The BBC reports on a written answer from Northern Ireland Finance Minister, the DUP’s Nigel Dodds, on the cost of the abandoned WorkPlace 2010 scheme – £12.85million. But, the Minister says, “Approximately 45% of the work associated with consultancy and professional fees remains of value to the Department.” Which would mean that, at best, only £7.0675million was wasted.. [Artfully wasted? - Ed] Fictionally, perhaps..
Fair play to Iain, he managed to get over 2,200 people voting in his poll for the top Northern Irish blogs this year… We (just, I imagine) retained our top spot, with Splintered coming straight in at number 2, no doubt his pet subject du jour will have garnered him a lot of fans… I’ve [...] read our review »
World by Storm has a nice piece up on the IRA’s role in helping MK, the armed wing of the ANC, in the 1980s. In particular he sees a strange alchemy at work there: …if one can think of a clearly legitimate contemporary struggle it was that against apartheid and it is to the credit [...] read our review »
Somehow I escaped reading this essential school text, with its story of racism in 1930s American South. Living in Northern Ireland, I draw parallels with sectarianism, with its similar bigotry and prejudice. To Kill a Mockingbird was part of a Unite Against Hate campaign event at Parliament Buildings in Northern Ireland, which I’ve written [...] read our review »