copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2023-12-16): DUP: The 12 party members key to Stormont's return - Published When Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is ready to do a deal to restore Stormont, a small group of Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) members will be key to making the decision. [...] The DUP peer was formerly a Stormont minister and assembly member for the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2024-01-31): Northern Ireland political party agrees to end 2-year boycott and restore the mothballed government [...] After a marathon late-night meeting, Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson said the party’s executive had backed proposals to return to the government. He said agreements reached with the U.K. government in London "provide a basis for our party to nominate members to the Northern Ireland Executive, thus seeing the restoration of the locally elected institutions." [...] Northern Ireland’s political deadlock stems from the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union and its borderless trading bloc after decades of membership. The DUP quit the government in opposition to new trade rules put in place after the U.K. left the EU in 2020 that imposed customs checks and other hurdles on goods moving to Northern Ireland from the rest of the U.K.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2024-03-29): DUBLIN — Jeffrey Donaldson, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, resigned Friday after being charged by police with sexual offenses — a political shock that could destabilize Northern Ireland’s just-revived government. Donaldson, 61, was arrested Thursday and charged that night. Police provided no detail beyond describing the charges, in a written statement provided to POLITICO, as "non-recent sexual offenses." The DUP said in a statement that Donaldson had resigned as party leader "with immediate effect," ending his nearly three-year reign atop Northern Ireland’s main pro-British party. It said Donaldson had confirmed the charges against him in a letter to the party’s chairman.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2019-10-17): Enter, once again, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP): the conservative Northern Irish loyalists who have so often been a thorn in the side of government plans since their entry into a confidence-and-supply arrangement with the Tories in 2017. [...] Founded by the late Ian Paisley in 1971, at the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles, and now led by Arlene Foster, the DUP is the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and is currently the fifth-largest party in the Commons - with ten MPs. [...] Its 2017 manifesto also included retaining the "triple lock" on pensions, cutting VAT for tourism businesses, abolishing air passenger duty and reviewing the price of ferries between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.The DUP was also the only major political group in Northern Ireland to oppose the Good Friday Agreement – before finally entering into a power-sharing government in 2007.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2020-07-16): The Democratic Unionist Party is the largest of Northern Ireland’s four major parties, and one of two unionist parties – meaning parties which favour a continued political union with the rest of the UK. [...] The party insists it is not ‘anti-gay’ but opposes gay marriage equality and has worked to block the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland using peace process powers called ‘petition of concern’. The petition needs the signatures of 30 members to block legislation and the DUP had 38 members until March 2017. Northern Ireland’s assembly voted for same-sex marriage in 2015. However, the DUP used this process to block any change in legislation. [...] Gregory Campbell, East Londonderry: He said that the DUP would not be the "Northern Ireland branch of the Conservative Party, adding: "We have voted for them when they have done the right thing and we have voted against them when they haven’t. He said that they would negotiate strong and hard for the Tories to "deliver for Northern Ireland." He stoked controversy last year after joking about dead IRA men, Gibratar and the Celtic Football Club. He refused to apologise. He also supports bringing back the death penalty for mass murder.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2019-02-08): The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist, loyalist, British nationalist[4][7] and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who led the party for the next 37 years. It is currently led by Gavin Robinson, who initially stepped in as an interim after the resignation of Jeffrey Donaldson. It is the second-largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly, and won five seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom at the 2024 election. The party has been mostly described as right-wing[8][9][10][5] and socially conservative,[11][12] being anti-abortion and opposing same-sex marriage. The DUP sees itself as defending Britishness and Ulster Protestant culture against Irish nationalism and republicanism. It is also Eurosceptic and supported Brexit.[13][14] [...] On 11 April 2006, it was announced that three DUP members were to be elevated to the House of Lords: Maurice Morrow, Wallace Browne, the former Lord Mayor of Belfast, and Eileen Paisley, a vice-president of the DUP and wife of DUP Leader Ian Paisley. None, however, sit as DUP peers. [...] Election results [edit]General election results [edit]Northern Ireland Assembly election results [edit]See also [edit]- List of Democratic Unionist Party MPs - List of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Lords - British Isles fixed sea link connections - Democratic Unionist Party scandals
