brief observation on the UK elections

[waider]

Gerry Adams kept his seat. David Trimble lost his, amid other losses for the UUP and gains for the DUP. While the SDLP are generally characterised as the moderate Republicans to Sinn Féin's hardliners, the reality of the situation has been that Adams has been a far closer opponent to Trimble than he has to Paisley & co. Thus, it appears that while the Republican supporters are happy to continue gradually moving towards compromise in order to "solve" Northern Ireland, the Unionist supporters would prefer not to compromise and indeed have given more power to a party who have expressed no interest in such things.