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On Saturday @ClaireHanna will officially become the next Leader of the SDLP.
Claire’s politics is rooted in hope, ambition and bringing people together.
This is an exciting time to get involved in our mission to build something new. We hope you’ll join us!
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‘I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people’.
Nobel Laureate and former SDLP Leader John Hume passed away last night. We all live in the Ireland he imagined - at peace and free to decide our own destiny.
Thank you, John.
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Real politics shouldn't be about waving flags, it should be about developing the standard of living of all sections of your people.
23 years on from the Good Friday Agreement, we all need to spill our sweat to change our society for the better.
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Difference is of the essence of humanity.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Happy 82nd Birthday to this man, our man and Ireland's greatest man. We are forever grateful for everything you have done for us. Whilst you might not remember what you achieved, we will always remember for you. Thank you John.
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Difference is an accident of birth.
Difference is of the essence of humanity.
Respect for difference is the first and deepest principle of real peace.
Today, on John Hume’s 4th anniversary, his core belief is more important than ever.
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SDLP Leader @ClaireHanna MP & Foyle MP @columeastwood have nominated Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, for the Nobel Peace Prize, recognising her fearless voice for Palestinian civilians and demand for justice.
ALT Image nominating Francesca Albanese for a Nobel Peace Prize
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"We come from the tradition of Parnell and Hume. Our vision is big and it is broad. Our mission is to unite all of our people, not divide them any further."
@ColumEastwood is the first new MP to deliver his maiden speech in the House of Commons.
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We had a blunt meeting with the new British Prime Minister this morning.
We went in concerned that he would have a limited understanding of the complexities and fragilities of this place. Those concerns were confirmed. @NicholaMallon
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SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP calls out the UK Government’s double standards on terror.
Palestine Action and Kneecap are branded as terrorists, while the UK government turns a blind eye to the real terror, the genocide in Gaza.
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Thanks to everyone who has lit a candle for peace this evening in memory of John. #JohnsLight
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Congratulations to our MP for South Belfast and Mid Down @ClaireHanna
👏 👏 👏
ALT Image of Claire Hanna MP in the House of Commons. Text reads: Congratulations Claire Hanna MP
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Thank you, John. Thank you, Pat.
Blessed are our peacemakers🕊️
#GFA25 | @humefoundation
ALT Image of John and Pat Hume.
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Jeffrey Donaldson needs to wise up. Does he want to talk about paramilitaries?
Mark Officer, DUP canvasser, is a convicted drug dealer.
John Smyth, DUP councillor, is a convicted UVF bomber.
John Aughey, dragged a girl under his car on 12th July, signs DUP nomination papers.
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Targeted, racist and deliberate. What happened in Ballymena wasn’t a riot, it was a pogrom. People went door to door looking for minorities as women and children were attacked in their homes.
Many who are loud today stay silent the rest of the year when women face violence.
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Happy birthday to our greatest peacemaker, John Hume.
Relentless in his belief that we could treat each other better and respect should be the cornerstone of our politics. He changed Ireland forever. We all have a debt of gratitude to him.
Ireland’s greatest.
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People across the island of Ireland, whether unionist or nationalist or neither, have looked on in horror at the degradation of the rule of law and deterioration of Anglo-Irish relationships at the hands of this government.
@ClaireHanna challenges @BorisJohnson at his final PMQs
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The Northern Ireland Assembly just passed an SDLP motion rejecting the Internal Market Bill.
The British Government wanted our consent written into the Withdrawal Agreement.
They should finally listen to what we are saying.
More 👉sdlp.ie/news/2020/sdlp-secur…
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SDLP Leader @ClaireHanna challenged the PM on Gaza today, saying it’s shameful that Ms Rachel from YouTube has shown more moral clarity than world leaders.
As families are killed and shelters bombed, Britain talks of war when it should be pushing for peace and justice.
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Paul Givan should resign. No Education Minister should visit a school in illegally occupied East Jerusalem.
People are rightly appalled. This is a question of ethics and accountability. @MatthewOToole2
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Good Friday, 1998.
23 years on, it remains our roadmap to a safe, shared and prosperous Ireland.
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"The GFA was overwhelmingly endorsed by the people of Ireland. It marked an end to decades of violence & paved a way for peace. It is not a bargaining chip to be used by a chaotic British Government as a way to dig themselves out of a mess of their own creation."- @columeastwood
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A statement on behalf of the Hume family.
Please join us tomorrow by lighting a candle for peace at 9pm.
