Tomorrow is election day in the good old US of A. Who will win the epic battle of the septuagenarians? In the Red Corner, we have Donald John Trump, a man who triumphed over his upbringing in emotional poverty. In the Blue Corner, we have Joseph Robinette Biden Jr, a newcomer to the scene having been only in politics this last 50 years. This is your chance to predict the results of this historic clash and be in with a …
We had 110 entries for our competition to win 2 tickets for John Bercow this Friday night at the Waterfront. Working with a crack team of data scientists from Queens University we came up with an algorithm to randomly select the winner. Through the power of AI, the chosen winner was Karen Butler. unfortunately, she could not attend due to another commitment, so I asked the wife to give me another number between 1 and 110 we went back to …
It is fair to say the former Speaker of the House of Commons is a man who divides opinion. But whatever your view of him, no one can accuse him of being dull. So it should be an entertaining night out on Friday 28 February when he will be onstage in ‘An Audience with’ evening at the Waterfront Hall. He’ll be interviewed by Karen Patterson and take questions from the audience. The organisers Chandelier Events NI have given us a …
We had 181 entries for our predict the election results competition. Of those 15 people predicted all the winners. Here are the clever clogs: Ken Cathcart Jack McCartie Jonathan Crawford Jay Burbank Neil Costello Matthew McKernan EDWARD GALLAGHER Philip Gordon Garrett Byrne Len Rafferty Colm Peter Greene Claire Mitchell Dónall A Mac Dónaill Brian Moriarty As a time breaker question, we asked them to predict the turnout. The turnout figure was 62.09%. The closest to it was Jonathan Crawford and …
It is time to polish your crystal balls and give us your predictions for the 2019 election results. The winners will get a selection of dazzling prizes! To enter just click the link below: Give your predictions… Thanks to Alan Meban & Peter Donaghy for helping with the competition. Brian O'NeillI help to manage Slugger by taking care of the site as well as running our live events. My background is in business, marketing and IT. My politics tend towards …
It is a busy week at Slugger. Tonight the first episode of our new Slugger TV Show goes out on NVTV. You can watch it on Freeview Channel 7 or Virgin Media Channel 159, we will also be putting the video online tomorrow. It will be on tonight at 22:45, and will be repeated on Thursday at 19:45, Saturday at 19:15 and Sunday at 22:45. Also this Thursday we have our live pre-election event in the Dark Horse. Join Alex Kane, Chris …
Between curried yoghurt, the Speaker’s mints, Boris’ bendy bananas, the European funding gravy train and helpings of revenge served cold, politics and food never seem far away. Describe a great political culinary dish and be in with a chance to win one of five pairs of tickets for the BBC Good Food Show in Belfast Waterfront that can be used on Friday 14 or Sunday 16 October.
listen to ‘Milliband, Roosevelt, the Consumer and the difference between policies and promise’ on Audioboo This is a very short snippet from BBC Radio Four’s Today Programme which involves a discussion of a proposal from Labour’s Ed Miliband to use consumer power to ‘put manners on’ big business when it comes to anti competitive practices (see this excellent Coffee House post by Stewart Wood). By the end it segues into a question of practicability. Steve Richards – one time editor …
It’s not often we get free things to give away to our readers, but courtesy of Palgrave Macmillan we have a nice paperback copy of Brian M Walker’s excellent history of partition of the island and how identities shifted in both the north east and the south and west: as most of the territory that is now the Republic was once universally referred to. Which Catholic church in Fermanagh was part of the local Remembrance day ceremonies until the 1980s? …
As part of the ongoing work to rebalance the sense of shared space and history at Belfast City Hall, a Celtic-themed stained glass window is being commissioned to “reflect Celtic myths and legends”. The window will be located close to the main reception, and is intended to represent cultural perspectives and promote a “City Hall for all”. Any budding artists and/or stained glass glaziers might want to check out the tender document. Deadline for submissions is noon on Friday 16 …
