| The SDLP is living in a dreamworld over its call for an unarmed police force in Northern Ireland, rank and file officers claimed yesterday. |
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| With 175,000 votes, the party has edged ahead of the SDLP and secured four Westminster seats, despite its unchanged policy of abstentionism. |
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| A dramatic surge in support for Sinn Fein pushed the republicans ahead of the SDLP for the first time. |
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| In addition to Ruane, Willie Clarke was also returned at the expense of a third SDLP seat. |
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| That agreement merely allowed moderate nationalists like the SDLP to have some share of power. |
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| The SDLP could offer to form a coalition with the unionists and centre parties, without Sinn Fein. |
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| Expect to see them pointing the finger at SDLP MPs and accusing them of undermining the national project. |
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| However, the SDLP quickly came to the view that Stormont was unreformable, and withdrew from parliamentary involvement. |
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| However, the SDLP has always been clear that this should not mean that anybody should have a veto on change or equality. |
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| There's a Sinn Feiner, a Woman's Coalition person, a UUP sort and an SDLP type. |
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| The reality is that the only party that can have significant representation across the UK is Labour, working with the SDLP in Northern Ireland. |
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| But the honour really goes to all those in the Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP who worked so hard for an agreement. |
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| Designates for First Minister and Deputy First Minister were appointed on 1 July 1998 by the UUP and SDLP, respectively. |
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| The SDLP, UUP and Alliance Party left the Executive and formed the Official Opposition for the first time. |
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| The SDLP currently has three MPs in the House of Commons, and 12 MLAs in the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
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| The SDLP initially rejected the Nationalist Party's policy of abstentionism and sought to fight for civil rights within the Stormont system. |
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| The SDLP was the largest nationalist party in Northern Ireland from the time of its foundation until the beginning of the 21st century. |
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| The SDLP reject this argument, pointing to their strong support in Derry and their victory in South Belfast in the 2005 election. |
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| Durkan often emphasises to unionists that the protections and constitutional mechanisms of the Good Friday Agreement would remain in the united Ireland that the SDLP seeks. |
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| At the party conference yesterday the South Belfast MP insisted the SDLP will stand candidates in all 18 constituencies as it aims to defend its three Parliamentary seats. |
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| Former SDLP leader John Hume, MP for Foyle since 1983, also weighed in at the party's annual party conference, declaring that his party stood for true republicanism. |
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| The SDLP has insisted it will not enter a nakedly sectarian arrangement. |
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| The SDLP party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom. |
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| Disagreements within the Executive precipitated the resignation of the UUP in 2015, and following the 2016 election they and the SDLP formed the first official opposition. |
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| Under D'Hondt, the SDLP would have been entitled to the extra ministerial seat on the revised Executive created by the devolution of policing and justice. |
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