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'One of the biggest drivers of people leaving Northern Ireland is rancid sectarianism.' @MatthewOToole2
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Today Pat Hume will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Irish Red Cross in recognition of her decades of public service. We are deeply grateful to Pat for all that she has selflessly given to our party and the peace process through good times and bad.
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SDLP MLA @MatthewOToole2 has been nominated as Leader of the Opposition at Stormont.
ALT Matthew O’Toole MLA, Leader of the Opposition
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For the first time, Irish was spoken during Prime Minister’s Questions as SDLP Leader @ClaireHanna MP marked Lá Fhéile Pádraig agus Seachtain na Gaeilge in the Commons.
A small but symbolic moment for the Irish language and our shared future. 💬☘️🤝
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The SDLP has always stood by the principle of maximum inclusion in talks. We will not take part in a process today that excludes the Leader of Sinn Féin.
We have proposals to get the Assembly back that we want to put to other parties in inclusive talks. That needs to happen.
ALT Matthew O’Toole MLA gives a press conference at the Northern Ireland Office
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The world knows what the Parachute Regiment did on the streets of Derry in 1972.
SDLP Leader @ColumEastwood raised the murder of 14 civil rights marchers on Bloody Sunday in the House of Commons and called for a full apology from the regiment responsible
Colum Eastwood
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This is about the DUP’s failure to be even a tiny bit honest with the electorate after five years of nonsense.
All they can do is keep digging and they’re dragging everyone else into the hole with them.
@ClaireHanna | @bbctheview
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The SDLP has selected @Lseenoi as a Councillor for the Foyleside area of Derry and Strabane Council.
Lilian has dedicated her life to helping people. She’ll be a leader for Derry and an important member of our team.
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'Brexit has sharpened all of the lines that the Good Friday Agreement was designed to soften - around identity, around borders, around sovereignty'
South Belfast MP @ClaireHanna delivered her maiden speech on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill that we will be opposing today.
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Jeffrey Donaldson doesn’t understand how angry people are. He’s busy marching around with Jamie Bryson and Jim Allister while people are sitting cold and hungry in their own homes.
@ColumEastwood | #UTVDebate
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We are delighted to appoint @NicholaMallon as Minister for Infrastructure.
After three years, it's time to get back to work. Our priority will be balanced regional investment that gives all communities the chance to grow, attract new jobs & offer opportunity to our young people.
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As an Irish political party we can’t in good conscience go to Washington for St Patrick’s Day this year.
Ireland has a proud history of solidarity with Palestine.
The values of the SDLP are simply not compatible with what we’re seeing and hearing from Donald Trump on Gaza.
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The genocide in Gaza is moving into a horrific phase of mass starvation and death.
There are almost no lifelines left, as people are dying without food and families are being shot while queuing for aid.
The UK and US governments aren’t just watching, they are complicit.
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Congratulations SDLP Leader and MP for Foyle @columeastwood.
👏 👏 👏
ALT Image of Colum Eastwood MP Text reads: Congratulations Colum Eastwood MP.
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Boris Johnson is a con man. While people were dying alone, he was at a boozy party in the Downing Street garden.
By continuing to hold office, he is damaging the public health message. He must resign now.
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The Hume family have asked people to stay safe this evening and light a candle for peace in John’s memory at 9pm. #JohnsLight
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We are not going to be dragged down into the gutter by those responsible for Lyra's murder. We are going to rise up and walk together again - @columeastwood
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SDLP Brexit Spokesperson @MatthewOToole2 sums up the UK Government approach to the transition period:
"It's a bit like driving 30 miles to test your eyesight. It's mad and it's dangerous." #ExtendTheTransition
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Whether it’s propaganda trips to Israel, voting to leave human rights frameworks or months of stoking racial tension, political Unionism’s only strategy seems to be division.
People aren’t buying it anymore. They want decency, hope and leadership that delivers.
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The Tories and the DUP are ramming the Protocol Bill through without the consent of our Assembly, our communities or our people.
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As we work together, we will break down the distrust of the past. There will be no victory for either side, our future will be based on agreement and respect for difference.
Thank you, John.
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Today is the first anniversary of the passing of our former Leader, Nobel Laureate John Hume.
We all live in the Ireland that he imagined - at peace and free to determine our own destiny. Thank you, John.
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22 years ago, people across Ireland overwhelmingly endorsed the Good Friday Agreement and opened a new future for all of us.
The Agreement brought hope to so many. There is still work to do to fulfil the promise of 1998.
