Everything Ulster - Election 2005

TB announced the dissolution of Parliament yesterday, also signalling the election date for 5th May.

Gerry Adams took the opportunity to announce he's going to make an announcement, and observers are already speculating what that announcement might be.

Paisley seized upon Adams's announcement as an opportunity to show what a good unionist politician he is by claiming his party would never share power with Sinn Fein/IRA terrorists (there's an incentive to disarm if ever I heard one).

Expect a lot more of this flag waving from the DUP and Sinn Fein, while the SDLP and UU run around like headless chickens wondering why people aren't voting for them. To be fair I wonder too, they seem to be the only parties (save the minority of neutrals) able to work together.

UTV have an overview of the battle's in each of the 18 constituencies with details of who's standing and for which party.

The BBC have also launched the Northern Ireland section of their Vote 2005 site.