Northern Ireland’s new public policy forum Evolve has hosted its second event, a breakfast digest of the Westminster Election 2010 results.
A selected audience from a diverse range of sectors received hot-off-the-press expert analysis from Stakeholder Communications CEO Tom Kelly before engaging in a wide-ranging discussion of the results and their political and economic impact.
Tom Kelly said, “Evolve continues to bring together key opinion formers from the worlds of business, politics, government, and media. The level of engagement and the variety of views shared was encouraging. The nature of the forum is that we can host events of all shapes & sizes and this briefing and discussion really demonstrated that flexibility.”
Key talking points in the discussion were the shock defeat of First Minister Peter Robinson by Naomi Long in his East Belfast heartland and the projected impact of the polls for the next Assembly election and any resulting Executive. Conversation moved onto the UK government and the various options for coalition that were now in play.
Tom Kelly said, “All sectors engaging in the political & policy debate is a key driver in a healthy democracy and government. Evolve provides these opportunities and I hope individuals and organisations will engage with us as we continue this type of discussion.