Grateful to many, but nobody more so than John Hume.
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We've joined forces with @theSNP to amend the British Government's Hard-Brexit Bill #MakeChangeHappen
sdlp.ie/news/2017/sdlp-joins…
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Partition was a tragedy that we are working every day to end. But how can we ever achieve that if we don’t talk to the people we need to convince?
We need to reach out beyond our own tradition & show people that we are serious about building a shared home together @ColumEastwood
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Congratulations Cllr Lilian Barr @Lseenoi.
SDLP Cllr for Foyleside.
ALT Cllr Lilian Barr.
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'The truth is that no one can believe a word that comes out of their mouths'.
SDLP Leader @columeastwood slams the British Government's attempts to renege on the Ireland protocol.
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‘The Brexiteers don’t care about people here and we have a Prime Minister who doesn’t understand the issues’.
SDLP Leader @columeastwood speaking to @krishgm on @Channel4News yesterday about the impact of Brexit. @peoplesvote_uk @OFOCNI @OFOCBrexit
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Why are we in this situation? Because Jeffrey Donaldson and his mastermind friends in the DUP rejected every attempt to get us out of it.
@ClaireHanna on @bbctheview this evening.
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Five years ago today, John Hume passed away, but the principles he lived by feel more urgent than ever.
He taught us that peace isn’t just the absence of war. It’s built on rights and in seeing the humanity in others.
ALT Image of John Hume with a quote “The basis of peace and stability in any society has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its people”
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The British Government can't move the goalposts on our future now.
ALT SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP responds to comments made by Northern Ireland Minister Steve Baker at the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly suggesting a super majority for constitutional change. Image of Colum Eastwood with text reading: There will be no super majority requirement for constitutional change because unionist votes cannot be worth more than anyone else's. If a simple majority is good enough to remain in the UK then a simple majority is good enough to unite our island.
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The message from the Secretary of State is clear - if you want the truth about what happened to your loved ones, don’t come looking for it here.
@ColumEastwood responds to the British Government’s decision to refuse a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane.
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John Hume’s family have announced that they will gift his Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King Peace Award and Mahatma Ghandi Peace Prize to the people of Derry.
John loved the people of Derry & they loved him. They’ll be proud custodians of his legacy. derryjournal.com/news/people…
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Today is Seamus Mallon's first anniversary. We could hardly have imagined the year that would follow his death in January.
But his faith in the people of Ireland and his message of reconciliation is more important than ever.
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This is a moment to resist the politics of fear and division. Choose change and build a new future together.
To help, we’ve reduced our new membership fee to £1 for the rest of the weekend. Join us today!
sdlp.ie/join_the_team
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NEW: Majority of MLAs sign a joint letter to Boris Johnson opposing the government’s protocol legislation.
It is a clear breach of international law that does not command the support of people, businesses or political leaders here.
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The comments made by Martina Anderson are unacceptable, disgusting & grossly insulting to victims who sustained life changing physical and psychological injuries related to troubles incidents
Sinn Féin leadership must address Anderson’s victims comments sdlp.ie/news/2020/eastwood-s…
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Seamus Mallon was a force of nature.
On his second anniversary, we remember a man who dedicated his life to peace and his vision for the people of this island to work together in generosity and compassion.
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SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP attended the inauguration of Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly at Dublin Castle today.
The Presidency is more than a symbol. It has the power to convene, to heal and to bring people together.
ALT A photograph of SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP and Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly.
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When people are divided, the only solution is agreement. Rather than issuing threats, political leaders need to work together to meet the needs of the people we represent.
More from @ColumEastwood sdlp.ie/eastwood_donaldson_m…
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We have taken a unilateral decision not to stand candidates in North Down, North Belfast and East Belfast.
Our first priority is to elect pro-Remain MPs to vote against Brexit & Boris Johnson but removing pro-Brexit MPs in Belfast is also critical.
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Entirely Innocent.
SDLP Leader @ColumEastwood reads the names of the victims of the Ballymurphy massacre into the record at Westminster.
They were innocent and now the whole world knows it.
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The DUP cannot make an argument for consensus while completely discounting every single representative of a nationalist or an other identity.
@ClaireHanna pointed out the duplicity of the DUP's position at Westminster.
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SDLP Leader @columeastwood reacts to news that Boris Johnson is prepared to renege on the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement on @BBCRadio4.
'If they do this, their international credibility would be shot to pieces'. @BBCPolitics
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Happy 81st Birthday to #IrelandsGreatest John Hume.
