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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 If not Armageddon, it looks like limbo
on 10 January 2010 at 12:44 am
P&J completes the Devolution ‘House of Cards’ – Returning to a Devolved Government means putting all the cards back into the pack.
Waiting for some hard-line Unionists to catch up is surely better than bring the house down.
Let us hope that Robinsongate has simply nudged the table.
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Comment on If not Armageddon, it looks like limbo
on 9 January 2010 at 11:47 pm
I agree Stalin (5) – and with that in mind, is this going to be the ‘night’ or weekend of the Long Knives for the DUP?
Electoral decline is inevitable and from this perspective it may have been better for DUP if this story had broken in March rather than be left under the carpet to appear so close to a General Election!
Other DUP stories are in the closet and are being dusted down! Decisive action is required to stem the flow – the longer Peter remains in office, the longer this story runs (and expands to take in other issues/personalities). I can only assume this was the inevitable conclusion of the DUP naval-gazing session last-night – IMO we will see that decisive action sooner rather than later.
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Comment on That officers meeting still going on….
on 9 January 2010 at 2:17 am
That’s a lot of hot air in one room! They won’t need to grit the roads within a five mile radius!
You see, politicians can be of some use afterall.
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Comment on Empey: “We are moving steadily towards a post Robinson era…”
on 9 January 2010 at 2:09 am
Driftwood – Oh I think that Wee Jeffrey engages in other ‘premium rate’ activities whilst billeted in London at our expense.
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Comment on Robinson on Spotlight Live Blog…
on 8 January 2010 at 4:52 am
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We all pay the licence fee – we all have a right to know about this – The Robinsons covered this up for nine months, if it wasn’t for the BBC they would have gotten away with this disgusting illegality which is unfolding on our screens tonight.
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