Sinn Féin must pivot from exploiting alienation to delivering cohesion

Sinn Féin is at the edge of the centre. Whether it is Promised Land or quicksand remains to be seen, writes Gerard Howlin.

SINN FÉIN’S success in last week’s Northern Ireland Assembly elections was effectively a reprise of Ian Paisley’s old slogan of ‘Ulster Says No’. No to Brexit, that is. Antipathy towards Brexit drove nationalist voters to the polls in significantly higher numbers.

In classical rhetoric, successful argument is based on three criteria: