Beyond the binary: Can Alliance capture the North’s middle ground?

The Alliance Party, which represents a growing cohort of voters who are neither unionist nor nationalist, could find itself in second place after the Northern elections next May. Its leader, Naomi Long, says change is coming

Northern Ireland’s justice minister Naomi Long: ‘We must fully include those of us who don’t designate as unionist or nationalist. We cannot become second-class citizens in our own home.’ Picture: Matt Mackey/Press Eye