June, 2011

William Ferguson Massey Gerry Anderson says he longs to live somewhere else because of arguments over them, John Hume’s da said you couldn’t eat one, and last night Councillor Boyd Douglas (TUV) brought one into a meeting of Limavady Borough Council. The union flag displayed by Councillor Douglas was contrary to the no-flags-in-the-chamber policy of […]

Pro-choice campaigners fight moves to turn back clock on abortion rights Diane Abbott among those opposing involvement of anti-abortion charity in possible amendment to law The above is a headline in today’s Guardian  newspaper.  It struck me that the phrase ‘turn back the clock’ was a loaded one, making clear which side of the debate […]

Pro-choice campaigners fight moves to turn back clock on abortion rights Diane Abbott among those opposing involvement of anti-abortion charity in possible amendment to law The above is a headline in today’s Guardian  newspaper.  It struck me that the phrase ‘turn back the clock’ was a loaded one, making clear which side of the debate […]

I wonder if it works in reverse. As we all now know, the Irish language recently received an invaluable endorsement from the head of the Church of England, when she made that astonishing and astonishingly-fluent speech in Irish. All changed, changed utterly. It’s now OK for decent people to talk Erse. However, it now emerges […]

I wonder if it works in reverse. As we all now know, the Irish language recently received an invaluable endorsement from the head of the Church of England, when she made that astonishing and astonishingly-fluent speech in Irish. All changed, changed utterly. It’s now OK for decent people to talk Erse. However, it now emerges […]

That’s it, then. Matter closed. After days, weeks of sniper fire from all angles,  the Mary McArdle affair is now closed. She will not be resigning.  Those who had an eye to adjusting or removing the present power-sharing arrangements used the pain of  Ann Travers as cover while they launched salvo after salvo at Sinn […]

That’s it, then. Matter closed. After days, weeks of sniper fire from all angles,  the Mary McArdle affair is now closed. She will not be resigning.  Those who had an eye to adjusting or removing the present power-sharing arrangements used the pain of  Ann Travers as cover while they launched salvo after salvo at Sinn […]

TARA Mills is a presenter on BBC Radio  Ulster’s ‘Good Morning Ulster’ (so good they named it twice) and this morning she suggested to her colleague Gareth Gordon that an awful lot of people would be shocked. Gareth agreed. The news they both figured people would rock a lot of people back on their heels […]

TARA Mills is a presenter on BBC Radio  Ulster’s ‘Good Morning Ulster’ (so good they named it twice) and this morning she suggested to her colleague Gareth Gordon that an awful lot of people would be shocked. Gareth agreed. The news they both figured people would rock a lot of people back on their heels […]

I’m sitting at this minute listening to BBC’s The Nolan Show (again) and if there was ever any doubt in  my mind that the death of Mary Travers is being used as a weapon to beat Sinn Féin with, it’s gone now. Gregory Campbell – who else? – is on and he’s been asked if  […]