Episode 22: The North Poll

The first election in Northern Ireland is an early try-out for proportional representation. Unionists take advantage of the system of transferrable votes, and most of the seats in the new Parliament. Ireland is split. Not just politically and geographically – but culturally too. Declan and Tara learn how the two states evolve post-partition.

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Explore how Northern Ireland was created a hundred years ago in the company of Tara Mills and Declan Harvey.Each week a different piece of the story is added.But this is not about 1921, it’s about how we got to 2021.