DUP calls for unionist cohesion after North Antrim and Lagan Valley defeats

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has appealed for “greater cohesion” among unionists following General Election results which saw his party suffer damaging defeats in North Antrim and Lagan Valley.

Following the election Sinn Féin has emerged for the first time with the largest representation among Northern Ireland parties at Westminster.

The party’s president Mary Lou McDonald has now urged Sir Keir Starmer to “embrace the right of Irish self-determination and constitutional change toward Irish reunification”.

However, Mr Robinson dismissed suggestions that the election result strengthened the argument towards Irish unity, stating there “has been no groundswell of support for a border poll”.

The DUP suffered a bruising set of results, losing its Westminster seat in North Antrim, which has…

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