Jon Tonge: SDLP and Sinn Fein could swap unity manifestos and no one would notice
The SDLP meets in Bellaghy for its annual conference tomorrow, just 74 days before a tough Assembly election. Amid feverish focus on whether Sinn Fein becomes the biggest party and provides the prime minister – assuming an executive can be formed somehow – what can Colum Eastwood do? to improve the fortunes of his party?
In the region of 10-12%, the SDLP’s share of the nationalist vote is half that of its nationalist rival.