Paul Frew stated:
“Sinn Fein’s standard playbook when they want to distract from internal and external difficulties is to tout a border poll. Yesterday felt like Groundhog Day once again.
We all remember Gerry Adams, in 2011, predicting that Northern Ireland would have left the Union by 2016. Then, in August 2021, his crystal ball must have shown a different date, and 2016 became 2024. In May 2022, Mary Lou McDonald called for a border poll by 2027, but by July 2022, this had shifted to 2030. In February 2024, Michelle O’Neill again moved the goalposts, calling for a border poll by 2034.
Sinn Fein knows there is no realistic prospect of a border poll. The people of Northern Ireland want stability and a focus on the issues that affect their daily lives. That was our message at the DUP conference over the weekend: stability and delivery. Sinn Fein should have been holding Labour’s feet to fire about funding for schools and hospitals rather than beating the drum for a divisive border poll."
Border poll conjuring trick fooling no one - Frew
23 Sep, 2024
DUP MLA Paul Frew has said that recent comments by Mary Lou McDonald regarding a future border poll represent a desperate attempt by the Sinn Fein President to distract from the party's declining support in the Irish Republic and confusion over policies such as immigration.
