Friday 9 June 2017

UK Election's Kingmakers: What the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Stands For?

The Democratic Unionists look set to be the powerbrokers in an election that intended to bring stability but has ended in a hung Parliament.
Theresa May has said she will form a government with the support of the DUP, though it is not clear what kind of arrangement this will be.
Despite party leader Arlene Foster warning it would be difficult for the prime minister to stay in No 10, discussions are certainly going on behind the scenes.
The party has moved on to the political centre stage but most people will be in the dark about what it stands for.
The DUP website crashed on Friday morning after a surge of interest, and DUP was also one of the most searched terms on Google.
Basically, they are pro-union (not Europe but UK), pro-Brexit and socially conservative.
The party, which returned 10 MPs to Westminster, has garnered a bit of a reputation for its strong views.
It opposes same-sex marriage and is anti-abortion - abortion remains illegal in Northern Ireland, except in specific medical cases.

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