I will be doing an interview with Danny Morrison on Periscope today at 12.15 pm. Looking back at the Westminster elections. Here’s your chance to ask question…
May, 2015
THE ELECTION IS OVER by Harry McAvinchey
Is it safe to come out now?The election coincided with a very busy time for me . Isn’t it always the way that when the political world is in mayhem and pundits are jabbering away while acres of newsprint are being scribbled out and the experts are dissecting the results, while my head is […]
What does the Westminster election mean for Ireland? TUT talks…
Picture by Maurice If you buy The Irish Times or view it online you’ll notice that Stephen Collins et al are looking at the ‘Irish’ implications of the British General Election. (If you don’t know why I’ve put ‘Irish’ in inverted commas, you should probably stop reading now.) They wonder what lessons can be […]
Periscope post-election musings.
And I inadvertently turned off the messages/questions thingy, and then complained no one was asking any questions. Clever or what?
“Noooooooo!!!”
Picture by dutts303 Elections: how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways. 1. Fermanagh/South Tyrone. An upset for Sinn Féin in a seat they were expected to nail down firmly after their last squeaky-bum win. Ex-UDR man and former UUP leader Tom Elliott won the seat with a comfortable 500-vote margin. […]
VE Day. Speak, memory…
Picture by Neil Gaffney Where else would you get it? I was on Talkback today, in a discussion about the Nazi flag that was put up in a West Belfast school. A pupil came on and explained it was an end-of-year prank, nothing sinister or Nazi-supporting, which rang pretty true. But it was another caller […]
Three election thoughts for the day that’s in it…
Picture by pixability Well, sin é – that’s it. After what seems like months of campaigning, leaflets, TV debates and canvassing, this what the Germans call Der Tag – the day. Did the campaign change anyone’s mind? I suspect it changed a lot of minds. Whether it changed a lot of vote-decisions we’ll know in […]
Michelle Gildernew interview
Given that I put my Catherine Seeley interview up on this site yesterday, it’s only fair that I put up the interview with Fermanagh and Tyrone’s next MP as well….It’ll take a minute or two to download. It’s worth it. MICHELLE GILDERNEW INTERVIEW 1
IS IT JUST ME? by Harry McAvinchey
Is it just me or does anyone else notice this ? Politicians across the lands are vying for our attention. In doing this they have become a part of the entertainment industry. Oh , they might think they are running the country but I suppose, like everything else , the country just ticks along anyway […]
Interview with Catherine Seeley
Here’s this morning’s interview with Cat Seeley. Mercifully, there’s a lot of her and little of me.