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2023-12-16): DUP: The 12 party members key to Stormont's return When Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is ready to do a deal to restore Stormont, a small group of Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) members will be key to making the decision. [...] The DUP peer was formerly a Stormont minister and assembly member for the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2024-01-31): That angered Northern Ireland’s British unionists, who said the east-west customs border undermined Northern Ireland’s place in the U.K. In February 2022, the Democratic Unionist Party walked out of Northern Ireland’s government in protest. [...] The DUP boycott left Northern Ireland’s 1.9 million people without a functioning administration for two years as the cost of living soared and public services creaked under the strain. [...] Unionists were the largest force in the Northern Ireland Assembly from its establishment in 1998 until 2022, when Sinn Fein won the largest number of seats in an election. That gives the nationalist party, affiliated with the militant Irish Republican Army during the Troubles, the right to hold the post of first minister, with the DUP supplying a deputy.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2021-05-14): Only three people have held the role of DUP leader since the party was established in 1971 - its founder the late Ian Paisley, followed by Peter Robinson and its current leader, Arlene Foster. [...] On Thursday, Sir Jeffrey told DUP assembly members and MPs that he will contest the next assembly election and serve as first minister if elected. [...] Only DUP members elected to the House of Commons and the Northern Ireland Assembly get to vote in a leadership election, according to party rules.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2021-05-05): Two political stalwarts - Edwin Poots and Sir Jeffrey Donaldson - are both vying to become the next leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). [...] There are 28 MLAs - including Mrs Foster - and eight MPs, who make up the electoral college. [...] The result must then be ratified by the DUP's executive committee, which is made up of MLAs, MPs, peers, as well as five representatives from constituency associations and delegates from the party's university and youth organisations.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2024-09-26): Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The DUP was cofounded by Ian Paisley, who led it from 1971 to 2008. The party traditionally competes for votes among Northern Ireland’s unionist Protestant community with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). [...] The DUP describes itself as "right wing in the sense of being strong on the constitution" but "to the left on social policies," though it has regularly adopted conservative positions on most social issues. Its constituency spans rural communities in Northern Ireland and inner-city working-class areas and includes some deeply religious groups, a fact that reflects the fundamentalism and anti-Catholicism of the party’s leader. The DUP staunchly supports union with Britain. Citing the territorial claims in the Irish constitution, which the party viewed as illegal and a threat to the security and religious freedom of Protestants in Northern Ireland, the DUP traditionally avoided all contact with the Irish government. In the early 21st century, however, the party moderated its stance on a number of issues, most notably its longtime opposition to Sinn Féin’s participation in any power-sharing institution. The DUP is organized at local, constituency, and province-wide levels. The Executive Committee—which contains five members from each British parliamentary constituency as well as party leaders and delegates from the party’s university and youth organizations—runs the day-to-day business of the party and chooses party officers. Party policy is drawn up by party officers and ratified by the Executive.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2024-01-31): DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson and Northern Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris are currently at a press conference in Hillsborough Castle. [...] He accused the DUP of being Northern Ireland "protocol implementers". [...] Mr Beattie said he told the Tánaiste about how the Ulster Unionists have been "kept out" of discussions in relation to the agreement between the DUP and the British Government.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2021-07-02): Only MPs and MLAs form the college and the 130-strong executive is made up of MPs, MLAs, peers and representatives from the party's 17 constituency associations and university groups. [...] Sir Jeffrey was the only person to submit a nomination paper this time round. [...] Sir Jeffrey faced his first challenge just hours after his ratification when North Down DUP MLA Alex Easton announced he was quitting the party after 21 years as a member.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2022-02-26): This claim is easily disproved. There are at least 11 peers currently in the House of Lords who are, or were, members of a Northern Ireland political party. Four of those 11 are registered as DUP. In a tweet published on 6 January 2020, Lord Adonis stated "there are just DUP members in the [House of] Lords and our debates are one-sided": [...] There are currently at least 11 peers or Members of the House of Lords who are or were a member of political party in Northern Ireland:
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2023-12-05): House of Lords (membership not fixed; as of December 2023, 784 lords were eligible to participate in the work of the House of Lords - 667 life peers, 91 hereditary peers, and 26 clergy; members are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister and non-party political members recommended by the House of Lords Appointments Commission); note - House of Lords total does not include ineligible members or members on leave of absence [...] election results: House of Lords - composition - men 556, women 228, percentage women 29% [...] Democratic Unionist Party or DUP (Northern Ireland)
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2024-01-24): The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader said one of those behind the threats "didn't even vote at the last election". [...] The Northern Ireland Executive Formation Bill passed through both the House of Commons and the House of Lords on Wednesday, after being fast-tracked. [...] Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Hillary Benn said it appeared talks between the DUP and the government had arrived at a "moment of decision".
