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A poem for the day – Launching the Whaler Juan Peron
A Belfast epic, and one of my oldest poems, the opener of my first collection, Grub. The gist of the story was found in Moss & Hume’s Shipbuilders to the World: 125 Years of Harland and Wolff, Belfast, 1861-1986, which tells how Eva Peron was due to launch a huge whaling vessel in Belfast, built [...] read our review » -
Do Words Matter?: Book Review of Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution – Debating Peace in Northern Ireland
I share many of the concerns of Andy Pollak, whose recent post ‘My Response to the Slugger Begrudgers’ zeroed in on the ‘relentless flow of negativity’ of some Slugger commentators. Pollak’s post was largely concerned with the medium of the blog. Indeed, I think the anonymity of the online world encourages extreme discourse and allows [...] read our review »
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“You can see Newton’s mind at work…”
To add to the open access treasure trove at the Royal Society, Cambridge University Library is putting online some of its collection of books, maps, manuscripts and journals. We have called the first phase of our work on the Cambridge Digital Library the Foundations Project, which runs from mid-2010 to mid-2013 and has been made possible [...] read our review »
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Comment on Green Party NI conference, the visit of Alex Attwood, and criticism of MLAs who can’t read or believe the speeches written for them
on 31 October 2011 at 7:21 pm
…and finally, I’m sure that all paid-up members were invited without exception.
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Comment on Green Party NI conference, the visit of Alex Attwood, and criticism of MLAs who can’t read or believe the speeches written for them
on 31 October 2011 at 7:17 pm
…additionally Brian, I recall your contribution being lauded at pretty much every event I can think of since you were elected as an MLA in 2007. I’ve never felt that your obviously substancial contribution hasn’t been acknowledged. Steven even thanked you in his victory speech at the count centre.
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Comment on Green Party NI conference, the visit of Alex Attwood, and criticism of MLAs who can’t read or believe the speeches written for them
on 31 October 2011 at 7:06 pm
As someone who was at conference, Brian I have to say that Steven Agnew did not say “that our first ever councillors and Green Party MLA were elected on the back of strong personality votes of former independents who weren’t really Green” – he merely said that this was what many people thought – which is true, whether we like it or not. The fact is that now there are Green representatives elected who were not elected under another label previously – and that is something we could not say before.
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Comment on Don’t vote Labour, vote Green?
on 2 June 2011 at 3:03 pm
It’s a different party down south is it not?
The Greens are against a cut in corporation tax:
http://www.progtaxblog.org.uk/2011/04/21/where-is-the-opposition-to-plans-to-cut-northern-irelands-corporation-tax-rate/
And for using the power of the state to create high-quality jobs: http://sluggerotoole.com/2011/05/02/catching-up-with-steven-agnew-green-party/
And surely it’s water metering they are for – with a free 40ltrs per person per day, rather than flat charging.
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Comment on The New Executive Tweeted live… (updated with chairs/vice chairs)
on 13 May 2011 at 10:01 pm
Some good instant analysis from the student movement here over Alliance picking DEL:
http://thegown.org.uk/2011/05/13/anaysis-alliance-takes-universities-ministry/#more-4629
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