A giant of the civil rights movement, a champion of human rights and the architect of the peace process.
#ThankYouJohn
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🇪🇺 We're talking about rejoining the European Union.
🏥 What an all Ireland health service would look like.
👷 What a new economy looks like.
The SDLP is focussed on the future, we're building a movement for a New Ireland and we want you to be a part of it. @ColumEastwood
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When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.
25 years ago we all made the decision to embrace a new future together.
We have the power to change this place. We did it together 25 years ago and we can do it again.
#GFA25
ALT Image of SDLP Good Friday Agreement negotiators Seamus Mallon, Bríd Rodgers and John Hume. Caption reads: "When people are divided, the only solution is agreement." A post commemorating Good Friday 25 years after The Agreement.
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Our vision for a new and agreed Ireland⬇️
"The purpose of a new Ireland cannot be guided by a blind obsession with historic wrongs. It must be about creating opportunities for emerging generations, and creating prosperity and opportunity for all." -SDLP Leader @columeastwood 🎞️
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The DUP can't be allowed to call the shots anymore. They need to understand that power sharing between the great traditions that share our island will continue, whether they like it or not.
The Irish Government should be given a role in the budget process irishtimes.com/politics/2023…
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👀 Watch -
Tory Minister admits under questioning from @ClaireHanna that their plan to enforce travel authorisations will hurt the local economy but they’re going to do it anyway 🤯
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This government knows nothing about the Good Friday Agreement.
They haven’t had to live with the violence. The intimidation. The division.
It’s not just about trade. It’s much more fundamental than that. @columeastwood
Colum Eastwood
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We have now secured the necessary support to recall the Assembly next Tuesday.
This is a test of Jeffrey Donaldson’s integrity and the DUP’s commitment to restoring our democratic institutions.
People are struggling - politicians need to get back to work.
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South Belfast’s new MLA has officially signed in to the Assembly. Congratulations @MatthewOToole2!
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Remembering our party's founder and leader John Hume on the second anniversary of his passing.
Thanks to John's efforts we live in an Ireland free from the threat of violence and bloodshed.
He gave us the tools to build a better future and it's time we realised his vision.
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'For 50 years he has been granted anonymity and now the government want to grant an amnesty.'
SDLP Leader @ColumEastwood names Soldier F in Parliament and opposes an amnesty for anyone involved in violence. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-i…
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The names of those who were killed, their loved ones, friends and family should ring in the ears of MPs who supported the British Government's legacy bill.
The Irish Government now has a duty to step up, step in and take an inter-state action to defend the rights of victims.
ALT SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood opposes the British Government's legacy bill. Text reads: I have never been so angry and ashamed at a decsion taken by a legislature on these islands. The names of those who have lost loved ones, family and friends should ring in the ears of every MP who supported this appalling bill.
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SDLP Cllr Máiría Cahill has taken up an invitation from the Royal Black Institution to attend their 'last saturday demonstration' in the spirit of reconciliation and says it is an opportunity to embrace different cultural traditions.
Read more: sdlp.ie/news/2018/cahill-inv…
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22 years ago today.
John Hume and David Trimble raised their hands together and we raised our voices for peace.
Our story isn’t about division, it’s about hope. And we could all use a bit more of that right now.
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The entire SDLP family is deeply saddened to learn of the death of one of our founding members Austin Currie this evening.
Our thoughts are with Austin's family and friends at this difficult time. His contribution will not be forgotten.
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We are delighted to announce that Cara Hunter @Hunter_SDLP will be the next SDLP MLA for East Derry.
Cara is part of a new generation of SDLP activists stepping up to transform our society #Chance4Change
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SDLP Leader @ColumEastwood spoke to the BBC earlier about changing political representation at Westminster and warning against Boris Johnson's proposals for an amnesty for soldiers.
Watch 👇
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Tonight's vote signals a blatant disregard for the will of the people of Northern Ireland. Brussels has been clear, the Backstop is not to be used as a bargaining chip. #Brexit
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The SDLP buried two of our own last year, John Hume and John Dallat.
We followed the restrictions, we weren’t confused.
Two men who gave their lives to public service buried without the trappings of political elitism.
@doloreskelly today 👇🏼
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Happy 90th birthday to our party president Bríd Rodgers.
A trailblazer in every sense of the word, she continues to inspire and has left a lasting impact on life on this island.
Thank you Bríd!
ALT Claire Hanna, Bríd Rodgers and Colum Eastwood.
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