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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is applauded by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (centre left) and the new intake of Scottish Labour MPs

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abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

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The Houses of Parliament

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Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill

Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill confirms she will attend coronation

U2's lead singer Bono holds up the arms of Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble, left, and SDLP leader John Hume at a concert to promote the Good Friday Agreement (Picture: Gerry Penny/AFP via Getty Images)

Good Friday Agreement is a sign of what true leaders can achieve

Deputy political editor Conor Matchett

Scottish politics 'not capable' of dealing with Northern Ireland complexities

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Nicola Sturgeon issues warning over EU trade war after talks with Sinn Féin

Northern Ireland's Sinn Féin leader Michelle O'Neill and Ireland's Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald pose for a selfie with colleagues and supporters as the votes are counted (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Splintering of unionist party votes affects Scotland as well as Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill (left) arrive at the Northern Ireland Assembly Election. Picture, Niall Carson/PA Wire

Stormont future clouded in uncertainty following Sinn Fein triumph

Here's why Edwin Poots resigned as DUP leader after just 21 days - and who might...

Edwin Poots, former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), leaves the party headquarters in Belfast on Thursday (Getty Images)

Here's why Edwin Poots resigned as DUP leader after just 21 days

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell-WPA Pool/Getty Images

The day Bute House became the EU’s diplomatic mission - Brian Monteith

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald joins a strike over pensions in Dublin (Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire)

Lesson for SNP from Sinn Fein’s Irish election result isn’t what some seem to th...

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald joins a strike over pensions in Dublin (Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire)

Lesson for SNP from Sinn Fein’s Irish election result isn’t what some seem to th...

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald celebrates winning a seat in the Irish parliament (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images).

Amid the sanitisation of Sinn Fein, remember the politics of funerals – Brian Wi...

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood (left) and deputy leader Nichola Mallon speak to the media in the Great Hall of Parliament Buildings,

Northern Ireland: Deal to restore powersharing to Stormont agreed

Jo Swinson's Liberal Democrats are in talks with the Green Party in England and Plaid Cymru in Wales, as well as independents, about an election pact to boost pro-Remain candidates chances.

Here's how pacts and deals could change the outcome of the General Election

Abortion-rights demonstrators march through the streets of Belfast ahead of the meeting of the Stormont Assembly.

Stormont Assembly to sit for first time in two and half years to debate abortion...

Belfast City Hall

Probe after Scottish flute band plays The Sash in Belfast City Hall

Sinn Fein leader Michelle O'Neill.

English mechanic leaves Sinn Fein £1.5m in his will

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald speaks to the media after meeting Boris Johnson at Stormont

Boris Johnson faces second referendum demand following Sinn Fein meeting

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats fear the Citizens' Assembly will simply be an SNP stunt

Kenny MacAskill: If Westminster won’t grant indyref2, Scotland has the right to ...

Same-sex marriages (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Historic votes for abortion and equal marriage in Northern Ireland

Sean Clerkin was pictured with the banner in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh indyref2 campaigner says Sinn Féin-inspired ‘England get out’ banner w...

Former SDLP leader Mark Durkan made the comments as he launched his 'back the Backstop' campaign in Dublin. Picture: Cate McCurry/PA Wire

Brexit debate compared to a ‘Homer Simpson nightmare’

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald

Brexit: Sinn Fein leaders to meet SNP and Corbyn for talks

Northern Ireland backstop has been used as a false flag by UK opposition parties (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Ireland makes Jeremy Corbyn and SNP look bad on Brexit – Brian Wilson

Theresa May. Picture: Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA Wire

Theresa May ‘would have majority’ in snap election, says poll

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald

Treatment of Scots MPs ‘affirms abstentionism’

Irish Premier Leo Varadkar. Picture: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/AFP/Getty Images

Brexit: Leo Varadker urged to '˜stand firm' on Irish backstop

Is the end to killing and misery and partition in Ireland worth less than the far-fetched possibility that a single Scottish job would be lost as a consequence? (Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire)

Brexit's extremists will be judged harshly by history '“ Brian Wilson

DUP Leader Arlene Foster. Picture; PA

DUP criticise plans to extend Brexit transition period

Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster. Picture: AFP/Getty

DUP leader warns Sinn Fein over call for Northern Irish referendum

Nicola Sturgeon insists that European powers should be returned to devolved assemblies. Picture: SWNS

Fear of Sinn Fein the root cause of Brexit power grab

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams reflects on the Good Friday peace negotiations in his office in Leinster House, Dublin. (Picture: PA)

Gerry Adams: Good Friday Agreement can still lead to brighter future

There were smiles all round in 1998, when the then Prime Minister Tony Blair, US Senator George Mitchell (centre) and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern signed the Good Friday Agreement. (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Peter Robinson: The Good Friday Agreement was a '˜wretched failure'

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair talking about the Good Friday Agreement in London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday April 9, 2018. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Irish peace is threatened by hard Brexit says Campbell

Power-sharing talks in Northern Ireland collapse

Northern Ireland secretary Karen Bradley welcomes Theresa May to Stormont in Belfast today ahead of talks with all parties. Picture: PA

Northern Ireland power-sharing deal could be confirmed this week

Gerry Adams is stepping down as leader of Sinn Fein after more than 34 years in the post. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Gerry Adams steps down as leader of Sinn Fein after 34 years

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Sinn FÃ©in MP accused of mocking Kingsmill massacre resigns

Gerry Adams to step down as Sinn Fein president in 2018
Gerry Adams has announced his intention to step down as Sinn Fein president in 2018.

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland James Brokenshire. Picture: PA

Northern Ireland on verge of returning to direct rule

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Sinn Fein to meet Theresa May over DUP deal concerns

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams pictured with the late Martin McGuinness in 2002 at their House of Commons offices. Picture: PA

Could Sinn Fein take up Westminster their seats?

Sinn Feins President Gerry Adams and Northern Ireland leader Michelle ONeill. Picture: Getty Images

Sinn Fein MP's '˜fly to London to take up Westminster offices'

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams holds a press conference alongside party members at Stormont. Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

DUP and Sinn Fein at loggerheads over Westminster power deal

What happens if there is a hung parliament? Picture: Scott Louden

What happens when there's a hung parliament?

DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds and leader Arlene Foster celebrate Dodds winning his Belfast North seat. Picture: Getty

Who are the DUP and what might they demand?

One young rugby fan displays his solidarity with fellow Celts. Picture: Paul Chappells/TSPL

David Hamill: A Celtic Union as a Brexit alternative?

Deprivation of the kind once seen in the Gorbals is a thing of the past, but statistics show that the life chances of Scots today are far from equal. Picture: B Marshall/Getty

Leader: Inequality based on religion should be history

Northern Ireland secretary James Brokenshire. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Brexit: Northern Ireland '˜can leave the UK for Europe'

Britain's Prime Minster Theresa May had a "businesslike" meeting with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon but little progress was made on the issues that separate the political leasders. Picture: Getty Images

Leader comment: May facing mother of all distractions

Sinn Feins President Gerry Adams and Northern Ireland leader Michelle ONeill. Picture: Getty Images

Fresh crisis at Stormont as power sharing talks collapse

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - JANUARY 23: Martin McGuinness pictured at Michelle O'Neill's press conference confirming her as the new Sinn Fein leader in the north on January 23, 2017 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Former Northern Ireland deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness stepped down from his role as Sinn Fein leader in the north recently due to the ongoing Renewable Heat Scheme crisis and also due to ill health. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Martin McGuinness

Martin McGuinness has died aged 86. Picture: AP Photo/Alastair Grant

Martin McGuinness, former deputy FM of Northern Ireland, dies

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