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The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday (Neil MacFarquhar)
With perhaps the longest title of any book I’ve read this year, The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East gives an insight into the lives of people living in Middle East through the eyes of journalist Neil MacFarquhar. MacFarquhar’s father was a chemical engineer [...] read our review »
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Have we Learned our own Lessons? Book Review of John Brewer’s Peace Processes
Northern Ireland’s peace process has been promoted as an international success story. The Republic’s Department of Foreign Affairs has its Conflict Resolution Unit, which aims to disseminate the ‘lessons’ of the Northern Ireland peace process. And some of the prominent players in our peace process have travelled abroad to other troubled spots to share their [...] read our review »
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O’Toole’s New Republic – unfinished business or just a dream?
More as a trailer than a review – as it’s out on Thursday– I draw attention to Fintan O’Toole’s latest polemic “Enough is Enough – how to build a new Republic“. Fintan has been promoting the book vigorously on this side of the water, on Radio 4’s Start the Week and here at greater length [...] read our review »
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Comment on The Election Speculation Game: Where will the Traditional Unionist Voice be heard the loudest?
on 8 April 2010 at 8:03 pm
Great headline in the news letter today,
“Cyclist Cameron comes under fire”
evoked visions of him riding through the streets with the bullets bouncin off the kerbs…. lol
and no helmet on – tut tut….. ricochets David ricochets
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Comment on McFarland leaves UUP
on 31 March 2010 at 9:23 pm
Since Trimble cowped its been one thing after another with the UUP
is anyone in control?
i mean in any other walk of life someone would have taken control of this situation
The Fermanagh and South Belfast issue is one glaringly obvious short term,breather/rescue plan for them and they treat the gift of a seat in Westminster with disdain – it isn’t washing well on the street that’s for sure.
It has to be down to ££££ as otherwise a blind man on a galloping horse with superglued eyelids and his hands tied behind his back – facing backwards on the saddle would have jumped at the opportunity of a free run in either FST or SB….
the saga continues….
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Comment on BBC goes on the attack against Robinson tonight…
on 31 March 2010 at 9:08 pm
Watched this last evening – over 10 minutes on this story
A strip of land bought for £5 and sold for £5.
A garden sold at the height of the boom
My license fee – wasted.
Maybe Greg Campbell has a point on what goes on inside the British Broadcasting Corporation
Inform
Educate
Entertain….
Im struggling to categorise News Line these days..
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Comment on Dr. Paisley to stand down
on 3 March 2010 at 9:24 pm
the bilge’ometer is reading very high…
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Comment on No men, snowmen and clever devices
on 9 February 2010 at 5:08 pm
Turgon – at what point do Sinn Fein and their electorate become acceptable?
In the interim period would you advocate direct rule?
If so what would be your prediction on the ‘health’ of the union in this intervening period?
How would the TUV ensure the link and unionist confidence, would remain strong or increase in strength using as an example recent periods of direct rule as a marker?
just gathering opinion….
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Comment on Sinn Fein about to breach the DUP’s defences?
on 1 February 2010 at 4:49 pm
Turgon you comfirm the view that no one does “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory” better than the prod.
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Comment on Thoughts on Policing and Justice
on 19 January 2010 at 5:57 pm
TUV = no sinn fein in government ever
rest of Unionsim = realises this isn’t remotely possible
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Comment on Black arts of political PR best kept behind a veil…
on 15 January 2010 at 4:20 pm
It would only be manipulation if someone in the news letter was deliberately altering the outcome
the fact that someone highlights the fact that there is an on line poll is a good thing.
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Comment on UUP’s Jo-Anne Dobson takes 64 per cent of the Lurgan vote…
on 15 January 2010 at 4:09 pm
Simpson has a fair operation going in Portadown and the surrounding areas – and a lot of it is his own effort – and even before he was elected MP, so there will be a firm personal vote in my opinion – probably the same opinion largely in NA with the Paisley’s if you listen to the vox pops occasionally on UTV etc
but we can only surmise after all…. time will tell
Slugger has plenty of people wishing other people down – that thank goodness is unrepresentative of reality.
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Comment on “It adds that they hope to agree on a potential minister before Christmas.”
on 4 December 2009 at 6:03 pm
Turgon i think what you mean to say is:
The TUV is the ‘person’ you think best articulates your opinions.
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