President of Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald

In theory Sinn Féin’s seven *absent* MPs could now hold the balance of power in the House of Commons. Instead their arch rivals in the DUP get to hold the HoC to ransom with a demand that runs contrary to what most in N Ire want. #Brexit really is mad. https://t.co/VHc9KVbVzX

— Kevin Doyle (@KevDoyle_Indo) February 20, 2019

Commons arithmetic now:

Conservative 314
Labour 247
SNP 35
Ind Group 11
Lib Dems 11
DUP 10
SF 7
Plaid Cymru 4
Green 1
Speaker 1
Vacant 1
other inds 8

Tories + DUP no longer command absolute majority, but with SF absent and Speakers' deputies non-voting, practical threshold 320

— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) February 20, 2019

FIGHT!

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