Tuesday, February 26, 2008
New junior minister announced
Another unlikely event.. Ian Paisley Jnr officially resigns, with “deep humility”, apparently.. and the DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson, MP, MLA, is sworn in as the new Northern Ireland Executive junior minister. Which just leaves the question of what next for the Paisley brand.. Adds As Mark Devenport points out, the resignation itself took all of 26 seconds.
Pete Baker @ 12:34 PM
I named Jeffrey as the front runner shortly after the resignation with Gregory as my second choice. I wonder if either was involved in the alleged secret meetings with McGuinness at St Andrews and earlier.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 01:49 PMCongratulations to the wee corporal :) And if it doesn’t work out FF will keep the door open :)!
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 02:26 PMWhat do Jim Allister and Hilary Clinton have in common?
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 02:37 PMI’m hearing that Junior had a wee nibble in Ballymena on Saturday and that the manager was tempted to offer him Lobster Sweeney ...
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 02:39 PMMP,MLA,Councillor,Junior Minister,PSNI.Board member,PC,What other Committees? His web site is not very explicite nor up to date . Lets have a statement of all his incomes from all sources as well as all the offices and committee memberships he holds including all his activities.Otherwise he will be subjected to the drip,drip,drip erosion of his credibility and eventually the loss of his position like Junior.Triple mandates are an insult to the electorate and should be stopped forthwith.Donaldson has never had a job outside politics in his working life so he has no outside experience to bring to the political table apart from being a highly consumate consumer of excessive amounts of public money.Does the word hypocracy come to mind.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 02:43 PM“I’m hearing that Junior had a wee nibble in Ballymena on Saturday and that the manager was tempted to offer him Lobster Sweeney ..”
Actually I’m led to believe that IP Jr does frequent Montgomeries.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 02:55 PMLobster?, Nevin.
Isn’t that the crustacean that goes red in the face when caught in hot water.
Not really like Junior or his pal.Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 02:56 PMJeffrey Donaldson: “Partner in The Financial Research Partnership; independent financial advisers and estate agents.”
I see no company of that name in the Companies Registry but there is an address in Lisburn.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 02:56 PMChekov, if you follow the ‘wee nibble’ link ... It would appear that our sources are reasonably reliable.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 02:59 PMJoe, it’s reassuring to know that Junior, Robinson and Donaldson have some expertise in the world of property. Perhaps Junior can become one of Ritchie’s SpAds.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 03:03 PMJoe Canuck
I don’t know, what do Jim Allister and Hillary Clinton have in common?
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 03:09 PMNevin clearly has too much time on his hands if he is looking up the Companies Registry. Perhaps if he spent more time reading a book on company law he would note that partnerships are not registered there but companies are. Maybe he was hoping that there would be another “Sarcon Limited”.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 03:11 PMMike, company law sounds far too dry!! Can you shed some light on the registration of partnerships? And on the mysterious Sarcon (No []) Limited ;)
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 03:21 PMI think they both sound increasingly desperate, Blooper.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 03:23 PM“Mike, company law sounds far too dry!! Can you shed some light on the registration of partnerships? And on the mysterious Sarcon (No []) Limited ;)
Posted by Nevin on Feb 26, 2008 @ 02:21 PM”
My former lecturer in Company Law once told us to ensure we had someone with us at all times if we ever read the Companies (NI) Order just in case we slipped into a coma. Quite simply unless it is an LLP (limited liability partnership) it doesn’t have to be registered although there are rules governing them… if you care to check out the Partnership Act 1890… again it may help to have someone sitting with you armed with a prodding stick.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 03:51 PMJust in relation to the mysterious Sarcon (No[]) Limited. It could be any of the shelf companies with that name. It could have been purchased, as these things are, solely for the Ballee lands (if I recall that’s what you had said it was associated with). You will find with these shelf companies that they are generally one size fits all memorandum and articles of association. A companies name can be changed by resolution but a lot of the time it really isn’t worth the bother. I think you’d previously said that Sarcon was the name used by Carson McDowell for its shelf companies, if that’s the case there could be huge numbers for as you would know that particular firm is quite a big player in commercial transactions in NI. I would suspect that the missing number is a clerical error….which do sometimes occur.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 03:56 PMAbsolutely. His latest buy from Amzon.com forming the basis for his press utterances? Challenging a group of people to sue, when he knows a group can’t be libelled. Depressing stuff.
Kind of reminds of the famous Dick Nixon quote, what’ll Jim Allister do with himself now that he doesn’t have Paisley Jumior to kick around anymore?
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 04:01 PMYes, Mike, Sarcon is an anagram of Carson. I’ve mentioned it in connection with the Ballee lands and with the Paisley office in Ballymena (Sarcon No 250 Limited).
Sarcon Compliance Limited is company secretary to Sarcon No 250 Limited but appears not to have registered the (alleged) change of director from Sweeney to Currie, Junior’s father-in-law, within the required 14 days.
I understand LJ Campbell’s office will redress the ‘clerical error’ for the benefit of journalists and others who seek to follow the paper trails.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 04:09 PM“enjoy the finest food Ballymena has to offer.”
Now who could resist such temptation? Gourmands across the globe will now be engrossed in their Michelin guides to discover where this paradise of Ballymena might be.
They will be especially tempted by the guarantee that “food is prepared freshly every day” which I am sure will be a refreshing change from yesterday’s leftover slops type of fare served up by those restuarants in London, Paris and New York.
Perhaps there may be a future for Juniour as a restuarant critic with the New Yorker.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 04:11 PMBlooper, if I understand the press release correctly, he’s not referring to the actions of a group but to individuals.
“If this is a false claim, then can we expect libel proceedings by the 9 DUP MPs as each of them could claim to be defamed if no such meeting took place.”
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 04:14 PMWho cares? He’s scraping the barrell and he knows it.
He was at St. Andrews. What happened to him? Did the DUP lock him in a broom cupboard the whole time? - maybe they should have. It’s mischief making.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 04:17 PMMike C - “Nevin clearly has too much time on his hands”
Nevin, as you have so much time on your hands, could you start looking up details of Sinn Fein PIRA linked companies? The money from all their robberies didn’t just disappear.
Take your pick from the Sinn Fein PIRA list of MLAs. While such terrorists have different ways of ‘cleaning’ their money, what about the business men who have helped them?
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 04:23 PMIt seems that Jim’s well has run dry… even if the meeting did take place doesn’t it even matter now?
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 04:26 PM“MP,MLA,Councillor,Junior Minister,PSNI.Board member… Triple mandates are an insult to the electorate and should be stopped forthwith.”
There’s a statutory bar on Ministers being a member of the Policing Board, so he’ll have to resign his position on it.
Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 04:27 PMWe needed some thing to move and fill up the space
We needed some thing this always is just the case
Jefrey with one f Jefrey took up his place
Sat on the carpet and with tablas in hand took up the chase.Jefrey with one f Jefrey
Now it occurred to me as he drove away,
D = R x TJefrey with one f, one f
Jefrey with one f, one fSpacious, he’s so spacious, Jefrey with one f, one f
Jefrey with one f, one f, one f.Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 @ 04:31 PM
