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Moving on… into another election year.
Nothing much changes in Northern Ireland politics, on the surface. So when three of eighteen Westminster seats have new Members of Parliament does that represent significant change, or just a wee bit...
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playing with the numbers
What’s the alternative? What’s the choice? There have been a number of social media spaces that have been playing with numbers each Party might lose/gain in the upcoming elections for the Northern...
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Review, refresh, re-engage.
The outcry over the attendance of Jamie Bryson at the House of Commons Northern Ireland Select Committee (NIAC) misses the point. This is a hearing as part of the Committee’s look at “Devolution and...
View ArticleThe Magical Mystery Brexit.
There’s been a Brexit post planned for ages, but things seem to change and each piece in time seems no longer relevant. So . . . time for a recap and quick look at where we are, which might seem not...
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Think Local
Enough of Brexit. Avoid thinking about the UK participating in European Elections towards the end of May – might or might not happen. What do we know with certainty? Only thing we know for certain in...
View ArticlePromises, promises.
What is new on the Hill? Press photo opportunities are back for the members of the Northern Ireland Executive, MLAs return to full pay, and things go back to normal on the Hill; whatever normal is?....
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Protocol, policing and polls.
Back after a summer with more conversation around issues hitting the political headlines, and some bubbling. Events have moved quickly over the past week since this was recorded, but still very...
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The DUP doesn’t gamble, and hasn’t a death-wish.
Local Government in Northern Ireland is in essence little more than selecting people to ‘manage’ bin collections, burying the dead, providing leisure facilities, issuing fines for dog fouling and...
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Is this Conservative Government able to deliver?
There are three issues to consider when we ask whether the DUP might return to Stormont while there is a Conservative Government in Westminster. First and foremost is the way in which the NI Protocol...
View ArticleTime to take a step back.
In all the talk about the restoration of a Stormont Assembly it is assumed that it is essential for the DUP to share power with Sinn Fein, the Alliance Party and the UUP. The SDLP are no longer in the...
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