The next UK government’s spending policy could lead to a boon for Stormont parties thanks to the oddities of devolutionary accounting
Keir Starmer at Stormont in Belfast: Northern Ireland's parties are preparing for his expected election as UK prime minister. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
The declining, splintering unionist vote has led to increased soul-searching during this election about “realignment”, a term usually taken to mean a merger of the DUP and the UUP, or an exchange of factions to create one liberal and one conservative party. The opinions revealed were essentially traditional Labour values, a political baseline shared by unionist and nationalist communities. Unionist parties should not find it difficult to move towards this ground. If Labour manages to fix collapsing public service in Britain, there will be a clamour forto copy its policies in devolved areas. All parties in Northern Ireland should consider getting ahead of this, before they are accused of getting in the way.
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