BELFAST’S SLOW TRANSFORMATION

Tracy Kelly

Unionists west of the Bann have always been a minority although, thanks to gerrymandering, most notoriously in Derry, they were able to run councils until the 1970s. Since then nationalists have taken power, first the SDLP and then Sinn Féin. Both those parties have scrupulously shared power with unionists, swapping mayoralties and committee chairs, even… Read more »