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2024-02-16): Reached in 1998, the Good Friday Agreement provided a framework for political settlement in Northern Ireland centered on power-sharing between unionists and nationalists. It was signed by the British and Irish governments, as well as four of the major political parties in Northern Ireland: Sinn Fein, the Ulster Unionist Party, the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and the Alliance Party. Among major parties, only the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) abstained. While the agreement confirmed that Northern Ireland is a part of the UK, it stipulates that Ireland could be united if that was supported in a vote by majorities in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. [...] A majority of Northern Ireland’s people—almost 56 percent—voted for the UK to remain in the EU. The DUP was alone among Northern Ireland’s main parties in supporting Brexit. A significant amount of direct funding was at stake: since 1995, the EU has provided Northern Ireland with more than 1.5 billion euros for peacebuilding and reconciliation programs. Despite Brexit, the EU and the UK have agreed to extend the joint funding program through 2027.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2021-05-06): Constitution Unit, Department of Political Science, University College London , London, [...] As is now well known, the Prime Minister’s 2017 general election gamble backfired. Labour performed better than expected, and the result was a hung parliament and minority Conservative government. May agreed a ‘confidence and supply’ arrangement with the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), with whose support she would enjoy a notional Commons working majority of 13. In theory, this agreement extended to Brexit matters. [...] This was a predictable outcome based on a previous attempt by the Commons to choose between multiple options on Lords reform in 2003 (McLean et al., 2003)—as was widely mentioned at the time.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2019-10-11): Power-sharing in the Assembly remained in place. On 29 November 1999, Ministers of Northern Ireland’s Executive branch were appointed. UUP had three Ministers, SDLP had three Ministers, DUP had two Ministers, and Sinn Fein had two Ministers.1 The committee members were also appointed on 29 November 1999, based on the power-sharing provision of the Good Friday Agreement.2 - Nicholas Whyte, "Who’s on the Executive?" ARK, October 14, 2002, accessed January 21, 2013, http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gwhoexec.htm. [...] After the Good Friday Agreement, the government of the Republic of Ireland passed the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act (1998) on 3 June 1998 as required by the Good Friday Agreement.1 Similarly, the British Government repealed the Government of Ireland Act (1920) in November 1998. The Northern Ireland Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 15 July 1998 and the bill had the third reading in the House of Lords on 17 November. The bill received the royal assent on 19 November 1998.2 [...] Following the referendum, the 19th constitutional amendment in the Republic of Ireland took place on 3 June 1998.2 Similarly, the British Government repealed the Government of Ireland Act 1920 in November 1998. The Northern Ireland Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 15 July 1998 and the bill had its third reading in the House of Lords on 17 November. The bill got the royal assent on 19 November 1998.3 - "The 1998 Referendums, Elections- Northern Ireland," ARK, accessed February 5, 2013, http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fref98.htm.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2020-02-03): In recent weeks, in the light of Brexit negotiations and the Conservatives’ fragile majority propped up by the Democratic Unionist party, there have been calls from various quarters for Sinn Féin MPs to abandon the Irish republican principle of abstentionism and take part in the British parliament. A debate has opened up around this principle, particularly for a British audience which may not be aware of its political significance in Ireland. [...] The view of Westminster from Belfast is profoundly different to the view from Brighton or Bradford. Many Irish citizens in the north of Ireland view Westminster as a parliament that facilitated and supported 50 years of anti-Irish apartheid and supremacist sectarian rule in their towns and villages. They see a parliament that excused and endorsed the murder of Irish citizens by the British state during a period of conflict. They see Westminster as the parliament that has denied them basic economic and political sovereignty, and decimated public services and social protections for the most vulnerable citizens.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2023-08-03): - The left-wing republican Sinn Féin became the Northern Ireland Assembly’s largest party after elections in May. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which advocates for Northern Ireland to remain in the UK, was the second largest. Subsequent efforts to form a local power-sharing government were unsuccessful, with the DUP blocking several votes to install an Assembly speaker; the territory’s government remained unformed at year’s end. [...] Under the UK’s system of devolution, Parliament has granted different degrees of legislative power to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Welsh Senedd (Parliament), and the Scottish Parliament, augmenting the political representation of regional populations. [...] The UK justice system still grapples with cases stemming from the Troubles, the 1968–98 conflict in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, which was under upper-house consideration at the end of 2022, would offer "conditional" immunity for those who cooperate with "truth recovery investigations;" Amnesty International criticized the bill, saying it would not provide justice for victims of the conflict. A May report from the Committee on the Administration of Justice and the Queen’s University Belfast School of Law said the bill may breach the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and international human rights law.
Claim: There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords (Andrew Adonis, 2020-01-06)
Evidence (2024-08-21): Devolution in Northern Ireland Devolution means that the United Kingdom government has transferred a wide range of powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly. This means that local politicians, instead of MPs in Westminster, make key decisions on how Northern Ireland is governed. [...] The House of Commons is elected by the public. The political party with the most members forms the government of the UK. Northern Ireland politicians are elected to the House of Commons but the majority come from England, Scotland and Wales.
Claim: Renters and owner-occupiers may have to pay their rates in full, while landlords can get a 10% allowance off their own rates bills. Since 1996, the private rental sector has grown significantly – from negligible size to around 13% of homes today, a similar proportion to the Housing Executive and all housing associations combined. (Paul Gosling, 2023-10-25)
Evidence (2023-10-25): Landlords are entitled to a 10% allowance if they settle their bill by a given deadline. However, renters and owner-occupiers can also secure lower rates for prompt payments – albeit with only a 4% relief. In 1996, only 5% of homes in NI were privately rented. Today, that figure is around 13%, which is indeed the same as Housing Executive and housing association homes combined.
Claim: Renters and owner-occupiers may have to pay their rates in full, while landlords can get a 10% allowance off their own rates bills. Since 1996, the private rental sector has grown significantly – from negligible size to around 13% of homes today, a similar proportion to the Housing Executive and all housing associations combined. (Paul Gosling, 2023-10-25)
Evidence (2023-12-29): Here, we delve into 10 things landlords and tenants need to be aware of as we enter the new year. [...] Get a firmer grip on your finances with the expert tips in our Money newsletter – it's free weekly. [...] The proposed changes concern England and Wales, but will be extended to Scotland later in the parliamentary process.