Paisley call for supermajority in future constitutional referendum

3 releases from 3 parties, 8 November 2022 to 9 November 2022.

Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication

1. Hanna: All votes remain equal despite Paisley stunt

   • SDLP
   • 8 November 2022
   • Response to an event
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives

   SDLP South Belfast MP Claire Hanna says a new Ireland will be decided through the mechanisms in the Good Friday Agreement, dismissing DUP MP Ian Paisley's call for a 'supermajority' in any future constitutional referendum as a stunt designed to distract from the DUP's problems.

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2. Paisley Westminster proposal misguided and hypocritical, says O’Lynn

   • Alliance
   • 9 November 2022
   • Criticism
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives
   • Contains a proposal

   Alliance MLA Patricia O'Lynn condemns a DUP-backed Westminster proposal from Ian Paisley Jr MP requiring a supermajority for referendums on changing Northern Ireland's constitutional status, calling it misguided, gimmicky and hypocritical. She says the DUP should return to Stormont instead.

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3. Our goal must be stability, not instability – Ian Paisley

   • DUP
   • 9 November 2022
   • Policy proposal
   • Contains a proposal

   DUP MP Ian Paisley introduces a Bill on constitutional referenda across the UK's constituent nations, proposing that a 50% +1 vote to end a union should only suffice if at least half of those entitled to vote back it. He says the Bill aims to start a conversation rather than bind future Parliaments.

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Parties with no matching press release found on their website

• Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• TUV: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.

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