Among the questions being posed are: can the Ulster Unionists retain the seat?
In essence, Mr Blair has made a judgment that Ulster's problems can best be tackled by drawing Sinn Fein into politics, rather than by concentrating on coaxing unionists towards sharing power with nationalists, the view long advocated by Irish governments.
The suspension move is as a result of the IRA's refusal to decommission arms and the Ulster Unionist position that they can not continue in government with Sinn Fein without terrorists handing over weapons.
All those who suffered rejoice this morning and look forward to the day when an Ulster Assembly will come into being that can look the rest of the world in the eye with honour and respect for what they are meant to be as a people who do not reward evil deeds with positions of power.
So interest may focus on the relative ranking of the Ulster Unionists and the SDLP and whether Alliance can build on last year's success, when they toppled Mr Robinson in East Belfast.
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But it has always been clear that no binding agreement can be reached without the support of the Ulster Unionists, Northern Ireland's largest party.
What it also does, I believe, and rightly so, is that it gives David Trimble and the Ulster Unionist Party a space, a period of time during which they can protect themselves within their own party.
As well as having Henson available again Holley can also call on Williams after injury to add to strength on the wings against Ulster.
Whether or not the Ulster Unionists sit down at the table opposite Sinn Fein, only agree to attend if they can sit in another room, or refuse to talk to anyone but the British government, may not matter that much.
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