Ben Lowry wrote in the News Letter, 'The close Robinson-Long result proved NI has a huge moderate pro-Union vote': "We are now entering an interesting political phase, in which the existing structure of the parties in Northern Ireland does not properly reflect modern society – and the main parties know this. Ironically for unionism, it doesn’t reflect the increasing (and surprising) success of the entity Northern Ireland. Many people who are now unhesitatingly Northern Irish and pro-Union are uninterested in Orangeism or the traditional Protestant faith. The resulting political confusion is seen in the Ulster Unionist Party, which is at times liberal, at times hardline. The uncertainty is spreading to the DUP (albeit under the surface of that controlled party) as it sees how NI is changing on issues such as same sex relations." Read in full here: http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/the-close-robinson-long-result-proved-ni-has-a-huge-moderate-pro-union-vote-1-7138812#ixzz3w7e5T7co