Northern Ireland 2125?

I believe that poster said, "non-Unionist", as did you in your follow up. You've posted the Republican/Nationalist votes there but left out the non-aligned APNI (6.3%), NILP (1.6%) and others (0.2%).

That'd be 37.9%....I wouldn't call that an awful lot less than 39% myself.

The Alliance's own history does not describe them as a 'unionist party'.

Two leading NUM members, Oliver Napier and Bob Cooper, decided that a new cross-community party would represent the best alternative to the established parties which had not changed for the previous fifty years.

Our History - Alliance Party

'They' themselves did not think so. It's there in their own history. You cannot be 'cross community and unionist at the same time. The Alliance always saw themselves as neutral on the constitutional question. How others saw them is not the issue.

I'd consider APNI's website a more reliable source than Wikipedia with regards to their history.

Certainly I'd agree that in the 70s, a substantial amount of APNI voters were themselves small u, middle class Unionists, but that doesn't make APNI a Unionist party.

Here is my post again verbatum:

"Democratic vote?

Non-unionist parties got 39% of the vote yet only 1 of the 12 seats!!"

To me NI doesn’t seem to fit the broad definition of a “failed state” . That some from a certain political background claim it is.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/failed-state-overview-characteristics.html#:~:text=Failed%20State%20Examples-,What%20is%20a%20Failed%20State?,of%20their%20lack%20of%20security.

No regional conflict, political instability, trade embargo’s sanctions etc

And most importantly for me NI has the only professional snooker tournament on the Island of Ireland.

https://www.tntsports.co.uk/snooker/northern-ireland-open/2023-2024/northern-ireland-open-shaun-murphy-makes-plea-for-republic-of-ireland-to-return-to-snooker-it-s-a-sp_sto9853459/story.shtml

Also on FIFA soccer rankings NI is 69th gradually catching up on the ROI who are currently ranked 62nd.

Furthermore, NI leads the ROI when it comes to Golf Majors won and easily leads the per capita Major winners. 6 for NI , 5 for the ROI Not bad for a “failed state”.

It looks like the “Fenian’s” only hope is for the “cailíni’’s” to have more babies than the “other crowd” over the next 100 years, Need 60 percent plus on that border poll. To be sure. Surprised SF doesn’t incentivise it, sure haven’t they plenty of money!?

In India they are offering cows and cash to encourage families to have more children. Cash for.a girl, a cow for a boy.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-21/india-census-population-incentives-for-more-babies-delimitation/105359144

Polygamy is another option of course.

https://travelnoire.com/47-countries-where-polygamy-is-legal

So you want to designate the party that Jim Allister calls part of the "pan-nationalist front" as Unionist? 😂

Even with that, that leaves 33% of non-unionist parties with 1 of 12 seats and the 67% unionist with 11 of the 12 seats.

Democracy 1974 NI style!

The evidence that I have presented proves that within the divided 1974 population of the 6 counties where the vast vast majority of people identified as catholic & nationalist or protestant & unionist the so called democratic process was anything but democratic.

A system in a state where 33% of the population are given 8% of the available seats is unsustainable and was proved to be so.

I have not factored in the many amongst the population who refused to acknowledge at all the parliament for which the election was held.

There's just no comparison at all with the 1974 electorate in NI and the current electorate in the 26 counties.

But if you must ... the Labour Party got 4.6% of the votes at the last election and ended up with 11 seats.

Another nail in the coffin for belligerent Unionism's veto attempt as the Dept Of Infrastructure publishes review:

The review continued: "While the promotion of bilingual signage in BGCS (Belfast Grand Central Station) is considered as a potentially positive impact for those who understand, speak and/or appreciate the Irish language it in no way detracts or diminishes from the main language, which is English which will be available for those who do not understand, speak or appreciate the Irish language."

The screening form said DfI has "carefully considered" the use of Irish language signage at Grand Central Station.

"In this instance the general use of the Irish language in BGCS does not diminish the entitlements of those whose right to their British identity is guaranteed in the Good Friday Agreement," it added.

"The use of bilingual signage on both Scotland and Wales public transport clearly demonstrates this point."

Failed state wouldn't be reffering to the sports/acting/writing or any other entertainment ability of people who come from the jurisdiction.

It is reffering to the jurisdiction itself to function normally. Prior to the GFA it was a gerrymandered apartheid state. Since the GFA stormont has nearly been collapsed for halve the time and there is still peace walls etc. Look how only few years ago they couldn't bring in gay marriage despite most people wanting from all backgrounds including the majority of MLA's and it not being a green/orange issue. It needed london to actually bring it in for NI. Even look today that they cant even bring in dual language sign posts like normal neighbouring jurisdictions or how they will miss out hosting euro 2028 matchs because there was so political weight against a suitable stadium being built big enough because it would be a themun stadium. It is still an abnormal jurisdiction