Constituency profile: East Belfast
CS Lewis Square, an artistic space dedicated to the revered children’s author, is where old east Belfast meets new east Belfast.
But on this stretch of road on the last day of the school term, mother-of-four Vicky Barrett says she has “no interest” in the outcome. “I lived in east Belfast all my life – we’re going hungry and just want fed,” she says. “I don’t care who’s running things or what they’re doing, we want to be able to afford stuff like food and school uniforms.”
The TUV’s David Vance cost Peter Robinson the election 14 years ago and the fear is that the DUP could once again shed votes, with anti-protocol DUP members switching allegiances to the TUV’s John Ross, an ex-British Army solider. “I’ve lived here eight years and think that sometimes politicians maybe take east Belfast for granted; they almost feel they’re guaranteed a vote of a particular persuasion but everybody knows that this place has changed so much,” she says.
“Naomi is the only person in my opinion who can win it for Alliance but it does come down to the ‘ground war’ – both Alliance and DUP have had loads of supporters out canvassing and knocking doors,” he says.
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