Lecture, Write & Commentate about Politics & Elections. Columnist with @irish_news Host @StormontSources All musings are my own.
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TIMES EXCLUSIVE: NEW MAKERFIELD POLL
BURNHAM 45%
REFORM 40%
RESTORE 8%
More in Common/UCL Policy Lab, 28 May-12 June, 515 adults
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David McCann retweeted
"This is the provision that's in the legislation. This is the provision that can be used."
The debate over the Petition of Concern is back at Stormont.
With the DUP seeking support over amendments to the Justice Bill, questions are being asked about whether the mechanism should only be used for constitutional issues—or whenever parties believe it's necessary.
#Stormont #JusticeBill #NorthernIrelandPolitics
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I didn't realise it was a billionaire who tried to cut that guys head off in Belfast
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"That does not happen in Westminster. That does not happen in Holyrood. That does not happen in the Senedd. That does not happen in the Dáil."
In this week's episode Tim argues that Northern Ireland has a deeper problem than political disagreement over the Good Jobs Bill.
"I think we've got a problem in our civil service. I think we've got a problem with the Legislative Council."
#Stormont #NorthernIrelandPolitics #GoodJobsBill
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RT @PoliceServiceNI: We have launched Op Exposure following recent serious disorder. Images of individuals we would like to speak with can…
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Jun 11
🎥WATCH: First Minister Michelle O'Neill, deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, and Health Minister Mike Nesbitt visited the Mater Hospital in solidarity with staff facing threats and intimidation.
We stand with our healthcare workers. Racist abuse will not be tolerated.
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PSNI ask public to help identify individuals in relation to Belfast disorder belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfa…
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Jun 11
🆕 Episode is live
This week we discuss the protests at Scarva last weekend.
The Good Jobs Bill, should SF compromise or have the DUP got it wrong?
🎧 Available now
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Jun 11
Will Andy Burnham make it to Downing Street? And what impact might he have on NI?
@MarkCarruthers7 chats to @adampayne26 , @JohnRentoul @CatNeilan & @dmcbfs
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RT @BelTel: Natalie McNally’s brother calls out ‘deafening hypocrisy’ of those rioting over knife attack
Defending a claim with even more…
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Hearing about asylum seekers who have an approved status and the ability to vote. Having this does not give you the right to vote in the UK GE or NI AE/LEs.
It depends on what country you are a citizen of. Commonwealth vs non-Commonwealth.
NI franchise laws largely mirror Westminster's. It's complex, but not easier for non-Commonwealth refugees to get a vote here.
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Jun 10
Time to blow the dust off those CTA explainers from Brexit times. An arrangement on which there was near total political consensus.
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Young children flee into the back of a PSNI Land Rover tonight after being rescued from their home on Lendrick Street in East Belfast, which was set on fire. Disorder flared in response to Monday night's stabbing attack in the city
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David McCann retweeted
I’ve just interviewed a Pastor on Crumlin Rd who has helped get a family to safety after their house was one of multiple targeted. He is angry - he is in disbelief.
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Jun 9
The horrific knife attack isn't new nor "alien” to NI. The Shankill Butchers were Belfast born & bred. They cut throats from ear to ear. Let’s not engage in historical amnesia just because previous barbarity was never videoed nor went viral.
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🚨 BREAKING: A bus has been set on fire in Belfast amid protests over the attempted beheading of a man
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"He's three people away from uniting that MLA team."
Tim Cairns says John Burrows could achieve something unionist leaders have struggled to do for decades, unite his party behind a single direction.
"Either it's going to be a master stroke, or it's going to be political folly."
#UKPolitics #SinnFéin #MLA
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The last time the UUP won an election in NI.
Also, SF overtook the SDLP.
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In UK General Elections, Tony Blair and his Labour Party win a second landslide victory.
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David McCann retweeted
"He has his own agenda. His agenda seems to be to drive through as much legislation as possible."
Pat Sheehan says that while he gets on well personally with Education Minister Paul Givan, there are significant political differences between them. Speaking on the podcast, the Sinn Féin MLA said Givan's focus appears to be "to drive through as much legislation as possible" rather than pursuing what he sees as meaningful reform.
#UKPolitics #SinnFéin #PaulGivan
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David McCann retweeted
"Who are we going to trust? Starmer and Rachel Reeves... or Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng?"
On this week's episode Pat Sheehan argues that Stormont should have greater fiscal powers, saying decisions on taxation and spending are best made locally rather than at Westminster.
#UKPolitics #SinnFéin #NorthernIreland
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