking away might offer some sugar-coated reassurance, but it will open a can of worms on reform that the DUP don't want to see.

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant is to ban the Drumcree parade. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Secretary of State has banned the Orange Order from parading down the Garvaghy Road

Drumcree Protests, Alliance Walkout & The A5 Road Victory www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al76...

David McCann: The worst thing about the latest Stormont crisis? Nobody really cares www.irishnews.com/opinion/davi...

Given the views in some quarters that Ireland should have a citizens' assembly on the Unity question, perhaps it would be worth following how this Cyprus process plays out for some possible pointers....? en.politis.com.cy/in-depth/cyp...

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You're all staying up to watch the Quebec Election, aren't you?

Spain is heading to the polls early www.irishnews.com/news/world/s...

New Feature from Stormont Sources this week. Have a listen to Extra Time youtu.be/hz7V-7cppng?...

The SDLP have taken a real punt by deselecting Justin McNulty. Fortune in politics sometimes favours the brave, so it might pay off. Interesting to see what McNulty does ahead of the election.

The SDLP has deselected MLA Justin McNulty with Crossmaglen councillor Pete Byrne, who has been chosen to run in Newry and Armagh in next year’s Assembly election. Mr Byrne won the vote at a selection convention in Newry Golf Club on Thursday night.

The latest Stormont Sources podcast has just dropped! @timcairns.bsky.social, Michael and myself debate....Drumcree, what it means and the future of devolution www.youtube.com/watch?v=It0i...

SDLP MLA Justin McNulty and Crossmaglen councillor Pete Byrne will go head-to-head for their party’s Assembly election nomination in Newry and Armagh on Thursday night.

Was on #BBCRedLines discussing the potential electoral implications of Drumcree with @sjamcbride.bsky.social @markcarruthers7.bsky.social and Gareth Gordon www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

"The crisis underscores the precarious nature of the power-sharing settlement in Northern Ireland". @conorjkelly.bsky.social and @colinmurray.bsky.social consider how the recent events at Drumcree could impact the functioning of the Executive in Northern Ireland. ukandeu.ac.uk/what-happens...

25% of voters have already cast their ballots in Quebec ahead of polling day next week. Another example of why making it easier to vote work.

If this does come about it could have a transformative impact on WM elections in NI. The conversations about Unionist pacts would be totally altered and it could mean quite different results from what ppl are forced into under FPTP.

Quebec heads to the polls in a few days. Parti Québécois looks set to return to power as the final polls are released.

The 12th will be a holiday in a United Ireland. Not sure why anyone would realistically oppose it, even if you don't agree with the outcome of the event.

I have watched tense, difficult debates in the Assembly chamber, but the matter of the day on Drumcree is up there. I haven't seen the DUP and Sinn Féin at each other like that in a long time. It's hard to see how these parties can govern together until May.