For the record, the results were:
| Alasdair McDonnell | 127 | 140 | 188 |
| Conall McDevitt | 105 | 131 | 152 |
| Patsy McGlone | 70 | 76 | – |
| Alex Attwood | 46 | – | – |
Attwood's transfers went 26 to McDevitt, 13 to McDonnell, 6 to McGlone (1 plumper); McGlone's transfers went 48 to McDonnell, 21 to McDevitt (seven non-transferable). (Figures from @KenReid_utv.) Congrats to McDonnell; commiserations to the other candidates.
Ian Parsley jokes that I am responsible, but I rather doubt it!
Didn’t Charles Haughey or another prominent Irish politician compare Northern Ireland to East Germany in 1989 or 1990? It rings a bell for provoking understandable Unionist outrage…