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‘The 2010 Group.’
Another meeting of disenchanted members of the Ulster Unionist Party takes place this week-end. ‘The 2010 Group’ has already drafted the broad parameters of a constitution embracing both political and economic principles. What is emerging poses a dilemma for Tom Elliott’s leadership. He has been at pains to promote the notion of internal party discipline. [...] more »
Elliott leadership under scrutiny.
A caucus of unsettled Ulster Unionist party members met in secret last night to take stock. The loose alliance, the names of whom I have been given is known as ‘The 2010 Group’ from across Northern Ireland. They are increasingly disenchanted with the direction in which the leadership of the party is moving. This prompted [...] more »
Funeral arrangements
Jim Dougal’s remains are being brought home this evening to 14 Danesfort, Malone. Strictly family. Open house for all to pay respects Saturday and Sunday. Requiem mass Derryvolgie Monday 1PM. Burial afterwards at Drumbo. Eamonn Mallie more »
Jim Dougal
It is with sadness that members of the Stormont Press Corps learned of the death of colleague Jim Dougal.We express our deepest sympathies to his wife Deirdre, family Tara, Tina Emma, James and his three grandchildren whom he adored. Jim was a widely respected journalist who covered every twist and turn of political life here [...] more »
Tom Elliott and UUP disciplne
Dear Member, First and foremost, on behalf of the Party I would like to convey my thanks to everyone for their support throughout this period of transition. Likewise, I offer my sincere thanks to the Party for electing me as its new Leader. This is a tremendous honour, and I will not be found lacking [...] more »
Martin Mc Guinness in conversation with me when he confirmed for the first time his meeting with Fr James Chesney whose name was linked to the Claudy bombing.
This is the full text of my questioning of Martin Mc Guinness about Fr James Chesney. “I know there are a lot of questions about what happened at Claudy. People have raised a lot of questions about Fr Chesney. “I never met with Fr Chesney at the time of the bombings of Claudy. I never [...] more »
Exclusive Interview with Tony Blair
Interview with Tony Blair – Dublin Sept 3 ’010. 0n publication of his autobiography ‘A Journey.” EM. Why did you write Peter Robinson out of history? He only gets two passing references in a tome of this size? TB. “When he got two references, that’s pretty good I would say.” EM: He’s our Prime Minister. [...] more »
The fall of Paul Priestly.
To most people including journalists stories about NI Water were a big yawn. For the greater part the story of the goings on in NIW was being addressed by Jamie Delargy of UTV(who is encyclopaedic on this subject), Martina Purdy of the BBC and Mick Fealty of Slugger O Toole. For months an unknown businessman [...] more »
Dying for ‘the patriot game.’
Medals belonging to a member of our family on my father’s side, surfaced when he died. The young soldier from the heart of South Armagh who fought for Britain spent the rest of his life in hospital. It was always said he had not recovered because he suffered from ‘shell shock.’ Had I been brought [...] more »
Cameron
The one thing that distinguishes a politician of substance is the capacity to say something meaningful. Few politicians are capable of this. The Dup’s Jim Wells makes sense most of the time. He can stand up and put a sensible point across fluently and not infrequently a point which is at variance with party policy. [...] more »
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Debating the Churches’ Role in the Peace in Northern Ireland
This morning’s Sunday Sequence featured a substantial debate (about 35 minutes into the recorded programme) on a new book,Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland (Oxford University Press 2011), written by sociologists John Brewer, Gareth Higgins and Francis Teeney. The debate was framed in an opening vignette by presenter William Crawley in uncompromising terms, [...] read our review » -
Stay out of Libya: counterinsurgency doesn’t work
A moment of some significance in journalism perhaps, as the New York Times reviews the current talked about book, The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West. The author is no bleeding heart but a former assistant Defense Secretary from the Reagan era who stomped his way round the Afghan [...] read our review »
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Spare us a phoney row about racism, we’ve got enough on
A silly media row about racism just had to figure in the riots’ post mortem. Was the Tudor history expert David Starkey racist on Newsnight when he said: The whites have become black. A particular sort of violent, destructive, nihilistic, gangster culture has become the fashion. And black and white, boy and girl, operate in [...] read our review »
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Comment on “Main obstacle to Unionist unity is Peter Robinson…”
on 14 April 2010 at 3:07 pm
Some contributors to Slugger get exercised when I refer to a ‘source’ or ‘sources’.
Perhaps in some cases these authors (and I don’t wish to patronise anyone) are unfamiliar with the job of dealing with ‘primary sources.’
Were I to name my sources every time I glean an insight, frankly, I would quickly find myself losing a lot of vital information. Sources would literally dry up.
All I ask is for contributors to accept the bona fides of what I write.
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Comment on Cardinal Cahal Daly dies…
on 1 January 2010 at 4:23 am
HIs was a far from commonplace mind. Worth remembering for what he said on the topic of whataboutery (http://www.sluggerotoole.com/archives/2005/02/glossary_what_i.php)…
The scholarly priest is a rare breed at the best of times, and rarer than ever in these days of the raconteur, the charlatan and shallow celebrity…
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Comment on Slugger Awards: Join our readers’ panel next Tuesday…
on 17 November 2009 at 2:14 pm
Only one serious conflict of interest would be if your blog was nominated. I don’t think nominating itself should be a bar to participation.
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Comment on Village Magazine editor more influential than Enda Kenny, according to Village Magazine…
on 17 November 2009 at 5:27 am
GRMA a chapaill, ach an tig leat an liathróid a aimsiú agus imirt ó am go ham?
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Comment on Village Magazine editor more influential than Enda Kenny, according to Village Magazine…
on 17 November 2009 at 5:22 am
barelegs,
Well spotted.
I suspect the mechanics of these lists are pretty tough for a group to hammer out since without a single governing factor, you are left with all these strangely bended relationships to account for. I’m not so sure why Joan Bruton came so far down the list after Eamon Gilmore either.
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Comment on BlogTalk NI: Remembrance and Nelson McCausland’s blog…
on 12 November 2009 at 10:53 pm
td,
careful now, thry’ll be calling for you to do the stirring if you are not careful..
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Comment on ‘Do you do it all at once or do you do in bite size chunks given the leverage we have?’
on 10 November 2009 at 4:14 pm
Drift,
Go and read Richard Needham’s book if you doubt what FD has to say. One of the things we’re thinking about adding is a little flag that allows other readers to flag a post as requiring ‘more evidence’. Fighting each other through assertion is tedious for the rest of us.
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Comment on The Poppy and Irish Nationalism
on 9 November 2009 at 6:26 pm
Richard,
That seems to me to be an invitation for someone to grasp the issue by the scruff of the neck…
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Comment on Will Paisley bid for Edward Carson’s old clothes?
on 6 November 2009 at 2:53 am
The devil is always in the detail… It’s a lot better known now than before I’d wager…
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Comment on Will Paisley bid for Edward Carson’s old clothes?
on 5 November 2009 at 9:06 pm
Corrected. Thanks.
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